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2006 Automation Survey: The Systems Are Changing. But School Libraries Aren't
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Fuller, Daniel – School Library Journal, 2006
This article presents the findings of the 2006 School Library Journal-San Jose State University Automation Survey. The study takes a close look at the systems that media specialists are using, how they are using them, and what librarians want from their future automation programs. The findings reveal that while respondents were satisfied with…
Descriptors: Library Automation, Librarians, School Libraries, Media Specialists
Libraries and Technology--Some Future Concerns
Hicks, Warren B.; Tillin, Alma M. – School Library Journal, 1977
Outlines the perspective within which the multimedia librarian must prepare for the future including future developments in networks, individualized information, increased computer use and cable television. (KP)
Descriptors: Cable Television, Decision Making, Futures (of Society), Libraries
Dick and Jane Go to the Head of the Class.
Hamilton-Pennell, Christine; Lance, Keith Curry; Rodney, Marcia J.; Hainer, Eugene – School Library Journal, 2000
Reports the results of three statewide studies in Alaska, Colorado, and Pennsylvania, which show that a school library media program with a full-time library media specialist, support staff, and a strong computer network leads to higher student achievement as evidenced on standardized achievement tests. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Computer Networks, Elementary Secondary Education
Live Wires: High Tech Media Specialists Get Connected.
Miller, Marilyn L.; Shontz, Marilyn L. – School Library Journal, 1996
A survey of high-tech (n=289) and non-high-tech (n=219) school library media centers revealed that most high-tech schools (38%) are in the South and that most (35%) are high schools. Analyzes patterns in funding, types of technology, automated management, expenditures and collections, staffing and salaries, participation in staff development…
Descriptors: Administration, Data Analysis, Financial Support, Income
Expenditures for Resources in School Library Media Centers, FY-'88-'89.
Miller, Marilyn L.; Shontz, Marilyn L. – School Library Journal, 1989
Reports the results of a survey that examined school library media center expenditures during the 1987-88 school year and compared these figures with previous survey results. Factors reported include funding, library collections, staffing patterns, technology and library automation, network participation, instructional involvement, school district…
Descriptors: Coordination, Financial Support, Instructional Development, Learning Resources Centers
Staffing for Success: 1994 School Library Staffing Survey.
Sadowski, Michael; Meyer, Randy – School Library Journal, 1994
Discusses results of a survey of state-level school library officials conducted via fax to determine statewide school enrollments, funding, media center staffing, state-mandated minimum levels of staffing for school libraries, the ratio of students per school library media specialists, staffing standards, staff shortages, and technology and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment, Facsimile Transmission, Learning Resources Centers
Social Action Saves the Day: Or, How Student Activism Helped Transform a 1950s School Library into a Media Center of the Future.
Lewis, Barbara A.; Wooley, Jeanette M. – School Library Journal, 1994
Describes cooperative planning and projects with teachers, students, and the library media specialist at an elementary school to help update the library to meet current and future information needs. Highlights include flexible scheduling; resource sharing; classes in library skills; computer technology; and updating the collection to include…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Elementary Education, Flexible Scheduling, Futures (of Society)