National Core Library Statistics Program

The National Core Library Statistics Program (NCLSP) includes:

• National statistics on Canadian libraries (includes public, academic and special libraries, excludes school libraries)
• Application of over 25 library-specific variables
• Cross-comparative analyses of findings

The first national program to develop profiles of libraries in Canada, the NCLSP is a resource for:

• Planning budgets and procedures
• Setting standards
• Lobbying and policy-development

The National Core Library Statistics Program Reports are in Portable Document Format (PDF). To read them you will you will need the free Adobe Reader software available from Adobe Systems Incorporated.

National Core Library Statistics Program: Statistical Report 1999
[PDF 620 KB]

National Core Library Statistics Program: Statistical Report 1996
[PDF 684 KB]

National Core Library Statistics Program: Statistical Report 1995
[PDF 488 KB]

National Core Library Statistics Program: Statistical Report 1994
[PDF 2 300 KB]

Canadian School Libraries and Teacher-librarians: Results from the 2003/04 Information and Communication Technologies in Schools Survey
www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/050504/d050504a.htm

Canadian Libraries: Bibliography 2002

Elementary and Secondary Schools: The Role, Challenges and Financial Conditions of School and School Library Resources in Canada, 2001