In 1994, 1,234 Federal libraries and information centers were identified in the 50 states and the District of Columbia (Table 1).
Of the 1,234 Federal libraries and information centers identified, 1,161 were survey respondents (Table 1).
Library/Information Center users (clientele) were most often described as agency staff
(81.5 percent), other Federal staff (61.9 percent), and targeted populations (59.5 percent)
(Table 5).
Of respondents, 40.0 percent reported the general public among major clientele (Table 5), and 52.7 percent reported that services are available to the general public (Table 6).
Of respondents, 85.0 percent reported numbers of book volumes in print, 16.3 percent reported microform book volume equivalents, and 16.4 percent reported book volume equivalents in electronic format (Table 7).
Volumes in book print collection of less than 25,000 were reported by 68.9 percent of respondents, with 1.5 percent reporting none (derived from Table 8).
Of the responding Federal libraries and information centers, 95.8 percent reported that reference services are provided by staff, 20.6 percent reported by parent or other government agency library, and 15.6 percent reported contracted services (Table 9).
Online searches per typical week were reported by 68.0 percent of respondents, CD-ROM searches by 55.4 percent, OPAC (online public access catalog) and other in-house database searches by 25.8 percent, and Internet searches by 24.2 percent (Table 10).
Of respondents, 51.4 percent reported providing Selective Dissemination of Information service, 38.4 percent reported preparing published bibliographies, 34 percent reported producing other publications, and 17.4 percent reported producing online or CD-ROM databases (derived from Table 13).
Of a variety of technical functions, cataloging was automated or under development in the highest percentage of respondents (70.3 percent) (Table 14).
As to technologies available, 84 percent of respondents reported FAX , 78.6 percent reported
E-mail, 76.2 percent reported CD-ROM, 61.3 percent reported Local Area Network, and
55.1 percent reported Internet available (Table 15).
Contract staff on site was reported by 18.8 percent of respondents (Table 16).
Of respondents, 47.3 percent reported less than three total full-time equivalent (FTE) staff including contract staff on site (derived from Table 17).
Finally, 42.7 percent of respondents reported having undertaken or developed preservation activities (derived from Table 18).
