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Maynard, Sally; MacKay, Sophie; Smyth, Fiona – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2008
This article reports on selected results of a comprehensive survey of children's reading in England, carried out online in 2005 by the National Centre for Research in Children's Literature at Roehampton University. With 4182 responses from children living in England aged from 4 to 16 years, the survey is a follow-up to a similar study completed in…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, School Libraries, Foreign Countries, Book Reviews
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Turner, Richard; Matthews, Graham; Ashcroft, Linda; Farrow, Janet – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2007
This paper investigates aspects of the management of independent secondary school libraries in England and Wales. It is based on a survey of 150 independent school library managers, with a response rate of 68.7 percent, which was carried out as part of an ongoing PhD research project. The paper considers a range of issues important to school…
Descriptors: Private Schools, School Libraries, Foreign Countries, Librarian Attitudes
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1883
In this report, the Education Commissioner discusses the office's work, with a list of its publications. The Commissioner of Education also presents summary data and discussion on the census related to education and on illiteracy among minors as taken from the census; school age, population, enrollment, and attendance; teacher workforce, salaries,…
Descriptors: Public Agencies, Publications, Illiteracy, Enrollment