Medical Library Assistance — CFDA 93.879

Medical-library obligations at $603.4M

USAspending.gov records $603,401,699.72 in obligations under CFDA 93.879. Three hundred sixty-three awards produce that stock. A simple average is about $1.66 million per award. That average is a quotient of two packet totals, not a typical NLM cooperative-agreement invoice and not a cost per licensed title.

The assistance-listing title is MEDICAL LIBRARY ASSISTANCE. CFDA 93.879 is the identifier. Other NIH, NLM, or library listings tagged under different CFDA numbers are not mixed into the $603.4M. Combining those codes would invent a combined biomedical-information total this packet does not contain.

147 recipients and 363 award rows

One hundred forty-seven recipients share 363 awards, or about 2.5 award records per recipient on average. Splitting $603,401,699.72 evenly would assign about $4.10 million per recipient. That density is a university-and-library pattern: a moderate organizational headcount carrying a few assistance rows each. The packet does not list the 147. Recipient count is the organizational headcount on the federal extract, not a census of librarians or journals. One hundred forty-seven named payees on 363 rows is the 93.879 fingerprint.

Thirty-nine states in the geographic count is a research-cluster map. Library-assistance dollars follow grantee geography as coded, not equal shares. Place-of-performance amounts are on the program table.

Award rows are not a journal census

Among HHS information listings, 93.879 is a mid-row cooperative file: 363 awards against 147 recipients. Award count is a weak proxy for “number of medical libraries” and a worse proxy for searches or licenses. Recipients (147) tell you how many named organizations sit on the extract; awards (363) tell you how many assistance rows were stored.

The packet does not report titles, users, or interlibrary loans. Citing 363 as libraries would be a unit error. Keep the units straight: dollars, awards, recipients, states. Three hundred sixty-three awards at about $1.66 million each is library-cooperative architecture, not a journal census.

Obligations versus library-assistance outlays

The $603.4M is an obligation total from USAspending.gov. Outlays — cash paid against Medical Library Assistance awards — are not in the packet. A cooperative file can show a large obligation stock while reimbursements follow a later calendar. Deobligations and upward adjustments both move the total. A remaining-balance question is an outlay question this extract does not answer.

Use CFDA 93.879 to size this Medical Library Assistance listing in the assistance file. Do not use it as a PubMed, IMLS, or hospital-construction dashboard. Those series live elsewhere. This page reports the obligation book tagged 93.879.

What the 93.879 tables omit

The program hub lists award-backed obligations from USAspending.gov. It is not a holdings inventory, not a library directory, and not a usage log. Series that never appear as assistance awards will not show up in the $603,401,699.72. That omission is definitional rather than a gap in the 363 award rows.

Place-of-performance on 39 states is a coding field. Read the program page before treating those cells as equal shares. Recipient dollars, if shown on the hub, are still obligation amounts, not cash already paid to cooperators.

Medical Library Assistance’s 39-state map and 147-recipient headcount together describe a research-library cooperative, not a hospital-construction book. A researcher comparing 93.879 with IMLS or other NIH codes should keep CFDA numbers separate. The $603.4M stock is the USAspending obligation book for this listing only.

Where the 93.879 table lives

The program page overlays these four facts. The all-programs index ranks 93.879 among other assistance listings. Agency pages show awarding-agency rollups that may include this CFDA among other HHS listings. For 93.879 only, start on the program page.

CFDA 93.879’s 363 awards spread $603,401,699.72 across 147 recipients and 39 states. Quote award count as a record count, recipient count as the organizational headcount, and dollars as obligations from USAspending.gov. About 2.5 award records per recipient is the density story on this listing. Outlays remain a separate column. Source: USAspending.gov assistance awards.

Journal titles, searches, and interlibrary loans live in other NLM series. Those rows are outside $603,401,699.72 unless they share CFDA 93.879. Quote 363 as assistance records, 147 as organizational payees, and 39 as the geographic count.

Questions

How much is obligated for Medical Library Assistance?

USAspending.gov records $603.4M in obligations for CFDA 93.879. SpendingVault indexes 363 awards, 147 recipients, and 39 states. The figure is an obligation sum from assistance awards, not an outlay and not a journal count. CFDA 93.879’s $603,401,699.72 is the USAspending obligation stock.

How many awards does CFDA 93.879 carry?

The listing shows 363 awards against 147 recipients, or about 2.5 award records per recipient. A simple average is about $1.66 million per award. Award count is not a count of libraries or titles. Recipient dollars are on the program page.

How many organizations receive 93.879 awards?

The extract lists 147 recipients. Those are organizational recipients on assistance awards tagged 93.879, not a census of librarians or journals. Geographic coding covers 39 states. The packet does not name the 147 or publish holdings counts. Keep dollars, awards, recipients, and geography as separate units on the USAspending extract.

Is $603.4M already paid for medical library assistance?

Not necessarily. Obligations are commitments. Outlays are payments. CFDA 93.879’s indexed total is the obligation stock from USAspending.gov. This page does not report cash drawn, remaining balances, or titles licensed. The $603,401,699.72 on 363 awards is the obligation figure. Keep dollars, awards, recipients, and geography as separate units on the USAspending extract.