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Peer reviewedSpang, Lothar; Tucker, Deborah – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1995
Ten years ago Wayne State University (WSU) libraries assimilated the university's media services unit. An analysis of its present facilities, services, collections, goals, and cost-recovery elements demonstrates the full-service WSU media center is a cost-effective, integral part of WSU library service. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Higher Education, Information Technology
Download full textLance, Keith Curry – 1994
This study was designed to update the existing research and to examine the relationship between library media programs and student achievement. The schools selected for the study sample were not selected on a random basis; rather, they were library media centers (LMCs) that responded to a 1989 survey of Colorado LMCs. The study relied entirely…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Librarians
Morrison, Carol; And Others – Illinois Libraries, 1994
Describes a survey of Illinois school library collections in astronomy, space, and the solar system; general biology and ecology; and human anatomy, physiology, and hygiene. The survey produced statistics on funding needs; provided a collection assessment tool; and determined whether libraries had resources for supporting state goals for science…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Collection Development, Library Collections
Lance, Keith Curry – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1994
Reports on a study that provides evidence of the positive impact of library media centers on academic achievement in 221 Colorado public schools during the 1988-89 school year. The importance of library media expenditures in making staff and collections available and the library media specialist's instructional role are verified. (two references)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Correlation, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers
Morrison, Carol; And Others – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1994
Describes a survey of Illinois school library collections in three areas of science. The survey goals were to quantify the need for increased funding; offer a collection assessment tool; determine whether schools had resources needed to support state science education goals. (five references.) (KRN)
Descriptors: Astronomy, Biology, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Miller, Marilyn L.; Shontz, Marilyn L. – School Library Journal, 2001
Presents results of the latest biennial survey of school library funding. Highlights include funding sources; expenditures; currency of collections; technology; library staff and training; programs and services; media specialists' experience and salaries; instructional planning with teachers; and district level leadership. (LRW)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Development, Instructional Leadership, Learning Resources Centers
Miller, Marilyn L.; Shontz, Marilyn L. – School Library Journal, 1998
Presents results of a survey of school library media centers in 1995 and 1996 that was conducted to examine technology use. Highlights include growth in Internet access, increased CD-ROM use, local area networks, distance education, funding sources, staffing, expenditures for technology, library collections, and librarian/teacher and…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Electronic Libraries, Elementary Secondary Education, Internet
Zweizig, Douglas L.; Hopkins, Dianne McAfee – 1999
This book presents the results of an evaluation of Library Power, an initiative of the DeWitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund that provided support for school library development in 19 communities. Following an introductory chapter, the chapters are organized around key questions of the evaluation. Chapters 2 through 4 address the implementation of…
Descriptors: Course Integrated Library Instruction, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
