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Peer reviewedGuevara, Anne; Sexton, John – Voice of Youth Advocates, 2000
Describes a public library service that offers booktalks to middle school students in their classrooms and includes two sample booktalks. Discusses building good relationships with teachers and library media specialists; circulation statistics; ordering enough copies of books for the school and the public library; scheduling booktalks; teen…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Library Circulation, Library Collection Development, Library Cooperation
Download full textLynch, 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
Chaney, Bradford; Williams, Jeffrey – 1998
This statistical analysis report from the National Center for Education Statistics examines the current state of school libraries in the United States and how they have changed. The primary source of data in this report is the 1993-94 Library Survey, the first federally sponsored survey of library media centers and head librarians in elementary…
Descriptors: Change, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditures
Location Is Everything: A Region-By-Region Look at School Library Spending and Services, FY 1997-98.
Miller, Marilyn L.; Shontz, Marilyn L. – School Library Journal, 2000
Presents a regional comparison of school library programs, collections, and services. Highlights include education and training of media specialists; planning; funding sources and priorities; collection size; local expenditures; resources, including access to the Internet, videos, and CD-ROMs; computers and technology; and responsibility for Web…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Internet
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
Sorensen, Richard J. – 1994
In 1994, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction repeated its 1988 survey of public school library media programs. Included in this report are statistics considered most significant, and those most often requested. The 147-item survey included questions about staffing, services, operation, automation, and facilities related to the library…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Librarian Teacher Cooperation, Library Automation
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. Div. of Library Services. – 1991
This report presents some of the more significant results of a 1988 survey of all Wisconsin public schools which received responses from 1,790 schools (90%). Designed to determine the status of library media programs in the state's schools, the 12-page survey asked for over 450 pieces of information about the library media center, its staffing,…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Electronic Equipment, Elementary Secondary Education
Bailey, Gail C., Comp.; And Others – 1988
This compilation of statistical data on school library media programs is designed to assist local educational agencies in examining their library media collections and staff according to the recommendations in the Standards for School Library Media Programs in Maryland. Arranged alphabetically by local education agencies and schools, data are…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Institutional Schools
PDF pending restorationBailey, Gail C., Comp.; Hardy, Rose Mary, Comp. – 1989
This compilation of statistical data on school library media programs is designed to assist local educational agencies in examining their library media collections and staff according to the recommendations in the Standards for School Library Media Programs in Maryland. Arranged alphabetically by local education agencies and schools, data are…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Institutional Schools
PDF pending restorationBailey, Gail C., Comp.; Hardy, Rose Mary, Comp. – 1990
This compilation of statistical data on school library media programs is designed to assist local educational agencies in examining their library media collections and staff according to the recommendations in the Standards for School Library Media Programs in Maryland. Arranged alphabetically by local education agencies and schools, data are…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Institutional Schools
