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Miller, Marilyn L.; Shontz, Marilyn L. – School Library Journal, 1998
Looks at 141 high-performing library media centers, providing statistics on grade levels and regions served, services offered, collection size and local expenditures, expenditures from all sources, librarian/teacher instructional planning by grade and service level, principal communication and service level, program services and communication, and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Learning Resources Centers, Librarian Teacher Cooperation, Library Collections
Shoemaker, Joel – School Library Journal, 1995
Examines the cost effectiveness of using CD-ROM encyclopedias in school libraries; finds print encyclopedias to be cheaper, but advocates the use of both. Sidebars include price comparisons of popular print and CD-ROM encyclopedias. (AEF)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Encyclopedias
Miller, Marilyn L.; Moran, Barbara B. – School Library Journal, 1985
Second survey report (first was published October 1983) presents information on expenditures in library media centers for resources and audiovisual equipment, condition of collections and patterns in collection development, staffing and educational background of head library media specialist, and patterns of use of microcomputers by students and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Collection Development
Miller, Marilyn L.; Shontz, Marilyn L. – School Library Journal, 1997
Comparing 1994 and 1996, the eighth biennial survey of school libraries found median expenditures for books unchanged; audiovisuals, periodicals, microforms, and CD-ROM expenditures down; and software, local area network, and Internet expenditures up. The report also examines the extent of collaboration between library media specialists and…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Books, Budgets, Comparative Analysis
Miller, Marilyn L.; Shontz, Marilyn – School Library Journal, 1994
Examines statistics for school library media centers that have installed both an automated circulation system and an online public access catalog and compares them with other library media centers at other levels of automation. Highlights include staffing, including salaries and experience; expenditures for technology and for print materials; and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Integrated Library Systems, Learning Resources Centers
Location Is Everything: A Region-By-Region Look at School Library Spending and Services, FY 1997-98.
Miller, Marilyn L.; Shontz, Marilyn L. – School Library Journal, 2000
Presents a regional comparison of school library programs, collections, and services. Highlights include education and training of media specialists; planning; funding sources and priorities; collection size; local expenditures; resources, including access to the Internet, videos, and CD-ROMs; computers and technology; and responsibility for Web…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Internet
Miller, Marilyn L.; Shontz, Marilyn L. – School Library Journal, 1995
Summarizes a survey of developments during 1993 through 94 in public and private school library media programs in the United States. Highlights include: expenditures for all types of nonbook resources compared to books, reading motivation programs, staff development programs, and the use of Internet and e-mail. Seventeen tables display survey…
Descriptors: Books, Budgets, Comparative Analysis, Electronic Mail
