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Gates, Connie; Hendley, Gaby – 1979
This report presents the results of a survey to determine the loss levels of library materials at high school media centers and libraries in the Onondaga-Oswego County area of central New York State, and provides an annotated bibliography of literature dealing with loss prevention in libraries. A copy of the questionnaire and various analysis…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Books, High Schools, Learning Resources Centers
Illinois Library Association, Chicago. – 1970
This survey is a first attempt to ascertain the existing and planned roles of the community college learning resource centers in meeting the total educational communication and service needs of the community college. It is the purpose of this survey to examine existing and planned library services. A committee analyzed each aspect of community…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Dial Access Information Systems, Learning Resources Centers, Library Materials
Hopkins, Dianne McAfee – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1993
Summarizes the results of a national study of library media material challenges in secondary public school libraries that was conducted during the 1989-90 school year. Factors that influence whether challenges to library media materials resulted in retention, restriction, or removal of materials are identified. (LRW)
Descriptors: Censorship, Learning Resources Centers, Library Materials, Library Policy
Pillon, Nancy B.; Little, Robert D. – 1974
In this document the performance of Indiana school libraries is contrasted to their situation ten years earlier and compared with the national and state standards. The performance statistics were collected from the 1971-72 Individual School Reports of Instructional Media Programs and generally give data for the percent of schools meeting a…
Descriptors: Carrels, Information Centers, Learning Resources Centers, Librarians
Hansen, Eileen – School Library Journal, 1987
Discusses research on censorship attempts that occurred in schools and school libraries over the last decade, including studies that considered types of materials targeted, by whom, and with what results. The increase in school censorship and the problem of the often unclear use of the term censorship are discussed. (EM)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Censorship, Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education
Miller, Marilyn L.; Moran, Barbara B. – School Library Journal, 1983
Reports on budgets for and expenditures by school library media centers (fiscal year 1982/83) in 1,179 public and 72 private schools. Tables highlight distribution of respondents; expenditures and collection size; comparison of private and public school media centers; school enrollment; district level library media coordinators; microcomputers;…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment, Learning Resources Centers
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Dillon, Ken; Williams, Claire Louise – Emergency Librarian, 1994
Reviews recent media treatment of the issue of selection and censorship of print and nonprint materials for school-age children in Australia, and discusses the findings of a survey which investigated actual practices in schools and attitudes of teacher-librarians. (37 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Censorship, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Learning Resources Centers
Baine, Martha S. – School Library Media Quarterly, 1993
Reports on a survey of high school students' attitudes toward the destruction of materials in their school library media center. The association of rule breaking with grade level, reasons for the behavior, willingness to report violators, and respondents' preferred preventative measures (e.g., improved photocopying services) are discussed.…
Descriptors: High School Students, High Schools, Learning Resources Centers, Library Materials
Jax, John J. – 1984
This study reports the findings of two surveys conducted in 1983 by the University of Wisconsin-Stout's (UW-Stout) Library Learning Center. The main objectives of these surveys were to question users with regard to which library services and resources users are aware of, which ones are used by what groups, how they are used, and what value is…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Materials
School Library Journal, 1985
Presents full text of the Educational Priorities Panel Report, researched and written by Robin Willner (May 1985), which examined mandates, services, materials, staff, and use of New York City (NYC) public school libraries. Comments by key people formerly or currently involved in administration of NYC's public school libraries are included. (EJS)
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support, Learning Resources Centers
Townsend, Catherine M. – 1990
This two-part report presents the results of a budget and funding sources survey of South Carolina library media center programs. In Part 1, survey results are presented for demographic information, staffing information, funding sources, funding amounts from specific sources, allocation of resources, and categories of expenditures. In Part 2, the…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Demography, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers
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Ohio State Library, Columbus. – 1973
A statistical survey was made to gather information on certificated personnel, materials and expenditures in school libraries and /or media centers in Ohio. Data were collected by means of a questionnaire sent to all schools, grades K-12, in the state. Results indicated that there was a critical shortage of trained personnel, that material…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Junior High Schools, Learning Resources Centers, Librarians
Miller, Marilyn L.; Moran, Barbara B. – School Library Journal, 1985
Second survey report (first was published October 1983) presents information on expenditures in library media centers for resources and audiovisual equipment, condition of collections and patterns in collection development, staffing and educational background of head library media specialist, and patterns of use of microcomputers by students and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Collection Development
Bell, Geraldine Watts – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1992
Discussion of library collection assessment highlights a collection analysis that was conducted in the Birmingham (Alabama) public school system during the 1990-91 school year to determine the age of the materials and whether the collection met the needs of the curriculum. Past efforts are reviewed, and the collection assessment survey and…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Learning Resources Centers
Lance, Keith Curry; Rodney, Marcia J. – 1999
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…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Information Technology, Learning Resources Centers, Library Equipment
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