ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
1
Public Library Survey Data
2
Updated: 09/03/2025
3
Contains Data from 2003 - 2024
4
5
2024 data has not been verified by IMLS yet and should be treated as preliminary
6
Some columns in the 2024 data may be blank because this is pre-IMLS data
7
2024 data were downloaded from LibPAS after the end of the data collection season
8
9
All data from 2023 and earlier are a combination of data downloaded from IMLS and Utah specific data downloaded from LibPAS (websites below)
10
IMLS imputes certain values, so values may be slightly different than the raw data. Imputed values are flagged in the IMLS data found on their website, but are not included in this file for simplicity. You can find those flags in the datasets from IMLS
11
12
IMLS Data: https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/surveys/public-libraries-survey-pls
13
LibPAS: https://ut.countingopinions.com/main.php
14
Contact the State Data Coordinator for help with LibPAS
15
16
Columns that have no values within the past 5 years have been removed from the All Years sheet. The yearly data sheets will still show all of that year's columns
17
18
Information on variables, including what certain codes mean, can be found in the appendix of the Data File Documentation and User Guide
19
Documentation Guide: https://www.imls.gov/sites/default/files/2025-08/PLS-FY-2023-Data-Documentation-508.pdf
20
Note that this is the documentation as of 2023
21
22
Questions/Comments/Corrections, contact the Utah State Data Coordinator at samdutton@utah.gov
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100