Abstract
This study is a census of the libraries of the fifty state geological surveys and their unique collections of geological survey reports and bulletins, field trip guidebooks, topographic maps, field notebooks, and theses and dissertations. Respondents were queried about their locations, administrative bodies, funding sources, collections, users, services, and staff. Libraries can be divided into two groups: those administered by an individual state geological survey and those administered by a university library. While a handful of the survey-administered libraries have sizeable collections and offer a wide range of services, most lack resources for collection development, services, and staff. University-administered libraries benefit from being a part of a larger university library system with a variety of services.
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