The purpose of this standard is to provide categories and definitions fornational reporting on libraries, in order to promote the exchange of information about libraries. It constitutes a way of recording and reporting data onlibraries so that sets of data collected by different agencies and individualscan be aggregated or compared easily. This standard includes three parts: 1. Scope 2. Definitions 3. Reporting of statistical data 3.1 General 3.2 Time period to which data refer 3.3 l.ibraries 3.4 Personnel resources 3.5 Finances: expenditures 3.6 Collection resources 3.7 Facilities and equipment 3.8 Services and utilization of resources