2014 Public Libraries Survey

# Content

The Public Libraries Survey (PLS) is conducted annually by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the mandate in the Museum and Library Services Act of 2010. The data file includes all public libraries identified by state library administrative agencies in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The reporting unit for the survey is the administrative entity, defined as the agency that is legally established under local or state law to provide public library service to the population of a local jurisdiction. The FY 2014 PLS collected state characteristics data, including the state total population estimate, number of central and branch libraries, and the total library visits and circulation transactions, and data on each public library, such as its name and location, population of legal service area, print and digital collections, full-time-equivalent staff, and operating revenue and expenditures.

# Acknowledgements

The U.S. Census Bureau is the data collection agent for IMLS Public Libraries Survey.

《公共图书馆调查》（PLS）由博物馆与图书馆服务机构根据2010年《博物馆与图书馆服务机构法案》的授权，每年进行一次。数据文件包含了50个州以及哥伦比亚特区的州图书馆管理机构所识别的所有公共图书馆。调查的统计单元为行政实体，即依据地方或州法律合法设立的、为地方管辖区域内居民提供公共图书馆服务的机构。2014财年PLS收集了各州特征数据，包括州总人口估计、中心图书馆和分馆数量、总图书馆访问次数和流通交易次数，以及每座公共图书馆的数据，例如其名称和位置、法定服务区域人口、印刷和数字馆藏、全职等效员工以及运营收入和支出。