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Peer reviewedBennett, Jim – Library Trends, 1987
This description of trends in school library media facilities identifies function, aesthetic values, and behavioral expectations as key components of school library design. The use of library space by students and staff and the impact of electronic technology are also discussed. (5 references) (MES)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Facility Planning, Learning Resources Centers
Buckingham, Betty Jo – 1984
This booklet presents guidelines for planning the school library media center budget based on short and long range plans for maintaining and developing collections and services. It is noted that such planning should consider the goals and objectives of the district, the school, and particular programs, and that democratic budgeting should involve…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Cost Estimates, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
Epler, Doris M. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1987
Presents methods used to justify the need for additional library resources or services to school administrators based on the library's role in meeting educational objectives. Suggestions for gathering data for the assessment of library needs and presenting the results to administrators are provided. (CLB)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Peer reviewedBracey, Rhonda – Australian Library Journal, 1987
A secondary school librarian uses her experience to compare Canadian and Australian secondary school libraries in terms of educational philosophy, library role, staffing, budgets, resources, and library organization. (CLB)
Descriptors: Budgets, Cataloging, Comparative Analysis, Developed Nations
Download full textSoule, Margaret – 1991
This survey of the current status of public school libraries in Maine was intended to provide statistical data as a basis for improving the school library media center program in these schools. Information was gathered that detailed how resources and delivery of services differed across grade level; across variation in size of school; between…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Librarians, Library Collections
School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1987
Describes a publication from the U.S. Department of Education that reports the results of a national survey on the status of library media resources and services in elementary and secondary public and private schools in 1985 and compares the findings with statistics gathered in 1975. (CLB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Government Publications, Learning Resources Centers
Townsend, Catherine M. – 1990
A state-wide survey was undertaken in 1988-1989 to determine the status of the library media programs in South Carolina's public schools. The first of two phases of the study involved the compilation of statistical data reported to the State Department of Education by building level administrators on the Basic Educational Data System (BEDS) for…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Demography, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers
Miller, Marilyn L.; Moran, Barbara – School Library Journal, 1987
Summarizes expenditures for public and private school libraries throughout the United States during 1985-86, looking at such factors as funding sources; collection size and materials; expenditures per student; school level and region; media center staff and salaries; electronic technology; and level of media coordination (individual schools versus…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Presberry, Rosa L., Comp.; And Others – 1986
This collection of statistical data on Maryland school library media programs is designed to assist local educational agencies in examining their library media collections and staff according to the recommendations in Criteria for Modern School Library Media Programs. Arranged alphabetically by local educational agencies (LEA), the data for the…
Descriptors: County School Districts, Elementary Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers
Presberry, Rosa L., Comp.; And Others – 1987
This compilation of statistical data on Maryland's 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 Criteria for Modern School Library Media Programs. Arranged alphabetically by local education agencies (LEAs), the data for…
Descriptors: County School Districts, Elementary Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers
