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Everhart, Nancy – Book Report, 2000
Discusses criteria for evaluating school library information services. Highlights include types of services; physical facilities; library usage; circulation statistics; changes due to technology; fill rate, or the percentage of successful searches for library materials; OPAC (online public access catalog) reports; observation; and examining…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Library Catalogs, Library Circulation
Download full textNorth Dakota Advisory Council on Libraries, Bismarck. – 1991
A recurring issue in the library field is the possible merger of public and school libraries into one joint venture with a single administration. In anticipation of increased emphasis on library consolidation in the future, a brief analysis of North Dakota's current library situation reveals that it is characterized by inconsistent service, scarce…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Centralization, Elementary Secondary Education, Library Facilities
Williams, Jeffrey W.; And Others – 1987
This report presents the results of a national survey on the status of the library media resources and services in elementary and secondary public and private schools in the United States in 1985. Also included are selected comparisons of survey results with the 1975 AASL (American Association of School Librarians)/AECT (Association for…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Collections, Library Expenditures
Lynch, Mary Jo; And Others – Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac, 1994
Includes seven articles that discuss research on libraries; numbers of libraries in the United States and Canada; library acquisition expenditures; price indexes for academic and school libraries; expenditures in school library media centers; state rankings of public library data; and library building construction. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cost Indexes, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Lynch, Mary Jo; St. Lifer, Evan; Halstead, Kent; Fox, Bette-Lee; Miller, Marilyn L.; Shontz, Marilyn L. – Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac, 2001
These nine articles discuss research and statistics on libraries and librarianship, including libraries in the United States, Canada, and Mexico; acquisition expenditures in public, academic, special, and government libraries; price indexes; state rankings of public library data; library buildings; expenditures in school library media centers; and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cost Indexes, Foreign Countries, Government Libraries
Brandes, Barbara – 1987
The California State Department of Education conducted a special study of the condition of library media centers in the state's schools during the 1985-86 school year. Coordinated with a concurrent nationwide study conducted by the U.S. Department of Education, this study surveyed a random sample of 1,560 elementary, intermediate, and secondary…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society), Learning Resources Centers, Library Collection Development
Lynch, Mary Jo; Oder, Norman; Halstead, Kent; Fox, Bette-Lee – Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac, 2003
Includes seven reports that discuss research on libraries and librarianship, including academic, public, and school libraries; awards and grants; number of libraries in the United States and Canada; National Center for Education Statistics results; library expenditures for public, academic, special, and government libraries; library budgets; price…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Awards, Budgets
Callison, Daniel; Morris, Jacqueline – 1989
Thirty-two case studies illustrating problem areas and situations that develop in the modern environment of the electronic school library media program are presented for use by library science students and library/media center managers. Based on input from practicing librarians at the elementary and secondary levels, the studies are designed to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Censorship, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Technology
Sorensen, Richard J. – 1994
In 1994, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction repeated its 1988 survey of public school library media programs. Included in this report are statistics considered most significant, and those most often requested. The 147-item survey included questions about staffing, services, operation, automation, and facilities related to the library…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Librarian Teacher Cooperation, Library Automation
