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University Library Statistics

Information on library metrics and completing the Library portion of the ACRL, ATS, and other national surveys.

Reporting Period

The reporting Period for the surveys is the most recent fiscal year/12-month period that ends before October 1, 2025. 

Data Collection

Data for the libraries is collected from LibInsights, Celus (some data for Celus may need to be manually updated), and WMS. Budget data is collected using the budget report provided by Mona G. Data should be added to the Google Sheets. Then the ACRL data should be added to the LibInsights Dataset, "ACRL Annual Survey"

APU Libraries Survey Data in Google Drive

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Workflow

September

Internal documents are revised for IPEDS, ACRL, & ATS

ATS Survey is Open

October

Gather data for ATS Survey. In 2023, the ATS survey was redesigned to align with IPEDS. Use IPEDS instructions for the appropriate data points.

ACRL Survey Opens

Begin gathering data for surveys IPEDS/ACRL.

December

IPEDS Survey Opens. ATS Survey Closes

Submit Responses to ATS.

February

ACRL Survey Closes

Submit Responses to ACRL. Obtain IPEDS data upload file from ACRL

April 

IPEDS Survey Closes

Submit Responses to IPEDS - validate the IPEDs data on the ACRL file. 

ATLA/ATS

In 2023, the ATS survey was redesigned to align with IPEDS. Use IPEDS instructions for the appropriate data points. Like ACRL & IPDS previous fiscal year data is used for this report.

Due December 10, 2025 (Data is due to Matt E. on November 28, 2025)

The data submitted by the library for 2023 was not from the previous fiscal year. Starting in 2024, data should be submitted for the previous fiscal year, as stated by ATS/ATLA

ACRL

Due February 28, 2026??

IPEDS

No longer collecting data for libraries after Survey Year 2024-2025.

WMS Resources

WMS Report Designer Training Video (filmed on February 12, 2024)

Coming Soon

The PALNI Library Consortium has created a guide to help their libraries use WMS to pull data for the surveys. Although this is not specific to APU, library personnel can use the information to locate the data needed on WMS.