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ACRL (Association of College & Research Libraries) - advancing learning, transforming scholarship

• https://acrl.countingopinions.com/
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• The Annual ACRL Survey and IPEDS The Butler University Libraries Story, August 2016
  https://acrl.countingopinions.com/docs/acrl/CO_Butler_ACRLMetrics.pdf

ACRL reporting instructions located here:  T:\NGL\Library statistics\Annual Reports - ACRL\2018
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IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data Survey)

• IPEDS 2018 form/instructions
  https://surveys.nces.ed.gov/ipeds/VisForms.aspx?survey=15&form=103&index=0&ri=0&show=all&instid=30103
   
• https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/use-the-data
• https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/
   
• https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/report-your-data/resource-center-academic-libraries

The purpose of the Academic Libraries Survey (ALS) is to collect information on library resources, services, and expenditures from academic libraries serving degree-granting, Title IV postsecondary institutions in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the outlying areas. The ALS was conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) on a 3-year cycle between 1966 and 1988, within the framework of the Higher Education General Information System (HEGIS). Between 1988 and 1998, the ALS was a component of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and was collected on a 2-year cycle. Between 2000 and 2012, the Academic Libraries Survey was conducted independently of IPEDS but remained on a 2-year cycle. Since 2014, the ALS has been reintegrated back into the IPEDS collection as the Academic Libraries (AL) component and is collected annually. The resources available on this page provide guidance on the reintegration of the ALS back into IPEDS and supplementary instructions for completing the AL component.

Comparing AL and ALS

In 2014, the ALS was reintegrated back into the IPEDS collection and the survey became a mandatory, annual survey for all degree-granting Title IV institutions. Only institutions with library expenses equal to or greater than $100,000 are now required to report additional details about their expenses to IPEDS. Questions related to library staff have been moved to the IPEDS Human Resources component. Many questions from the 2012 ALS collections and services sections were removed or revised. The following resources provide additional information about the reintegration of the ALS into IPEDS and differences between the ALS and AL

IPEDS reporting instructions located here:  T:\NGL\Library statistics\
maintained by Michael Hanson