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Zimmerman, Nancy P. – Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, 1993
Describes a study that was conducted to explore the attitudes of school library media specialists toward the use of technology and to examine whether the factors of experience, education, professional organization involvement, school assignment, school location, and technologies available in the school library affect those attitudes. (seven…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Information Technology, Learning Resources Centers, Librarian Attitudes
Auerbach, Jacqueline T. – 1993
This descriptive study, using a questionnaire survey, determined how computer-based technology was being selected, funded, and utilized in high school library media centers and assessed its impact on library media program. A total of 132 questionnaires were sent (of which 107 questionnaires--81 percent--were completed and returned) to randomly…
Descriptors: Communications, Educational Technology, High Schools, Information Storage
Pickard, Patricia W. – 1991
This paper discusses the results of a project designed to gather data that the Library Media Coordinators of DeKalb County (Georgia) Schools can use to evaluate several aspects of online searching in the county's secondary schools. The project, involving responses from library media specialists (LMSs) from 24 DeKalb secondary schools (5 junior…
Descriptors: Budgeting, High Schools, Junior High Schools, Librarian Attitudes
Truett, Carol – Instructional Innovator, 1983
This survey of 144 school media specialists in Nebraska examines number of microcomputers in use in schools, funding sources, present and projected use of microcomputers, computer terminal availability, level of computer use, training of media specialists, and the need for training in instructional and library data management applications of…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support, Learning Resources Centers
Keable, Doreen M.; And Others – School Library Media Quarterly, 1993
Reports results of a 1990 survey of the progress Minnesota school library media centers made toward meeting Information Power guidelines for automating circulation, reference services, and the catalog. Order of automation, relationship between school size and automation, media specialists' satisfaction with new systems, and reasons for not…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Learning Resources Centers, Library Automation
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Div. of Quality Assurance. – 1985
The purpose of the School Library Resources Program was to provide direct support to local public and non-public schools in their efforts to develop and maintain high quality library and media resources as an adjunct to their instructional program. There were two major emphases in the 3-year old program during the 1984-85 year. The first was to…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Input Output Analysis, Instructional Films

Truett, Carol – Reference Librarian, 1994
Discusses the results of a survey of school librarians in North Carolina conducted to determine the extent of CD-ROM and videodisk use and how they are changing the teaching of library, information, and research skills. CD-ROM and videodisk titles are listed, and recommendations for further study are suggested. The questionnaire is appended.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Librarians, Library Automation, Library Instruction
Angus, Beatrice E. – 1980
This study evaluates the programs which have been undertaken by five school systems (the Albany-Schoharie-Schenectady Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), the Otsego County BOCES, the Syracuse City School District, the Broome-Tioga BOCES, and the Delaware-Chenango-Madison-Oswego County BOCES) to provide a basis for cooperation and…
Descriptors: Coordination, Elementary Secondary Education, Interlibrary Loans, Learning Resources Centers
Howrey, Mary N.; Morrison, Carol – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1991
These two reports describe the status of automation in Illinois public school and private and parochial school libraries, particularly relating to shared library resources. Results of a survey of other states' school library automation systems and resource sharing are reported, cataloging is discussed, and access to other databases is examined.…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers
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