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Data categories are identifies for basic library statistics at the national level, and associates definitions of terms are provided. The following areas are addresses : reporting unit and target population, human resources, collection resources, physical facilities, finances and service and activity measures, Also identifies are mutually exclusive data categories as far as possible and procedures for ensuring comparable data.
This standard is a data dictionary for identifying standard definitions, methods, and practices relevant to library statistics activities in the United States. It aims to assist the information community by indicating and defining useful, quantifiable information to measure the resources and performance of libraries and to provide a body of valid and comparable data on American libraries.