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Public Library Statistics

In keeping with Mississippi law, section 39-3 107, Mississippi Code, 1972, public libraries submit annual statistics to the Mississippi Library Commission. The state Data Coordinator then proofs the data and submits it to the Institute for Museums and Libraries for the Public Library Survey.

If you have any questions regarding information about Mississippi public library statistics, please send your questions or remarks to: stats@mlc.lib.ms.us.

1999 - 2006 Annual statistical reports of Mississippi Public Libraries

• PDF 1999 and 2000
• MS Excel 1999 (for manipulating the data)
• MS Excel 2000 (for manipulating the data)
• MS Excel 2001 (for manipulating the data)
• MS Excel 2002 (for manipulating the data)
• MS Excel 2003 (for manipulating the data)
• MS Excel 2004 (for manipulating the data)
• MS Excel 2005 (for manipulating the data)
• MS Excel 2006 (for manipulating the data)
• MS Excel 2007 (for manipulating the data)
• MS Excel 2008 (for manipulating the data)
• MS Excel 2009 (for manipulating the data)

Links:

• Institute of Museum and Library Services - Administers the Public Library Survey and the State Library Agency Survey.
• National Commission on Libraries and Information Services - Serves as a liaison to the library community.
• The National Center for Education Statistics - includes not only statistics on education and schools but also on libraries.
• The U.S. Bureau of the Census - is the site for the U.S.Census and related information regarding statistics.
• The Library Research Service - is a unit of the Colorado State Library that generates research and statistics nationally and internationally.
• ICOLC (International Coalition of Library Consortia) - has guidelines for statistical measures of usage of web-based, indexed, abstracted, and full text resources.
• HAPLR (Hennen's American Public Library Rating Index) - gives ratings of public libraries based on data from FSCS.
• Lead Agency for the State Data Center of Mississippi, the Center for Population Studies - coordinates user access to products of the Bureau of the Census.

Tools:

• Bibliostat Collect - a web-based form to collect information annually for Mississippi Public Library Statistics.
• Bibliostat Connect -a web-based program that offers access to public library statistics for Mississippi and other participating states.

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