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Townsend, Catherine M. – 1988
This report presents statistical comparisons of South Carolina library media centers. Statistical data from the publication "Information Power," the Basic Educational Data System (BEDS) Reports, and the South Carolina School Directory were manipulated to derive the following measures for each school district: (1) secondary library media…
Descriptors: Budgets, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers
Download full textOsso, Nicholas – 1977
Thirty-five hundred public school library/media centers in 50 states were surveyed to obtain estimates of library resources and services available to pupils, and to determine the extent to which resources are an integral part of education. A description of libraries in public schools is provided, with additional analyses and data tables of basic…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Elementary Education, Library Collections, Library Expenditures
Lynch, Mary Jo; And Others – 1994
In 1993, both the American Library Association (ALA) and the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) concluded that up-to-date statistics about school library media centers (LMCs) were needed in light of current state and local reform efforts and pending federal legislation related to the National Education Goals. A…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Associations, Library Collections
Miller, Marilyn L.; Shontz, Marilyn – School Library Journal, 1993
The sixth in a series of "School Library Journal" reports on trends in school library expenditures for program development shows that commitment to the teaching and motivating of reading is in conflict with fascination with technology and that access to books is being seriously curtailed by the deteriorating state of school library collections.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support, Information Technology, Learning Resources Centers
