ESS Standard for Quality Reports Structure (ESQRS)
| Contact | |
|---|---|
| Contact organisation | National Statistical Institute |
| Contact organisation unit | Education and Culture Statistics Department |
| Contact name | Nikolay Nikolov |
| Contact person function | Chief expert |
| Contact mail address | 2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Contact email address | |
| Contact phone number | + 359 2 9857 487 |
| Contact fax number | |
| Statistical presentation | |
| Data description | Data refers to the number of libraries, library collection, readers, visitors, library collection loaned, employment and library staff. The survey includes indicators for the number of books, continued editions (newspapers, magazines, bulletins and periodicals) and other documents (audio-visual and electronic documents, graphic and cartographic publications, patents and standards, microforms). The data indicate the total revenue, subsidies from the budget and the expenditure of libraries. |
| Classification system | · Nomenclature of territorial units for statistical purposes in Bulgaria (NUTS). |
| Sector coverage | Cover the activity of all libraries with collection above 200 thousand library documents. |
| Statistical concepts and definitions | The library is an independent organization or part of organization whose main objective is to keep a fund of documents and through the activities of its staff to facilitate the use of documents that are necessary to meet the |
| Statistical unit | Units of observation are libraries with collections above 200 thousand library documents. |
| Statistical population | The target population is all libraries with collection above 200 thousand library documents. |
| Reference area | The whole country. |
| Time coverage | From 2002. |
| Base period | Not applicable. |
| Statistical processing | |
| Source data | All libraries with collection above 200 thousand units. |
| Frequency of data collection | Yearly. |
| Data collection | Data are collected via electronic questionnaire "Report on the activities of libraries". Respondents send the questionnaire by e-mail. |
| Data validation | In the head office of the NSI is being done:
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| Data compilation | Data processing is performed with Microsoft Access. |
| Adjustment | Not applicable. |
| Quality management | |
| Quality assurance | Not applicable. |
| Quality assessment | Not applicable. |
| Relevance | |
| User needs | The main users of statistical information by the survey of library activities are:
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| User satisfaction | Not applicable. |
| Completeness | High degree of completeness is ensured according to the methodology. |
| Data completeness - rate | Not applicable (census). |
| Accuracy and reliability | |
| Overall accuracy | The survey is exhaustive. There are several estimates for incomplete or missing data, using final methods when possible. |
| Sampling error | Not applicable. |
| Sampling errors - indicators | Not applicable (census). |
| Non-sampling error | Not applicable. |
| Coverage error | Not applicable (census). |
| Over-coverage - rate | Not applicable (census). |
| Common units - proportion | Not applicable (census). |
| Measurement error | Not applicable (census). |
| Non response error | Not applicable (census). |
| Unit non-response - rate | Not applicable (census). |
| Item non-response - rate | Not applicable (census). |
| Processing error | Not applicable (census). |
| Imputation - rate | Not applicable (no imputations). |
| Model assumption error | Not applicable (census). |
| Seasonal adjustment | Not applicable (no seasonal adjustments). |
| Data revision - policy | Not applicable (preliminary data not published). |
| Data revision - practice | Not applicable (preliminary data not published). |
| Data revision - average size | Not applicable (only final data is published). |
| Timeliness and punctuality | |
| Timeliness | The data for library activities are available in the form of tables 5 months after the end of the data collection. |
| Time lag - first results | 18 weeks. |
| Time lag - final results | Not applicable (only final results published). |
| Punctuality | The terms of the previous position are strictly observed. |
| Punctuality - delivery and publication | Not applicable (data published on exact date). |
| Coherence and comparability | |
| Comparability - geographical | Not applicable. |
| Asymmetry for mirror flows statistics - coefficient | Not applicable (no flows). |
| Comparability - over time | The data are comparable. |
| Length of comparable time series | From 2002. |
| Coherence - cross domain | Not applicable. |
| Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics | Not applicable (annual survey). |
| Coherence - National Accounts | Not applicable. |
| Coherence - internal | Not applicable.
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| Accessibility and clarity | |
| News release | Regular press release, related to the data. |
| Publications | · Statistical Yearbook; · Statistical Reference Book; · 'Bulgaria' (brochure); · Regions, districts and municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria. |
| On-line database | Data on libraries are available to all users of the NSI website under the heading Culture - Libraries with collection above 200 thousands: https://www.nsi.bg/en/node/4591 and Informational System Infostat: https://infostat.nsi.bg/infostat/pages/module.jsf?x_2=150 |
| Data tables - consultations | Not available. |
| Micro-data access | Anonymised individual data can be provided for scientific and research purposes, and for individual request according to the Rules for the provision of anonymised individual data for scientific and research purposes. |
| Other | Information service on request, according to the Rules for the dissemination of statistical products and services to NSI. |
| Metadata - consultations | Not available. |
| Documentation on methodology | Survey Methodology: https://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/metadata/Culture_2_Methodology_en.pdf |
| Metadata completeness – rate | 100%. |
| Quality documentation | Quality documents are under preparation. |
| Cost and burden | |
The average duration for filling the statistical report by the respondents is about 50 minutes. | |
| Confidentiality | |
| Confidentiality - policy | · Law on Statistics; · Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society. |
| Confidentiality – data treatment | Individual data are not published in accordance with article 25 of the Law on Statistics. The publishing of individual data can be performed only in accordance with article 26 of the same law. |
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