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Table 416. Selected statistics on school library/media centers, by control and level of school: 1999-2000

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                                       |                        Public\1\                      |                        Private
               Selected                |_______________________________________________________|__________________________________________________________
              statistics               |   Total     |Elementary   |Secondary    |Combined     | Total       |Elementary   |Secondary     |Combined
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                   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)
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  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)
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 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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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   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)
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    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)
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\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.)


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