[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 119 (Thursday, June 20, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37243-37244]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-14744]
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NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests: Public
Libraries Survey, FY 2014-2016
AGENCY: Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Foundation
for the Arts and the Humanities.
ACTION: Notice, request for comments, collection of information.
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SUMMARY: The Institute of Museum and Library Service (``IMLS'') as part
of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general
public and federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing collections of information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.). This pre-clearance
consultation program helps to ensure that requested data can be
provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial
resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood,
and the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed. The purpose of this Notice is to solicit comments
concerning the continuance of the Public Libraries Survey for Fiscal
Years 2014-2016.
A copy of the proposed information collection request can be
obtained by contacting the individual listed below in the ADDRESSES
section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section below on or before August 20, 2013.
IMLS is particularly interested in comments that help the agency
to:
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of information including the validity
of the methodology and assumptions used;
Enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
Minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate
automated electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g. permitting
electronic submissions of responses.
ADDRESSES: For a copy of the documents contact: Deanne W. Swan, Senior
Statistician, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Institute
of Museum and Library Services, 1800 M Street NW., 9th Floor,
Washington DC 20036. Dr. Swan can be reached by Telephone: 202-653-
4769, Fax: 202-653-4601, or by email at [email protected] or by teletype
(TTY/TDD) for persons with hearing difficulty at 202-653-4614.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is an
independent Federal grant-making agency and is the primary source of
federal support for the Nation's 123,000 libraries and 17,500 museums.
IMLS provides a variety of grant programs to assist the Nation's
museums and libraries in improving their operations and enhancing their
services to the public. IMLS is responsible for identifying national
needs for and trends in museum, library, and information services;
measuring and reporting on the impact and effectiveness of museum,
library and information services throughout the United States,
including programs conducted with funds made available by IMLS;
identifying, and disseminating information on, the best practices of
such programs; and developing plans to improve museum, library and
information services of the United States and strengthen national,
State, local, regional, and international communications and
cooperative networks (20 U.S.C. Chapter 72, 20 U.S.C. 9108).
II. Current Actions
Pursuant to Public Law 107-279, this Public Libraries Survey
collects annual descriptive data on the universe of public libraries in
the U.S. and the Outlying Areas. Information such as
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public service hours per year, circulation of library books, number of
librarians, population of legal service area, expenditures for library
collection, programs for children and young adults, staff salary data,
and access to technology, etc., would be collected. The Public
Libraries Survey has been conducted by the Institute of Museum and
Library Services under the clearance number 3137-0074, which expires
December 31, 2013.
Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Title: Public Libraries Survey, 2014-2016.
OMB Number: 3137-0074.
Agency Number: 3137.
Affected Public: State and local governments, State library
agencies, and public libraries.
Number of Respondents: 55.
Note: 55 is the number of State Library Administrative Agencies
(SLAAs) that are responsible for the collection of this information and
for reporting it to IMLS. In gathering this information, the SLAAs will
request that their sub-entities (i.e., public libraries in their
respective States and Outlying Areas) provide information to the
respective SLAA. As the number of sub-entities and questions varies
from SLAA to SLAA, it is difficult to assess the exact number of burden
hours and costs.
Frequency: Annually.
Burden hours per respondent: 80.3
Total burden hours: 4254.
Total Annualized capital/startup costs: n/a.
Total Annual Costs: $116,929.
CONTACT: Kim A. Miller, Management Analyst, Office of Planning,
Research, and Evaluation, Institute of Museum and Library Services,
1800 M Street NW., 9th Floor, Washington, DC 20036. Ms. Miller can be
reached by Telephone: 202-653-4762, Fax: 202-653-4762, or by email at
[email protected].
Dated: June 17, 2013.
Kim A. Miller,
Management Analyst, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation.
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