Table 416. | Selected statistics on school library/media centers, by control and level of school: 1999-2000 |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Public\1\ | Private Selected |_______________________________________________________|__________________________________________________________ statistics | Total |Elementary |Secondary |Combined | Total |Elementary |Secondary |Combined _______________________________________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|______________|_______________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 _______________________________________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|______________|_______________ Number of schools with libraries\2\ ...|77,288 (421)|57,024 (377)|18,039 (199)| 2,226 (112)|17,054 (323)|10,961 (251)| 1,955 (91)| 4,138 (174) |_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|______________|_______________ Average number of staff per library | | | | | | | | Total .................................| 1.89 (0.02)| 1.80 (0.02)| 2.21 (0.02)| 1.50 (0.06)| 1.18 (0.03)| 1.01 (0.03)| 1.80 (0.08)| 1.33 (0.06) Certified library/media specialists .| 0.81 (0.01)| 0.74 (0.01)| 1.06 (0.01)| 0.63 (0.03)| 0.23 (0.01)| 0.13 (0.01)| 0.55 (0.03)| 0.35 (0.03) Full-time .........................| 0.65 (0.01)| 0.56 (0.01)| 0.94 (0.01)| 0.52 (0.03)| 0.17 (0.01)| 0.07 (0.01)| 0.47 (0.03)| 0.27 (0.02) Part-time .........................| 0.16 (0.01)| 0.17 (0.01)| 0.12 (0.01)| 0.10 (0.01)| 0.06 (0.01)| 0.06 (0.01)| 0.07 (0.01)| 0.08 (0.01) Other professional staff ............| 0.17 (0.01)| 0.18 (0.01)| 0.15 (0.01)| 0.23 (0.02)| 0.48 (0.01)| 0.47 (0.02)| 0.53 (0.04)| 0.46 (0.02) Full-time .........................| 0.12 (0.01)| 0.12 (0.01)| 0.10 (0.01)| 0.12 (0.01)| 0.22 (0.01)| 0.19 (0.01)| 0.33 (0.02)| 0.27 (0.02) Part-time .........................| 0.06 (\3\) | 0.06 (0.01)| 0.05 (0.01)| 0.11 (0.02)| 0.25 (0.01)| 0.29 (0.02)| 0.20 (0.03)| 0.19 (0.02) Other paid employees ................| 0.91 (0.01)| 0.88 (0.02)| 1.00 (0.02)| 0.65 (0.04)| 0.48 (0.01)| 0.41 (0.02)| 0.72 (0.05)| 0.52 (0.03) Full-time .........................| 0.49 (0.01)| 0.44 (0.01)| 0.67 (0.02)| 0.34 (0.02)| 0.14 (0.01)| 0.11 (0.01)| 0.24 (0.02)| 0.18 (0.02) Part-time .........................| 0.41 (0.01)| 0.44 (0.02)| 0.33 (0.01)| 0.31 (0.03)| 0.34 (0.01)| 0.31 (0.02)| 0.48 (0.04)| 0.34 (0.03) | | | | | | | | Percentage of schools' library media | | | | | | | | centers with the following equipment | | | | | | | | Telephone .............................| 84.8 (0.5)| 82.8 (0.7)| 91.5 (0.5)| 81.9 (1.9)| 53.2 (1.5)| 45.3 (2.0)| 78.2 (2.7)| 62.3 (2.2) Fax machine ...........................| 11.5 (0.4)| 8.1 (0.5)| 22.2 (0.6)| 12.1 (1.5)| 6.7 (0.6)| 4.8 (0.8)| 13.6 (1.4)| 8.7 (1.5) Automated catalog .....................| 61.2 (0.8)| 59.8 (1.0)| 66.8 (0.9)| 52.7 (2.8)| 34.2 (1.3)| 28.1 (1.5)| 55.8 (2.6)| 39.9 (2.3) Automated circulation system ..........| 74.4 (0.7)| 73.2 (0.9)| 79.9 (0.7)| 59.5 (3.1)| 29.0 (1.2)| 22.9 (1.3)| 52.3 (2.5)| 33.9 (2.3) Video laser disc or DVD................| 43.0 (0.7)| 41.8 (0.9)| 47.7 (0.9)| 35.1 (2.7)| 12.7 (0.7)| 10.4 (1.0)| 21.2 (1.8)| 15.0 (1.4) Connection to Internet ................| 56.5 (0.8)| 56.4 (1.1)| 56.8 (0.9)| 58.9 (2.8)| 60.6 (1.4)| 55.1 (1.8)| 81.6 (2.5)| 65.2 (2.1) Cable television ......................| 77.4 (0.7)| 76.6 (0.8)| 82.2 (0.7)| 58.5 (3.2)| 46.3 (1.2)| 48.2 (1.7)| 57.6 (2.4)| 36.1 (1.9) Broadcast television ..................| 43.4 (0.8)| 43.9 (1.0)| 42.9 (0.9)| 34.8 (2.5)| 48.0 (1.3)| 52.5 (1.7)| 42.4 (2.7)| 38.6 (2.6) Closed circuit television .............| 25.0 (0.7)| 23.3 (0.8)| 30.8 (0.8)| 20.5 (2.2)| 7.9 (0.5)| 6.5 (0.7)| 19.2 (1.2)| 6.4 (0.9) Satellite dish ........................| 27.9 (0.6)| 20.5 (0.7)| 49.9 (0.9)| 38.2 (2.8)| 8.9 (0.6)| 5.4 (0.7)| 28.0 (1.7)| 9.1 (1.0) | | | | | | | | Percentage of schools where-- | | | | | | | | Long distance learning offered ........| 21.2 (0.5)| 15.2 (0.6)| 38.1 (0.8)| 38.3 (2.8)| 8.3 (0.8)| 7.3 (1.1)| 15.6 (2.1)| 7.7 (1.2) Students permitted to check out | | | | | | | | computer hardware ....................| 2.2 (0.1)| 1.2 (0.2)| 5.5 (0.4)| 1.9 (0.5)| 1.0 (0.2)| 0.9 (0.2)| 2.2 (0.4)| 1.0 (0.3) Students permitted to check out | | | | | | | | computer software ....................| 6.9 (0.3)| 4.5 (0.4)| 14.3 (0.7)| 7.5 (1.1)| 6.9 (0.6)| 3.8 (0.5)| 16.6 (1.5)| 10.5 (1.6) | | | | | | | | Total students using library per 100 | | | | | | | | students each week\4\ ...............| 94.9 (0.9)| 106.6 (1.1)| 73.4 (1.1)| 80.0 (4.5)| 94.9 (6.0)| 105.1 (10.9)| 90.3 (2.6)| 77.9 (2.4) | | | | | | | | Books checked out per 100 students | | | | | | | | each week\4\ ........................| 106.2 (1.6)| 146.2 (2.4)| 32.2 (1.4)| 61.8 (4.5)| 88.8 (3.8)| 123.0 (5.6)| 22.7 (1.4)| 64.2 (5.2) | | | | | | | | Average holdings per 100 students | | | | | | | | at the end of the 1999-2000 school year| | | | | | | | Books (number of volumes) .............| 1,802 (20)| 1,893 (26)| 1,607 (26)| 2,187 (160)| 2,857 (85)| 2,801 (86)| 2,737 (178)| 3,043 (213) Video materials (tape and disc) .......| 51 (1)| 51 (1)| 51 (1)| 69 (6)| 71 (2)| 66 (3)| 72 (6)| 81 (6) CD-ROM titles .........................| 8 (\5\) | 10 (\5\) | 5 (\5\) | 9 (1)| 10 (1)| 10 (1)| 10 (1)| 10 (1) | | | | | | | | Expenditures (all sources) per | | | | | | | | student, 1999-2000 | | | | | | | | Total, library/media materials ........|$23.37 (0.44)|$22.99 (0.63)|$23.84 (0.46)|$27.93 (2.51)|$29.02 (1.05)|$23.60 (1.65)|$38.72 (1.58)| $33.40 (1.83) Books................................| 9.97 (0.15)| 10.47 (0.23)| 8.95 (0.17)| 11.03 (0.71)| 10.57 (0.63)| 9.29 (1.12)| 11.18 (0.47)| 12.68 (0.83) Video materials......................| 1.07 (0.02)| 1.04 (0.03)| 1.13 (0.03)| 1.20 (0.11)| 1.34 (0.05)| 1.04 (0.06)| 1.51 (0.11)| 1.83 (0.15) CD-ROM titles........................| 0.59 (0.02)| 0.55 (0.03)| 0.64 (0.02)| 0.94 (0.19)| 0.82 (0.06)| 0.72 (0.08)| 1.15 (0.11)| 0.81 (0.08) Current serial subscriptions.........| 1.26 (0.02)| 0.98 (0.02)| 1.75 (0.03)| 1.98 (0.18)| 1.34 (0.04)| 0.62 (0.03)| 2.71 (0.12)| 1.86 (0.10) Electronic subscriptions.............| 0.81 (0.02)| 0.32 (0.02)| 1.74 (0.04)| 0.94 (0.11)| 1.35 (0.06)| 0.17 (0.04)| 3.85 (0.21)| 2.08 (0.12) Microcomputer hardware ..............| 7.48 (0.31)| 7.31 (0.39)| 7.68 (0.37)| 9.59 (1.74)| 11.54 (0.84)| 10.50 (1.30)| 14.65 (1.03)| 11.57 (1.28) Other audiovisual equipment .........| 2.19 (0.18)| 2.32 (0.27)| 1.94 (0.07)| 2.25 (0.26)| 2.06 (0.11)| 1.27 (0.10)| 3.68 (0.41)| 2.58 (0.20) _______________________________________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|______________|_______________ |
\1\Public school data include charter schools. \2\Includes schools not reporting enrollment. \3\Data less than 0.005. \4\During the most recent full week of school. \5\Data less than 0.5. NOTE: Percentages are based on schools that have library/media centers. Standard errors appear in parentheses. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), ""Public School Library Media Center Questionnaire," 1999-2000; "Public Charter School Questionnaire," 1999-2000; and "Private School Library Media Center Questionnaire," 1999-2000, unpublished data. (This table was prepared October 2002.) |