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Libraries in the United States Over Time</span></a></li><li class=""><a title="Library-related statistics outside of the U.S. " class="" href="https://libguides.ala.org/c.php?g=751692&p=9132145" ><span>International Library Statistics</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="s-lg-guide-tabs-title-bar" class="container s-lib-side-borders"></div> <!-- BEGIN: Guide Content --> <div id="s-lg-guide-main" class="container s-lib-main s-lib-side-borders" tabindex="-1"> <div class="row s-lg-row"><div id="s-lg-col-126" class="col-md-12"><div class="s-lg-col-boxes"></div></div></div><div class="row s-lg-row"><div id="s-lg-col-1" class="col-md-8"><div class="s-lg-col-boxes"><div id="s-lg-box-wrapper-24185757" class="s-lg-box-wrapper-24185757"><div id="s-lg-box-20611823-container" class="s-lib-box-container"> <div id="s-lg-box-20611823" class="s-lib-box s-lib-box-std"> <h2 class="s-lib-box-title">Number of Paid Library Staff in the United States</h2><div id="s-lg-box-collapse-20611823" > <div class="s-lib-box-content"> <div id="s-lg-content-46158109" class=" clearfix"> <table class="table table-bordered" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);"> <thead> <tr> <th class="ck_border" scope="row" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);"> </th> <th class="ck_border" scope="col" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">Librarians</th> <th class="ck_border" scope="col" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">Other Paid Staff</th> <th class="ck_border" scope="col" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">Total Paid Staff</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <th class="ck_border" scope="row" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">Academic Libraries</th> <td class="ck_border" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">26,606</td> <td class="ck_border" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">59,145</td> <td class="ck_border" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">85,751</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="ck_border" scope="row" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">Public Libraries</th> <td class="ck_border" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">50,926</td> <td class="ck_border" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">92,957</td> <td class="ck_border" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">143,883</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="ck_border" scope="row" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">Public School Libraries</th> <td class="ck_border" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">78,750</td> <td class="ck_border" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">47,440</td> <td class="ck_border" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">126,010</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="ck_border" scope="row" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">Private School Libraries</th> <td class="ck_border" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">14,090</td> <td class="ck_border" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">3,770</td> <td class="ck_border" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">17,860</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="ck_border" scope="row" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">Bureau of Indian Education School Libraries</th> <td class="ck_border" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">90</td> <td class="ck_border" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">80</td> <td class="ck_border" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">170</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="ck_border" scope="row" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">Total</th> <td class="ck_border" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">168,022</td> <td class="ck_border" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">201,823</td> <td class="ck_border" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">369,845</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div><div id="s-lg-box-wrapper-24185806" class="s-lg-box-wrapper-24185806"><div id="s-lg-box-20611875-container" class="s-lib-box-container"> <div id="s-lg-box-20611875" class="s-lib-box s-lib-box-std"> <h2 class="s-lib-box-title">Library Statistics from Other Countries</h2><div id="s-lg-box-collapse-20611875" > <div class="s-lib-box-content"> <div class=""> <ul id="s-lg-link-list-48986102" class="s-lg-link-list s-lg-link-list-2"><li class=""> <div id="s-lg-content-46158171" class=""><span><a href="https://librarymap.ifla.org/map" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '46158171'});">IFLA Library Map of the World</a> </span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-46158171" class="s-lg-link-desc">IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) Library Map of the World is a representative source of basic library statistics and a robust tool providing country-level data and a worldwide comparison of different library performance metrics by region.</div> </div></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div><div id="s-lg-col-2" class="col-md-4"><div class="s-lg-col-boxes"><div id="s-lg-box-wrapper-24186730" class="s-lg-box-wrapper-24186730"><div id="s-lg-box-20612756-container" class="s-lib-box-container"> <div id="s-lg-box-20612756" class="s-lib-box s-lib-box-std"> <h2 class="s-lib-box-title">Sources</h2><div id="s-lg-box-collapse-20612756" > <div class="s-lib-box-content"> <div id="s-lg-content-46160224" class=" clearfix"> <p><strong>Numbers for Academic Libraries come from the National Center for Education Statistics Academic Libraries: 2012 First Look survey</strong></p> </div><div class=""><ul id="s-lg-link-list-48988122" class="s-lg-link-list s-lg-link-list-2"><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-37357687" class=""><span><a href="https://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2014038" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '37357687',_st_inc_return: this});">Academic Libraries: 2012 First Look</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-37357687" class="s-lg-link-desc">National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) report summarizing statistics on academic libraries (February 2014)</div></div></li></ul></div> <div id="s-lg-content-46160221" class=" clearfix"> <p><strong>Numbers for Public Libraries come from the Public Libraries Survey, FY 2019:</strong></p> </div><div class=""><ul id="s-lg-link-list-48988117" class="s-lg-link-list s-lg-link-list-2"><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-22611143" class=""><span><a href="https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-united-states-survey" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '22611143',_st_inc_return: this});">Public Libraries Survey (PLS)</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-22611143" class="s-lg-link-desc">The Public Libraries Survey (PLS) provides statistics on the status of public libraries in the United States.<br /> The data are collected from approximately 9,000 public libraries with approximately 17,000 individual public library outlets (main libraries, branches, and bookmobiles) in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and outlying territories.<br /> Data includes information about library visits, circulation, size of collections, public service hours, staffing, electronic resources, operating revenues and expenditures and number of service outlets.</div></div></li></ul></div> <div id="s-lg-content-46160239" class=" clearfix"> <p><strong>Numbers for Public School and Private School Libraries come from the NCES Characteristics of Public and Private Elementary and Secondary Schools in the United States: Results From the 2011–12 Schools and Staffing Survey </strong></p> </div><div class=""><ul id="s-lg-link-list-48988135" class="s-lg-link-list s-lg-link-list-2"><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-32033262" class=""><span><a href="https://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2013312" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '32033262',_st_inc_return: this});">Characteristics of Public and Private Elementary and Secondary Schools in the United States: Results From the 2011–12 Schools and Staffing Survey</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-32033262" class="s-lg-link-desc">Reports of findings from the 2011-12 survey for 116,240 K-12 schools in the U.S. covering numbers of schools, staffing, graduation rates, and other school-wide characteristics.</div></div></li></ul></div> <div id="s-lg-content-46160250" class=" clearfix"> <p><strong>Numbers for Bureau of Indian Education School Libraries come from Characteristics of Public and Bureau of Indian Education Elementary and Secondary School Library Media Centers in the United States: Results from the 2007-08 Schools and Staffing Survey</strong></p> </div><div class=""><ul id="s-lg-link-list-48988147" class="s-lg-link-list s-lg-link-list-2"><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-37358063" class=""><span><a href="https://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009322" 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