Public Libraries Survey

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Documents and Forms

Document Name Document Type
FY 2020 PLS Users Guide & Questionnaire DRAFT.docx www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/surveys-data/public-libraries-survey/report-your-pls-data/fy-2019-pls-data Instruction
FY 2019_Data Element Definitions.docx PLS Data Element Definitions IC Document
FY 2019 PLS Emails_7.16.19.docx PLS Email contacts IC Document
FY 2019 PLS CO IMLS Director letter attachment _ draft.docx PLS Directors Letter 1 IC Document
FY 2019 PLS SDC IMLS Director letter attachment _ Draft.docx PLS Directors Letter 2 IC Document
FY 2019 PLS Users Guide & Questionnaire DRAFT.docx FY19 PLS Users Guide & Questionnaire IC Document
FY 2016 PLS Questionnaire_9.15.16.pdf FY16 Users Guide & Questionnaire IC Document
PLS Burden Estimate Final 2020-07-02.xlsx Burden Estimate FY 2020 PLS IC Document
PLS Burden Estimate Final 2019-08-15.xlsx Burden Estimate FY 2019 PLS IC Document

Information Collection (IC) Details

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IC Title:	Public Libraries Survey	Agency IC Tracking Number:

Is this a Common Form? No		IC Status: Modified

Obligation to Respond: Voluntary

CFR Citation:

Information Collection Instruments:

Document Type	Form No.	Form Name	Instrument File	URL	Available Electronically?	Can Be Submitted Electronically?	Electronic Capability
Instruction			FY 2020 PLS Users Guide & Questionnaire DRAFT.docx	https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/surveys-data/public-libraries-survey/report-your-pls-data/fy-2019-pls-data	Yes	Yes	Paper Only

Line of Business: Education

Subfunction: Cultural and Historic Preservation

Privacy Act System of Records
Title:	FR Citation:

Number of Respondents: 56	Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 0

Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 100 %

	Approved	Program Change Due to Agency Discretion	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	56	0	56
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	5,416	662	4,754
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	153,753	18,776	134,977

Documents for IC

Title	Document	Date Uploaded
PLS Data Element Definitions	FY 2019_Data Element Definitions.docx	08/16/2019
PLS Email contacts	FY 2019 PLS Emails_7.16.19.docx	08/16/2019
PLS Directors Letter 1	FY 2019 PLS CO IMLS Director letter attachment _ draft.docx	08/16/2019
PLS Directors Letter 2	FY 2019 PLS SDC IMLS Director letter attachment _ Draft.docx	08/16/2019
FY19 PLS Users Guide & Questionnaire	FY 2019 PLS Users Guide & Questionnaire DRAFT.docx	07/09/2020
FY16 Users Guide & Questionnaire	FY 2016 PLS Questionnaire_9.15.16.pdf	07/09/2020
Burden Estimate FY 2020 PLS	PLS Burden Estimate Final 2020-07-02.xlsx	07/09/2020
Burden Estimate FY 2019 PLS	PLS Burden Estimate Final 2019-08-15.xlsx	07/09/2020

Blank fields in records indicate information that was not collected or not collected electronically prior to July 2006.