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Table 2. Expenditures, 1992: National 

H ig h es t le v e l T otal o p e r a tin g  C u rren
o f  d eg re e e x p e n d itu r e s  a s % o

p e r  FTE stu d en t e x p e n d

$ %
D o cto ra te 902.90 55.7
M aster’s 659.36 43.0
B a c h e lo r ’s 431.86 37.0
< 4  y ea r s 184.69 29.2

Typically, forms are sent from NCES to the state 
agency to the campus office responsible for 
institutional research. The route back to NCES 
reverses the distribution route (i.e., campus to 
state agency to NCES).

Since 1990 ALA, ACRL, and ARL have been 
working with NCES to establish and maintain 
a system whereby a “library representative” (LR) 
in each state has agreed to help NCES with the 
biennial data collection. At this writing only 
two states lack LRs. In 10 states the LR is avail­
able to assist the state IPEDS coordinator. In 38 
other states and the District of Columbia the 
LR keys data from the forms submitted by li­
braries into the special software developed by 
NCES called IDEALS (Input and Data Editing 
for Academ ic Library Statistics). After ru n ­
ning edit checks, th e LR sends a diskette to 
NCES for creation o f th e national report. The 
LRs in several states also use the data lo ­
cally for state-level reports (e.g., Michigan, 
Utah, Louisiana).

Obtaining the 1992 data
The 1992 report and data files are available from 
several sources:

•  I n te r n e t . The report and the data files 
are available on  th e U.S. D epartm ent o fE d u - 
cation/O E R I g o p h e r server: select E d u ca­
tional Research, Im provem ent, and Statistics 
(OERI & NCES)/; th en  select National C en­
ter for Education Statistics (NCES)/; follow ed 
by Library Statistics Program /; th en  select 
Surveys and Studies/; follow ed by Academ ic 
Library Statistics.

The data files an d  the report are each p re ­
c e d e d  b y  a n  a c c o m p a n y in g  d e s c r ip tiv e  
readm e file. Each readm e file, th e rep o rt, 
and the data files m ay be d ow nloaded. The 
re p o rt an d  the d ata files have b e e n  com ­

p ressed  on Internet using a 
Averages s o f tw a r e  p r o g r a m  c a lle d  

pkzip. This is available on 
t s e r ia ls  th e  d e p a r t m e n t ’s g o p h e r  
f  c o lle c tio n  s e r v e r  u n d e r  t h e  m a in  
itu r e s m enu.

•  G o v e r n m e n t  P r in t ­
in g  O ffice (GPO). Copies of 
the report and the data files 
can be purchased from New 
O rders, S u p e rin te n d e n t o f 
Documents, P.O. Box 371954, 
Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954. 
You may place credit card or­
ders by fax at (202) 512-2250. 

Call the GPO Order Desk at (202) 512-1800 for 
additional ordering information or to place your 
order by telephone.

•  N a t i o n a l  D a ta  R e s o u r c e  C e n t e r  
(NDRC). If you provide two DOS-formatted 
high-density 3.5" diskettes and a self-addressed 
diskette mailer, the NDRC will provide you the 
data file free o f charge. Send your request by 
Internet to: ndrc@pcci.com; or send a fax to 
(703) 820-7465; or w rite to NDRC at 1900 
Beauregard Street, Suite 200, Alexandria, VA 
22311; or call (703) 845-3151. ■

Letter
Gover gets credit for coining phrase
To the Editor:

Thanks to everyone in ACRL w ho pro­
vided a summary report of their programs 
in Miami (“ACRL in Miami: Taking the Net­
work Plunge,” September 1994). We are also 
pleased to note that ACRL liked the title of 
our Extended Off-Campus Library Services 
Section (ECLSS) program enough to use it 
in the heading of the report. As chairperson 
o f the ECLSS Program Committee for Mi­
ami, I was honored to be able to work with 
a num ber of individuals w ho helped make 
our program a huge success. I w ould like 
especially to recognize the person w ho cre­
ated the name “Taking the Network Plunge”: 
Harvey Gover, branch campus librarian at 
Washington State University and a member 
o f the Planning Committee.— Thomas E. 
Abbott, dean, Learning Resources a n d  Uni­
versity Development, University o f  M aine at 
A ugusta

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