Information Collection

Public Libraries Survey

IC 209111 under ICR 202007-3137-001 · OMB 3137-0074.

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Documents and Forms

Documents and forms in this information collection
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

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:

table that charts list of 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 %

table that charts list of burden
	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

table that charts IC Documents
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.