The Status of Federal Libraries and Information Centers in the United States

The Status of Federal Libraries and Information Centers in the United States

Author: Evelyn F. Hawkins

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1999-02

Total Pages: 139

ISBN-13: 0788176293

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Presents a picture of federal libraries and information centers that provide a wide variety of services to their respective agencies as well as to the general public. Describes trends covering the period from FY1992 to FY1994 as reported in 1994 as part of the survey. This report classifies federal libraries and information centers in 5 different ways, according to their (1) organizational structure, (2) nature of parent organization, (3) mission/subject area, (4) public access, and (5) level of automation. The body of this report is organized into 3 chapters: (1) services, (2) collections and expenditures, and (3) staff. Includes 26 charts and tables.