This manual describes procedures for collecting higher education building data and room data for use at the institutional level, and for compiling these data for interinstitutional exchange and reporting. The intent is to present procedures that can be uniform in all institutions and are compatible with data collection efforts in other areas. Section 2 of the report outlines general procedures, data collection formats, and data categories for both building data and room data. Section 3 is concerned with the formats of reports to external agencies and with the compacting and aggregating of institutional building data and room data to manageable proportions for system, state, and national purposes. Section 4 deals with the use of facilities inventory data at the institutional, state, and national levels and discusses possible linkages of the facilities inventory data with other data to enhance decisionmaking. Section 5 is treatment of special problems and answers a series of typical questions that were asked during the field review of this document. Section 6 is the Appendix to the manual, containing codes and definitions for the categories of building and room data, and Section 7 is the index to the manual. (HS)