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Paton-Ash, Margie; Wilmot, Di – South African Journal of Education, 2015
There is no national policy for school libraries which compels school governing bodies and principals to have a library in their schools. It is thus not surprising that in 2011, only 21% of state schools had libraries, only 7% had stocked libraries and 79% of schools had no library at all (Department of Basic Education (DBE) Republic of South…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Libraries, Barriers, Performance Factors

Bordeianu, Sever; Benaud, Claire-Lise – Against the Grain, 1997
Discusses the state of outsourcing in American libraries. Highlights include objectives (to reduce cost, increase the quality of service, and achieve a better price/performance objective); operations that can be outsourced; pros and cons; changes in the way library personnel view their work; outsourcing in special, public, academic, and federal…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Librarian Attitudes, Libraries, Library Development
Chaney, Bradford; Williams, Jeffrey – 1998
This statistical analysis report from the National Center for Education Statistics examines the current state of school libraries in the United States and how they have changed. The primary source of data in this report is the 1993-94 Library Survey, the first federally sponsored survey of library media centers and head librarians in elementary…
Descriptors: Change, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditures
St. Lifer, Evan; Nelson, Corinne – Library Journal, 1997
Interviews with library professionals, plus a telephone survey of 400 librarians (100 each White, Black, Latino, and Asian), revealed fewer occupational opportunities for minorities. Discussion includes diversifying collections; discordant views of racism among Whites and minorities; percentages of minority library school graduates; initiative…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Employment Opportunities, Information Science Education, Interviews