National Center for Education Statistics. Academic Library Statistics: United States: Expenditures for Electronic Books, Serial Backfiles and Other Materials | State: Texas | Educational Institution: THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, NORTH HARRIS MONTGOMERY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT, HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM, 2000 - 2012. Data-Planet™ Statistical Datasets by Conquest Systems, Inc. Dataset-ID: 017-015-014
Dataset: Reports expenditures during the fiscal year made by academic libraries in 2- and 4-year degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the 50 United States and Washington, DC, for one-time purchases for software and machine-readable materials considered part of the collections. Examples include serial backfiles, literature collections, and one-time costs for electronic backfiles, etc. Expenditures are reported for the nation in total and by state and institution, and include expenditures made from regular budget and all other sources (eg, research grants, special projects, gifts and endowments, and fees for services). Purchases not paid from the library budget but identifiable in other parts of the institution's budget are also included here.
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 collected through the Academic Libraries Survey (ALS), a voluntary survey of approximately 3,700 degree-granting postsecondary institutions conducted biennially by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) as part of its Library Statistics Program. 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. The data are intended to provide an overview of academic libraries nationwide and by state in order to enable the US to plan effectively for the development and use of postsecondary education ...