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Academic Library Statistics (ACRL)
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/acadlibrarystats/academiclibrary.cfm
Provides recent statistical summaries for
academic libraries in the areas of collections, expenditures, personnel,
enrollment, etc.
ALISE Statistical Report and Database
http://ils.unc.edu/ALISE/
From the Association
for Library and Information Science Education, the "ALISE
Statistical Report and Database is a compilation and analysis of
statistical data and information about graduate library and information
science education programs in ALISE Institutional members. This annual
publication is now available on the web. . . . A copy of the questionnaire
used for the last published edition is also available." -- Title page
ARL Statistics and Measurement Program
http://www.arl.org/stats/annualsurveys/arlstats/index.shtml
Serves "the objective of describing
and measuring the performance of research libraries and their contribution
to teaching, research, scholarship, and community service." -- Title
page
ClickZ Stats & Demographics
http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=stats/sectors/demographics
Although Cyberatlas is oriented heavily
toward commercial and marketing interests, the "Demographics"
section provides useful statistical data on the state of the web. Other
sections of Cyberatlas may prove useful as well.
Data on the Net
http://odwin.ucsd.edu/idata/
Lists "850 Internet sites of numeric
Social Science statistical data, data catalogs, data libraries, social
science gateways, addresses and more." -- Title page
Internet Crossroads in the Social
Sciences -- Data and Program Library Service
http://www.disc.wisc.edu/newcrossroads/index.asp
"Contains over 650 annotated
links to data-related resources on the Internet." -- Title page
IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education
Data System): Academic Libraries
http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/
"The Academic Library Data files
have the number and salaries of full-time equivalent staff, by position;
circulation and interlibrary loan transactions; book and media
collections; public service hours and number served; and operating
expenditures by purpose. Data are collected in even-numbered years."
-- Title page
Library and Information Science Statistics Tables
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"The main purpose of these
statistics is to give a broad overall perspective of the Library and
Information scene in the U.K." -- Title page
Library Research Service
http://lrs.org/
Mission: "The Library Research
Service (LRS) is a market-driven public-private partnership that generates
research and statistics to inform decision-making in library and
information management."
Goals: "To collaborate with clients
to design and conduct research projects and supply the results."
Services: "Research design
(secondary analysis of available data, questionnaire, interview,
observation, focus group)." -- "About" page
Library Statistics Program -- National Center for
Education Statistics
http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/libraries/
"Libraries represent an educational
resource that is available to individuals regardless of age, social
status, or educational background. In an effort to provide more complete
information on this aspect of the education spectrum, the National Center
for Education Statistics (NCES) initiated a formal library statistics
program in 1989 that now includes surveys on academic libraries, federal
libraries and information centers, public libraries, school library media
centers, state library agencies, and library cooperatives. Information
about each of these survey areas is available on this site." -- Title
page
National Center for Education Statistics
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/
A listing of statistical publications
about libraries provided by the NCES are available by limiting searches to Library Statistics Program
under the Survey/Program Area heading. Many are available electronically.
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National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS)
Library Statistics Program
http://www.nclis.gov/libraries/lsp/statist.html
"The U.S. National Commission on
Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) works cooperatively with NCES in
implementing the Library Statistics Cooperative Program. The U.S. National
Commission on Libraries and Information Science serves as a liaison to the
library community, organizes meetings and training workshops, organizes
training and technical assistance, monitors trends, and advises NCES on
policy matters." -- Title page
Office for Research and Statistics (ALA)
http://www.ala.org/ala/ors/researchstatistics.htm
"The mission of the Office for
Research and Statistics (ORS) is to provide leadership and expert advice
to ALA staff, members, and public on all matters related to research and
statistics about libraries, librarians, and other library stuff; represent
the Association to Federal agencies on these issues; and initiate projects
needed to expand the knowledge base of the field through research and the
collection of useful statistics." -- Title page
Quantitative Data Analysis: An Introduction
http://www.gao.gov/special.pubs/pe10111.pdf
Published by the United States General
Accounting Office. "The paper aims to bridge the communications gap
between generalist and specialist, helping the generalist evaluator be a
wiser consumer of technical advice and helping report reviewers be more
sensitive to the potential for methodological errors. Concepts are
presented in a nontechnical way by avoiding computational procedures,
except for a few illustrations, and by avoiding a rigorous discussion of
assumptions that underlie statistical methods."
Resources for Methods in Evaluation and Social
Research
http://gsociology.icaap.org/methods/
"This page lists FREE resources for
methods in evaluation and social research. The focus is on
"how-to" do evaluation research and the methods used: surveys,
focus groups, sampling, interviews, and other methods. Most of these links
are to resources that can be read over the web. A few, like the GAO books,
are for books that can be sent away for, for free (if you live in the US),
as well as read over the web." -- Title page
Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics
http://www.ruf.rice.edu/%7Elane/rvls.html
From David Lane, Associate Professor of
Psychology, Statistics, and Administration at Rice University, this site
provides an online statistics textbook, links to other statistics
resources, simulations and demonstrations of statistical concepts, case
studies, and free statistical analysis tools.
Statistics Every Writer Should Know
http://www.robertniles.com/stats/
Lucid explanations in plain English of
statistical concepts, including mean, median, percent, standard deviation,
margin of error, confidence intervals, and data analysis.
StatSoft Electronic Textbook
http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/stathome.html
For those needing greater depth, this
very well-organized site offers more complex information on statistical
concepts.
Useful Links Related to Statistics (IFLA)
http://www.ifla.org/VII/s22/statlinks.htm
"Information resources on statistics
and free software." -- Title page
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