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Achinewhu-Nworgu, Elizabeth; Azaiki, Steve; Nworgu, Queen Chioma – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2016
This paper aims to present the role, values, and legal policy issues facing public Library resources in supporting students to achieve academic success. Research indicates that majority of people that own or work in the Library tend to ignore some of the vital roles, values and legal policy issues paramount to libraries. Some of these issues are…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Library Materials, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries
Massachusetts State Board of Library Commissioners, Boston. – 1978
Intended for use by library staffs, directors, and trustees, this report of salary and staffing information for Massachusetts public libraries for 1978 is presented in a standardized format to facilitate the identification of comparable libraries and the comparison of salaries and other personnel data. Explanatory notes define the terms used in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annual Reports, Fringe Benefits, Library Personnel
Dillow, Sally, Ed. – Education Statistics Quarterly, 2002
This publication provides a comprehensive overview of work done across all parts of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Each issue contains short publications, summaries, and descriptions that cover all NCES publications, data products, and funding opportunities developed over a 3-month period. Each issue also contains a message…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment
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Kinnucan, Mark T.; Estabrook, Leigh; Ferguson, Mark R. – Library Quarterly, 1998
A reanalysis of data from a national telephone poll (n1181) conducted in 1991 determined that if local libraries faced a fiscal crisis, 47% favored raising taxes, 44% preferred instituting user fees, and 9% advocated reducing services. Frequent library use, urban residence, higher level of education, and greater income were associated with a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data Analysis, Income, Library Funding
Lance, Keith Curry; Hamilton-Pennell, Christine; Rodney, Marcia J. – 2000
This study is an assessment of the impact of Alaska school librarians on academic achievement in the state's public schools. It examines the direct relationship between such staffing and student performance and identifies selected activities of library media staff that affect test scores. Other conditions of library media center operation were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Skills, Information Technology
Children Now, Oakland, CA. – 1999
This Kids Count Data Book examines trends in the well-being of California's children, focusing on factors influencing young children. This statistical portrait is based on trends in 19 indicators of child well-being in four areas: (1) family economics, including child poverty rate, children receiving TANF, children receiving WIC, fair market rent,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Birth Weight, Breastfeeding