Public Libraries Survey
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The Public Libraries Survey is a nationwide statistical study that collects and reports data on the operations, resources, and services of public libraries across the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Public Libraries Survey canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6777875 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Public Libraries Survey Context triple: [Institute of Museum and Library Services, dataCollection, Public Libraries Survey]
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A.
Library and Archives
Library and Archives is the research and historical collections center of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, housing botanical literature, manuscripts, and archival materials.
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B.
Social Research Library
The Social Research Library is a specialized branch of the UC Berkeley Library system that supports scholarship in the social sciences with focused collections and research services.
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C.
American Libraries
American Libraries is the flagship magazine of the American Library Association, covering news, trends, and issues affecting libraries and librarians.
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D.
Bibliothèque publique d’information
The Bibliothèque publique d’information is a major French public library in Paris known for its extensive open-access collections and role as a key cultural and informational hub.
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E.
Reading Public Library
Reading Public Library is the main public library serving the community of Reading, Massachusetts, providing access to books, media, programs, and other educational resources.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Public Libraries Survey Target entity description: The Public Libraries Survey is a nationwide statistical study that collects and reports data on the operations, resources, and services of public libraries across the United States.
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A.
Library and Archives
Library and Archives is the research and historical collections center of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, housing botanical literature, manuscripts, and archival materials.
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B.
Social Research Library
The Social Research Library is a specialized branch of the UC Berkeley Library system that supports scholarship in the social sciences with focused collections and research services.
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C.
American Libraries
American Libraries is the flagship magazine of the American Library Association, covering news, trends, and issues affecting libraries and librarians.
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D.
Bibliothèque publique d’information
The Bibliothèque publique d’information is a major French public library in Paris known for its extensive open-access collections and role as a key cultural and informational hub.
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E.
Reading Public Library
Reading Public Library is the main public library serving the community of Reading, Massachusetts, providing access to books, media, programs, and other educational resources.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
library statistics program
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statistical survey ⓘ |
| access | publicly available data ⓘ |
| collects |
circulation of materials
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electronic resources ⓘ hours of operation ⓘ library collections ⓘ library expenditures ⓘ library programs ⓘ library revenues ⓘ library staffing ⓘ library visits ⓘ number of public libraries ⓘ public access internet computers ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| dataFormat |
machine-readable files
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online tables ⓘ |
| dataType |
administrative data
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statistical data ⓘ |
| dataUser |
general public
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library administrators ⓘ policy makers ⓘ researchers ⓘ |
| field | library and information science ⓘ |
| focus |
operations of public libraries
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resources of public libraries ⓘ services of public libraries ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| geographicCoverage |
District of Columbia
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U.S. territories (where applicable) ⓘ all 50 U.S. states ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| method | survey of public library agencies ⓘ |
| output |
public data files
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statistical tables ⓘ summary reports ⓘ |
| purpose |
to describe the status of public library services in the United States
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to inform federal, state, and local decision making about libraries ⓘ to support assessment of public library performance ⓘ |
| scope | nationwide ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| subject | public libraries ⓘ |
| timeCoverage | multiple years ⓘ |
| unitOfAnalysis |
public library outlets
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public library systems ⓘ |
| use |
planning and evaluation of library services
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policy analysis ⓘ research ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Public Libraries Survey Description of subject: The Public Libraries Survey is a nationwide statistical study that collects and reports data on the operations, resources, and services of public libraries across the United States.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.