The Academic Library Statistics dataset summarizes services, staff, collections, and expenditures of academic libraries in 2- and 4-year degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the 50 United States and Washington, DC. The data were formerly collected by the United States Census Bureau for the National Center on Education Statistics through the Academic Libraries Survey (ALS), a voluntary biennial survey of approximately 3,700 degree-granting postsecondary institutions. As of the 2014-15 data collection cycle, the ALS has been integrated into the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), and is conducted annually. Participation in the IPEDS collection is mandatory for all postsecondary institutions in the US and other jurisdictions that participate in federal student aid programs authorized under title IV of Higher Education Act. The population now includes over 7,000 degree‐granting and non‐degree-granting institutions. An academic library is the library associated with a degree-granting institution of higher education and is identified by the postsecondary institution of which it is a part. An academic library is defined as providing: an organized collection of printed or other materials or a combination thereof; a staff trained to provide and interpret such materials as required to meet the informational, cultural, recreational, or educational needs of clientele; an established schedule in which services of the staff are available to clientele; and the physical facilities necessary to support such a collection, staff, and schedule. Data are reported for the main or central academic library and all branch and independent libraries that were open all or part of the fiscal year. Branch and independent libraries are defined as auxiliary library service outlets with quarters separate from the central library that houses the basic collection. Libraries on branch campuses that have separate IPEDS unit identification numbers are reported as separate libraries. Data are presented by fiscal year
What do Academic Library Statistics Tell Us?
Academic Library Statistics time series provides granular detail on library administration, organization, and services. Indicators provide data on staff counts by employment status; expenditures for resources, including subscriptions and hardware; interlibrary loans and documents provided; circulation transactions; numbers of and attendance at library presentations; and reference services provided.
Over time, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has changed how it has collected data on academic libraries, which has implications for how the data can be used and analyzed. NCES surveyed academic libraries on a three-year cycle between 1966 and 1988. Between 1988 and 1998, the Academic Libraries Survey (ALS) was a component of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and data were collected on a two-year cycle. Beginning with fiscal year 2000, the ALS was no longer a component of IPEDS, but remained on a two-year cycle. Beginning with the 2014-15 data collection cycle, the ALS component has been reintegrated into IPEDS and subsequent data releases are available via IPEDS.
Because of these changes, along with changes in the survey questions, you may need to utilize several datasets in order to fully assess changes over time. Keep in mind that changes in the format of the survey questions may make indicators discontinuous. In particular, data at the state level will be discontinuous because of differences in the numbers of institutions surveyed by the ALS vs IPEDS. For more information, visit the Academic Libraries Information Center.
About the NCES
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity in the United States for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the US and other nations. NCES is located within the US Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences. The NCES fulfills a congressional mandate to collect, collate, analyze, and report complete statistics on the condition of US education; conduct and publish reports; and review and report on education activities internationally. The NCES is one of four centers (along with the National Center for Education Research, the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, and the National Center for Special Education Research) charged with carrying out the work of the Institute of Education Sciences.
http://nces.ed.gov/
ALS Total Expenditures Ranking View:
In Sage Data, the indicators included in the Academic Library Statistics dataset can be examined for the United States as a whole, by state, or by institution. The chart below shows the trend in expenditures for salaries and wages for three Alabama universities:
Any coeducational postsecondary institution in the United States that participates in the federal student financial assistance programs and has an intercollegiate athletic program is required by the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, 20 USC 1092(g) (also known as the Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act [EADA]), to participate in the annual EADA data collection. Through this survey, data are collected by the US Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education on athletic participation, staffing, and revenues and expenses, by men's, women's, and coed varsity teams. The Department of Education uses this information in preparing its required report to the Congress on gender equity in intercollegiate athletics. EADA survey results are also made publicly available and are intended to help make prospective students aware of a school's commitment to providing equitable athletic opportunities for male and female students. The dataset presented here includes data on all reporting institutions by school year for a consecutive twelve-month period of time designated by the institution for the purposes of the EADA Report. (Note that the year indicated refers to the beginning of the school year: eg, 2011 represents the period 2011-2012.)
Clink on the links below to view DataSheets comprising statistical abstracts complete with infographics of metrics associated with intercollegiate athletic programs in the United States in Data Planet Statistical Datasets to further manipulate the data and explore relationships between these statistics and other indicators in the vast Data Planet repository (Note that when you are logged into Data Planet, you can also create an updated version of the DataSheet to view the latest version of the data.).
The indicators below are linked to DataSheets. These are just a sampling to give you an idea of the granularity of the available data. There are many, many more indicators on this topic in the repository - use additional search terms or contact your library staff for help in formulating your search strategy.
Participation ; Shows top 10 colleges in the US with respect to the number of participants in squash in 2017.
Coaching Counts : Ranks sports programs at Michigan State University by number of assistant men's football coaches.
Total Expenses : Shows the trend in total expenses per team for gymnastics at the University of Maryland - College Park.
Operating Expenses : Shows the trend in operating (game-day) expenses at Penn State vs University of Pittsburgh.
Revenue : Shows a ranking of Alabama colleges with respect to revenues earned from college athletics.
In Data Planet Statistical Datasets, the indicators included in the College Athletics dataset can be viewed individually to examine the many data points that comprise the time series. Statistics can be examined by state, institutions, and sport, and by gender of team. The chart below ranks numbers of players on the men's vs women's soccer teams at three institutions around Kansas City, Missouri.
Compare statistics for states, institutions, sports, and/or by team gender. To select multiple indicators, hold down the control (Ctrl) key when clicking on the second (or third) item in the criteria panel. The trend display below provides an infographic of trends in revenues earned by men's and women's soccer teams at three Missouri schools. Comparing these trends to team win-loss records might prove interesting!
You can also compare across indicators in other datasets in the repository, such as Graduation Rates, Academic Library Statistics, etc. Keep in mind that the graphs you create do not necessarily imply causality: the results may suggest a potential relationship between the variables you select, which may be an interesting line of inquiry for your own research.
According to the Association for Institutional Research, "The field of institutional research (IR) is over 50 years old and is embedded in nearly every college and university in the United States and many others around the world." IR professionals support policy making, planning, programming, and fiscal decisions by collecting, analyzing, and disseminating data. Typically the data collecgted are also used to meet governmental reporting requirements and to benchmark their results against peer institutions.
Use statistics in Data Planet to analyze trends at your institution, and/or to compare and contrast statistics on your institution with peers.
National Center for Education Statistics US Postsecondary Education (IPEDS): The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) conducted by the NCES involves annual institution-level data collections. All postsecondary institutions in the United States that participate in federal programs providing financial assistance to students are required to report data using a web-based data collection system.
National Center for Education Statistics National Postsecondary Student Financial Aid Study (NPSAS): NPSAS examines the characteristics of students in postsecondary education in the United States, with focus on how their education is financed. The purpose of NPSAS is to compile a comprehensive research dataset, based on student-level records, on financial aid provided by the federal government, the states, postsecondary institutions, employers, and private agencies, along with student demographic and enrollment data. NPSAS is the primary source of information used to inform public policy on such programs as the Pell grants and Stafford loans. Data about family circumstances, demographics, education and work experiences, and student expectations are collected from students through a web-based multi-mode interview (self-administered and computer-assisted telephone).
National Center for Education Statistics Academic Library Statistics: The data are collected through the Academic Libraries Survey, a voluntary survey of approximately 3,700 degree-granting postsecondary institutions conducted biennially by the NCES as part of its Library Statistics Program. The dataset summarizes services, staff, collections, and expenditures of academic libraries in 2- and 4-year degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the 50 United States and Washington, DC.
Office of Postsecondary Education College Athletics : Any coeducational postsecondary institution in the United States that participates in the federal student financial assistance programs and has an intercollegiate athletic program is required by the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, 20 USC 1092(g) (also known as the Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act [EADA]), to participate in the annual EADA data collection. Through this survey, data are collected by the US Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education on athletic participation, staffing, and revenues and expenses, by men's, women's, and coed varsity teams.
The chart below ranks the top 15 states with respect to the amount of long-term debt held by institutions of higher education in that state. Data are from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System.
Create charts comparing trends in admittance across a university system. For example, the trend below, created in Data Planet Statistical Datasets, shows the trend in applications received across nine of the University of California system campuses:
The infographic below compares trends in two expenditure categories by the libraries of University of California - San Diego vs San Diego State University:
International and comparative education is concerned with cross-national comparison and understanding of educational issues, management, learning, trends, and policies, and the socioeconomic and other factors that have impact on education. In this guide, you'll find information on source organizations and datasets to consult for quantitative data on this topic.
You'll find many datasets in the Data Planet repository that are relevant to coursework in this area:
....and much, much more.
In this search guide, specific sources and datasets are highlighted to illuminate how the statistics they contain may relate to your research on global issues.
Below is a listing of some of the many international and US organizations included in Data Planet that collect and disseminate statistical data relevant to global issues. Use the Browse by Source option in Data Planet to review the datasets available from these organizations.
World Bank Founded in 1944 as a result of the Bretton Woods Conference, the World Bank is an independent specialized agency of the United Nations that provides financial and technical assistance to developing countries in order to foster economic growth and reduce poverty.
International Monetary Fund Headquartered in Washington, DC, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was conceived at a United Nations conference convened in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, United States, in July 1944. The Fund’s mandate has recently been clarified and updated to cover the full range of macroeconomic and financial sector issues that bear on global stability. The IMF is a specialized agency of the United Nations but has its own charter, governing structure, and finances. Its members are represented through a quota system broadly based on their relative size in the global economy.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Established in 1961, when 18 European countries plus the United States and Canada joined together to create an organization dedicated to global development, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) today includes 34 member countries from around the globe, ranging from North and South America to Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. Member countries include many of the world’s advanced countries as well as emerging nations. The OECD collects and analyzes data on a broad range of topics to help governments foster prosperity and fight poverty through economic growth and financial stability, at the same time taking the environmental implications of economic and social development into account.
Eurostat Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union (EU) located in Luxembourg. Eurostat was established in 1953 to meet the requirements of the Coal and Steel Community. Over the years its task has broadened, and it became a Directorate-General (DG) of the European Commission when the European Community was founded in 1958. Eurostat’s key role is to supply comparable statistics on European Union member state and candidate and European Free Trade Association countries to other DGs and supply the Commission and other European Institutions with data so they can define, implement, and analyze EU policies.
United Nations The United Nations (UN) was founded in 1945 after WWII by 51 countries committed to maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, and promoting social progress, better living standards, and human rights. The UN has 4 main purposes: to keep peace throughout the world; to develop friendly relations among nations; to help nations work together to improve the lives of poor people, to conquer hunger, disease and illiteracy, and to encourage respect for each other’s rights and freedoms; and to be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations to achieve these goals.
China Data Institute, University of Michigan China Data Institute is a nonprofit organization for China data development, applications, consulting and training. One of its primary goals is to promote international partnerships for China data development and applications. Its missions are: to support research in the human and natural components of local, regional and global change; to promote quantitative research on China; to promote collaborative research in spatial studies; and to promote the use and sharing of China data in teaching and research. The institute is partnering with All China Marketing Research Co., Ltd., as well as other organizations in distributing China statistical data and publications internationally.
The World Bank provides broad and open access to a comprehensive set of internationally comparable national-level data on development and conditions of people’s lives in nations around the world, as an aid to policymakers and researchers.
The links provided here a small subsample of the over 1,000 indicators covering 213 economies in the World Development Indicators (WDI) database. Data include indicators of education, environment, economic, financial, infrastructure, health, labor and social protection, poverty, private sector and trade, and public sector development of the world's nations.
Sample education-related indicators:
This DataSheet compares the trend in Adjusted net enrollment rate of males and females (as % of primary school age children) in Ecuador
This DataSheet presents a heat map of nations based on secondary education duration
This DataSheet provides a trend of the ratio of female to male tertiary enrollment.
Here we compare the trend in the literacy rate of adults in four former Soviet Socialist republics.
Other indicators in the WDI relate to socioeconomic conditions. Explore possible relationships among education and other statistics.
Economic Policy and Debt - Shows the current account balance of Bangladesh as percentage of GDP.
Environment - Presents a heat map of the world's nations by the percentage of the population living in urban areas of over one million population.
Financial Sector - Compares ratio of bank assets to capital in four Scandinavian nations.
Private Sector and Trade - Presents a ranking of nations by food exports as a percentage of all merchandise exports.
Public Sector - Shows a heat map of the world's nations by military expenditures as % of GDP.
Here a ranking of spending on pre-primary and primary education from the International Monetary Fund's Government Finance Statistics database:
Create trends and charts to explore statistics of interest by and across nations. For example, the chart below compares the percentage of the population attaining doctoral-level or equivalent education across 15 nations.
Enrollment in tertiary education, Ghana:
This dataset contains data on the resources, finances, and use of the public libraries in the United States presented by fiscal year. Data are collected in an annual survey of over 9,000 public libraries conducted by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Please note that the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) conducted the FY2005 and earlier Public Libraries Surveys and produced the data files.
About the IMLS
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) provides federal funds to libraries and museums in the United States to support improvements in technology and public services. The Institute was founded in 1996 as authorized under the Museum and Library Services Act.
What Do Public Libraries Survey Statistics Tell Us?
The statistics included in the Public Libraries Survey dataset provide granular detail on library administration, organization, and services. Indicators provide data on population served, expenditures for resources and capital, attendance at library programs, counts of librarians and other staff, internet usage at public libraries, and much more. Statistics are available for the nation as a whole, by state, by county, and by library, providing thousands of data points for comparison.
In Sage Data, the 52 time series included in the Public Libraries Survey dataset can be viewed for the United States as a whole, by state, by county, or by individual library. Find the data by selecting the source name "Institute of Museum and Library Services" in the Browse by Source listing. The chart below shows the trend over time in the size of the downloadable audio collections of Adair County Public Library of Missouri.
You can also compare statistics across states, counties, and libraries. Simply select the geographic area of listing and indicator of listing in the menu listings. The trend display below provides an infographic comparing trends in the amount of operating revenue received from the state government by public libraries in four southwestern states.
You can also compare across indicators in other datasets. The possibilities are myriad! Keep in mind that the graphs you create do not necessarily imply causality: the results may suggest a potential relationship between the variables you select, which may be an interesting line of inquiry for your own research.
PLS Reference Transactions Indicator Trend View:
Many of the statistical datasets on U.S. higher education that are available in the Data Planet repository are drawn from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). IPEDS involves annual institution-level data collections. All postsecondary institutions that participate in federal programs providing financial assistance to students are required to report data using a web-based data collection system, comprising of three collection periods each year. Applications and admissions information is not collected from institutions with an open admissions policy. IPEDS provides basic data needed to describe and analyze trends in postsecondary education in the United States, in terms of the numbers of students enrolled, staff employed, dollars expended, and degrees earned.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics. Integrated Postsecondary Data System. Accessed November 27, 2022, https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/ReportYourData/IpedsSurvey
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About the NCES
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity in the United States for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the U.S. and other nations. NCES is located within the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences. The NCES fulfills a congressional mandate to collect, collate, analyze, and report complete statistics on the condition of U.S. education; conduct and publish reports; and review and report on education activities internationally. The NCES is one of four centers (along with the National Center for Education Research, the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, and the National Center for Special Education Research) charged with carrying out the work of the Institute of Education Sciences.
https://nces.ed.gov/
Using Higher Education Statistics in Sage Data
Browse the datasets available on Higher Education in the Browse by Subject listing under Education:
The chart shown shows a trend view of the growth in number of females graduating with bachelor's degrees in petroleum engineering in the United States using data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System.
Change the Type selection to "All Institutions" and select the "Rank" chart type option to rank the top schools by number of females graduating with bachelor's degrees in petroleum engineering:
Use the multi-select function by holding down the Control key (or Command on iOS) and left clicking on two (or more) indicators to create comparisons within and across datasets. For example, the chart shown here compares trends in applications, admissions, and enrollment at the University of Alabama:
You can also compare across indicators in other datasets. There are many possibilities!
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
Many of the statistical datasets on U.S. higher education that are available in the Data Planet repository are drawn from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
The data are collected through the Academic Libraries Survey, a voluntary survey of approximately 3,700 degree-granting postsecondary institutions conducted biennially by the NCES as part of its Library Statistics Program. The dataset summarizes services, staff, collections, and expenditures of academic libraries in 2- and 4-year degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the 50 United States and the District of Columbia.
Any coeducational postsecondary institution in the United States that participates in the federal student financial assistance programs and has an intercollegiate athletic program is required by the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, 20 USC 1092(g) (also known as the Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act [EADA]), to participate in the annual EADA data collection. Through this survey, data are collected by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education on athletic participation, staffing, and revenues and expenses, by men's, women's, and coed varsity teams.
American Community Survey: Education Statistics
The American Community Survey also is a great source of data on education in the United States. The American Community Survey (ACS) conducted by the United States Census Bureau provides estimates of the characteristics of the population over a specific time period. The ACS collects data from the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, where it is called the Puerto Rico Community Survey. For more information, see American Community Survey, 5-Year Estimates. Below is a sampling of DataSheets related to education in the United States:
Click on the links below to view sample DataSheets from Data Planet. The indicators are just a sampling to give you an idea of the granularity of the available data. There are many more indicators on this topic in the repository—add search terms for race/ethnicity, states, counties, and more, or contact your library staff for help in formulating your search strategy. Log in to further explore!
Bachelor Degrees Conferred in 2021: