This report provides basic information on school libraries from 1953-54 to 1999-2000. It describes some of the key variables for which data were available over this nearly 50-year timeframe. This report provides a wealth of information drawn from more than 50 sources, the majority of which are federal surveys and reports. Data in the tables of…

Schools were never so dependent upon adequate library facilities as they are at the present time. This condition has come about largely through modern school curricula which demand for their execution large collections of books, magazines, and other reading matter relating to many subjects. At the present time much stress is being placed upon the…

The U.S. Office of Education undertook this study at the request of State supervisors of school libraries for data to aid school administrators and librarians in determining the cost of operating libraries. The findings of this exploratory study have been gathered from a limited sampling of a group of selected high-school libraries. It is hoped…

An interview was conducted with Mary Ann Swanson, Librarian for the Evanston Township High School (Ill.), on how a librarian should try to increase teacher and student use of, and need for, the library. Included are her recommendations on teacher use of audiovisual materials. (SM)

The reevaluation syndrome'' currently sweeping children's Librarianship is evaluated. (NH)

The banning of: Down These Mean Streets'' by Thomas Piri is discussed as a case study of the dangers of school library material censorship. (NH)

Three case studies describe successful installations of three leading book security manufacturers. Reports on a 92 percent book loss cut at West Leyden High School, Northlake, Illinois; a substantial savings and a loss cut at the Charles Stewart Mott Library, Flint, Michigan; and a 75 percent loss cut at Chabot College, Hayward, California. (EA)

It is essential that secondary school librarians accept the concept of a unified media service if their programs are to remain viable educational forces. (Author/NH)

An unusual experiment in Rochester, New York, shows the value of student-centered learning in today's inner-city schools. (Author)

The problems confronting the interlibrary loan (ILL) librarian and the costs of ILL services, based on a survey of twenty libraries, are reported. (NH)

Experience has shown that when library procedures are simplified to the operational needs of its users, children look forward to their weekly library hour with anticipation -- and read with pleasure. (Authors)

School librarians and school library programs critically need definition of their relationship to media specialists. All shoud be united in one organization, a division of ALA, to best meet the challenges of the present and future. The author's address at his inauguration as President, American Association of School Librarians (AASL), June, 1969.…

The Instructional, Cultural, and Resource Center at Southport High School, Indianapolis, with the aid of federal funds, serves the total instructional materials needs of a large high school and provides service to the entire township. (JS)

The library for the Bank Street College of Education in New York City and its laboratory school reflect the policy of interrelating divisional programs, serving school children, graduate students, and professionals with minimal distinctions. A current experiment is intershelving of print and audiovisual materials. (JS)

Establishing the criteria and compiling the data for more meaningful definitions of the role of school library media personnel is only a part of the total process which may include observation, interview, questionnaire, record logs, task analysis, consensus and/or content analysis. (Author)