The annual "Florida Library Directory with Statistics" is intended to be a tool for library staff to present vital statistical information on budgets, collections, and services to local, state, and national policymakers. As with previous editions, this 2001 edition includes the names, addresses, telephone numbers, and other information…

This publication is a directory of Florida libraries and related organizations, and contains statistical data for Florida public libraries for fiscal year 1994-95. The report lists members of the State Library Council, Florida State Advisory Council on Libraries, Florida Library Network Council, Staff Directory, State Library of Florida…

This 49th annual Florida Library directory with statistics edition includes listings for over 1,000 libraries of all types in Florida, with contact named, phone numbers, addresses, and e-mail and web addresses. In addition, there is a section of library statistics, showing data on the use, resources, and financial condition of Florida's libraries.…

This package of statistics on Colorado's school library media centers (LMCs) is the product of the Survey of School Library Media Centers in Colorado 1994. There are three major components to this profile: (1) a 210-page complete tabulation of the survey's results, arranged by school level and enrollment range; (2) a set of tables reporting…

This document contains directory and statistical information about libraries in Florida organized in the following sections: (1) "Florida Division of Library and Information Services (DLIS) Library Organizations, Councils, and Associations," including the State Library Council, Library Services & Technology Act Advisory Council,…

This document presents statistics and input-output measures for K-12 school libraries in Colorado for 2002. Data are presented by type and size of school, i.e., high schools (six categories ranging from 2,000 and over to under 300), junior high/middle schools (five categories ranging from 1,000-1,999 to under 300), elementary schools (four…

Based on a 1993 survey of 187 children's librarians in 14 states, this status report summarizes and discusses data representing input measures, output measures, fill rates, and special questions about the relationship between school and public libraries. It makes recommendations for improving the quantity and quality of data used to make decisions…

Reports on an annual national survey of state-level school library officials. Data are presented for 1990-91 on the number of children enrolled in public schools, the number of certified school library media specialists employed, and students per media specialist. A graph compares data for selected years from 1969 to the present. (KRN)

These two reports present statistical information on South Dakota public, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), and private school libraries for the 1986-87 and 1987-88 school years. Data in the following areas are included for both years: enrollment served, total circulation, circulation per capita, book circulation, circulation per volume,…

Uses measures drawn from the "Information Power" guidelines for school library media programs and data from a national survey to compare the performance of the states in providing library collections and services in public schools. Tables present data on sample size, collection effort scores, and service scale scores. Raw data on collections and…

This report presents statistical comparisons of South Carolina library media centers. Statistical data from the publication "Information Power," the Basic Educational Data System (BEDS) Reports, and the South Carolina School Directory were manipulated to derive the following measures for each school district: (1) secondary library media…

This document contains statistics and input-output measures for Colorado school libraries and media centers. High schools, middle/junior high schools, and elementary schools are each subdivided into sections by population. Each section includes the school identification (address, RLSS code), respondent identification, hours of the library media…

Presents five charts that compare data for elementary schools and secondary schools for (1) the average cost of paperback books, (2) the average cost of hardcover books, (3) the average cost of a periodical subscription, and (4) the index of inflation; plus (5) a chart that shows the average cost of hardbound textbooks. (LRW)

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…

This compilation of statistics on Colorado's school media centers (LMCs) consists of three major components: (1) a 220-page tabulation of data arranged by school level and student enrollment level; (2) tables reporting statewide totals for school library statistics; and (3) tables with benchmark ratios for school library media center resources and…