This document contains statistics and input-output measures for Colorado school library media centers. Statistics are provided in the three main categories of high schools, junior high/middle schools and elementary schools, and further subdivided into sections by enrollment size of schools within each category. For each section, the following…

This document contains statistics and input-output measures for Colorado school libraries and media centers. High schools, middle/junior high schools, and elementary schools are each subdivided into sections by population. Each section includes the school identification (address, RLSS code), respondent identification, hours of the library media…

Presents findings from the "School Library Journal" survey of school library expenditures for FY 1997-98. Data include: budget allocation; salaries; library collection; technology; staff and certification; access to basic electronic resources; library policy; planning and communication between library media specialists and teachers; and…

This document contains statistics and input-output measures for Colorado school libraries and media centers. High schools, middle/junior high schools, and elementary schools are each subdivided into sections by population. Each section includes the school identification (district, address, city, county, zip code); respondent identification (name,…

In December 1973 the Connecticut School Library Association sent questionnaires on school libraries and media centers to the principals of all public schools in the state. The results indicated that while schools in Connecticut have improved markedly in the areas of facilities and materials, there is a woeful inadequacy in the area of personnel.…

This inventory of the resources and needs of the nation's public libraries, academic libraries, and public school library media centers presents an impoverished picture: these libraries are grossly underfunded. As a result they lack the staff, materials, space, and hours of service to meet citizens' needs. To bring the libraries up to minimum…

Introduced with an overview of planned library service, the four parts of this annual report cover the Maryland State Library Network, public library services, school media services, and statistical data. The first part summarizes the activities of the state library resource center and the regional library resource centers, and provides…

This document provides a history of the National College of Education libraries from 1920 through 1978. The research process consisted of five major activities: (1) locating and collecting information from written sources; (2) conducting oral history interviews; (3) extracting information from audio tapes; (4) organizing the information from all…

A study of the interrelationship between expenditures and service programs in 27 community college library learning resource centers in California, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, Missouri, Ohio, Texas, Virginia, and Maryland was conducted. Three data gathering tables on staffing, media production, library instruction, and media advisement were…

Four issues of a newsletter on recent library statistics provide information on Colorado school library media centers, as well as census data on state and local government library spending. A 1994 survey of school library media centers reveals a lack of adequate library media staffing in half of the public elementary and secondary schools.…

This package of statistics on Colorado's school library media centers (LMCs) is the product of the Survey of School Library Media Centers in Colorado 1994. There are three major components to this profile: (1) a 210-page complete tabulation of the survey's results, arranged by school level and enrollment range; (2) a set of tables reporting…

This compilation of statistics on Colorado's school media centers (LMCs) consists of three major components: (1) a 220-page tabulation of data arranged by school level and student enrollment level; (2) tables reporting statewide totals for school library statistics; and (3) tables with benchmark ratios for school library media center resources and…

A study was conducted at Purdue University to gather operational and budgetary planning data for the Libraries and Audiovisual Center. The objectives were: (1) to complete a current inventory of equipment including year of purchase, costs, and salvage value; (2) to determine useful life data for general classes of equipment; and (3) to determine…

In order to investigate current campus utilization of media, a learning resources survey questionnaire was sent to all California State University and College (CSUC) library directors. Library media was identified as audio, projected material, video tapes, and multimedia such as kits, games, and simulations. The survey was divided into six parts;…

Since the future role played by the school library media center is important to library planners, a Delphi survey questioned school librarians, leaders in the profession, and faculty members in schools with media. Four factors were seen to affect the future of the media center: (1) trends within the next 25 years, (2) innovations needing to be…