本文件规定了图书馆和信息服务界收集和报告统计数据的规则: —？就国际报告而言； —？确保各国之间对图书馆管理人员经常使用但不符合国际报告条件的统计指标的一致性； —？鼓励在使用统计数据管理图书馆和信息服务方面采取良好做法。

This document specifies rules for the library and information services community on the collection and reporting of statistics: —？for the purposes of international reporting; —？to ensure conformity between countries for those statistical measures that are frequently used by library managers, but do not qualify for international reporting; —？to encourage good practice in the use of statistics for the management of library and information services.