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Table 422  Selected statistics on public school library/media centers, by level and enrollment size of school: 1993-94

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                                      | Public ele- |                                                                     |
               Selected               |   mentary,  |    Elementary libraries, by enrollment size of school               |     Secondary libraries, by enrollment size of school
              statistics              |  secondary, |_____________________________________________________________________|______________________________________________________________________
                                      |and combined |  Total      |Less than 150| 150 to 499  |  500 to 749 | 750 or more |  Total       |Less than 150| 150 to 499  | 500 to 749  |750 or more
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                  1                   |     2       |     3       |     4       |     5       |     6       |     7       |     8        |     9       |    10       |    11       |    12
______________________________________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|______________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________
Number of schools with libraries .....|72,286   --- |53,059   --- | 4,068   --- |27,288   --- |15,587   --- | 6,116   --- |17,536    --- | 1,991   --- | 5,431   --- | 3,610   --- | 6,503   ---
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 Average number of staff per library  |             |             |             |             |             |             |              |             |             |             |
Total ................................|  1.81 (0.02)|  1.69 (0.03)|  1.39 (0.09)|  1.61 (0.04)|  1.76 (0.05)|  2.03 (0.07)|  2.12  (0.03)|  1.66 (0.09)|  1.73 (0.04)|  1.80 (0.05)|  2.90 (0.04)
  Certified library/media specialists |  0.86 (0.01)|  0.79 (0.02)|  0.65 (0.07)|  0.75 (0.03)|  0.85 (0.04)|  0.90 (0.04)|  1.03  (0.02)|  0.80 (0.06)|  0.93 (0.03)|  0.98 (0.03)|  1.36 (0.03)
    Full-time ........................|  0.61 (0.01)|  0.51 (0.01)|  0.13 (0.04)|  0.42 (0.02)|  0.66 (0.02)|  0.82 (0.04)|  0.84  (0.02)|  0.28 (0.04)|  0.68 (0.02)|  0.92 (0.02)|  1.27 (0.02)
    Part-time ........................|  0.25 (0.01)|  0.28 (0.02)|  0.52 (0.06)|  0.33 (0.02)|  0.19 (0.03)|  0.08 (0.02)|  0.19  (0.01)|  0.52 (0.05)|  0.24 (0.02)|  0.06 (0.01)|  0.09 (0.01)
  Other professional staff ...........|  0.27 (0.01)|  0.27 (0.01)|  0.30 (0.05)|  0.27 (0.02)|  0.25 (0.02)|  0.31 (0.04)|  0.26  (0.02)|  0.33 (0.05)|  0.23 (0.03)|  0.17 (0.02)|  0.25 (0.02)
    Full-time ........................|  0.13 (0.01)|  0.13 (0.01)|  0.09 (0.02)|  0.13 (0.01)|  0.12 (0.02)|  0.22 (0.03)|  0.14  (0.01)|  0.13 (0.04)|  0.11 (0.02)|  0.08 (0.02)|  0.17 (0.02)
    Part-time ........................|  0.13 (0.01)|  0.14 (0.01)|  0.21 (0.04)|  0.14 (0.02)|  0.13 (0.02)|  0.09 (0.03)|  0.13  (0.01)|  0.19 (0.03)|  0.11 (0.02)|  0.09 (0.02)|  0.08 (0.01)
  Other paid employees ...............|  0.68 (0.02)|  0.63 (0.02)|  0.44 (0.06)|  0.59 (0.03)|  0.66 (0.04)|  0.82 (0.06)|  0.83  (0.02)|  0.54 (0.06)|  0.57 (0.04)|  0.66 (0.05)|  1.29 (0.04)
    Full-time ........................|  0.34 (0.01)|  0.28 (0.01)|  0.10 (0.03)|  0.22 (0.02)|  0.34 (0.03)|  0.51 (0.04)|  0.49  (0.02)|  0.28 (0.04)|  0.27 (0.03)|  0.39 (0.03)|  0.86 (0.03)
    Part-time ........................|  0.34 (0.01)|  0.34 (0.02)|  0.34 (0.05)|  0.37 (0.03)|  0.32 (0.03)|  0.31 (0.04)|  0.34  (0.02)|  0.26 (0.04)|  0.31 (0.02)|  0.27 (0.04)|  0.43 (0.02)
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 Percentage of schools' library media |             |             |             |             |             |             |              |             |             |             |
 centers with the following equipment |             |             |             |             |             |             |              |             |             |             |
Telephone ............................|  61.2  (1.3)|  55.8  (1.8)|  40.1  (5.0)|  49.4  (2.3)|  64.0  (2.8)|  73.8  (4.0)|  74.7   (1.6)|  42.7  (4.9)|  68.0  (2.6)|  85.5  (1.9)|  92.9  (1.0)
Fax machine ..........................|   7.8  (0.5)|   4.7  (0.6)|   8.2  (2.6)|   3.4  (0.7)|   5.7  (1.3)|   5.1  (1.4)|  15.1   (0.8)|  11.5  (2.3)|  16.4  (1.5)|  18.7  (2.3)|  18.5  (1.3)
Computer with modem ..................|  34.3  (1.0)|  28.3  (1.2)|  21.9  (4.5)|  24.9  (1.7)|  33.4  (2.8)|  34.6  (3.1)|  48.2   (1.5)|  46.4  (4.1)|  47.3  (2.6)|  51.3  (2.9)|  59.0  (2.0)
Automated catalog ....................|  24.0  (0.9)|  20.3  (1.1)|  14.2  (3.8)|  17.5  (1.4)|  24.9  (2.1)|  25.4  (2.2)|  32.8   (1.1)|  21.6  (3.5)|  25.9  (2.1)|  32.2  (2.7)|  43.6  (1.7)
Automated circulation system .........|  37.9  (1.1)|  34.1  (1.6)|  16.0  (3.8)|  28.5  (1.9)|  40.4  (2.7)|  55.0  (3.3)|  47.7   (1.3)|  22.4  (3.9)|  41.6  (2.5)|  48.0  (3.1)|  64.7  (1.8)
Database searching with CD-ROM .......|  31.2  (0.8)|  23.9  (1.2)|  23.3  (3.3)|  21.9  (1.7)|  25.3  (2.6)|  30.1  (2.8)|  48.1   (1.3)|  35.5  (4.1)|  48.6  (2.3)|  53.1  (3.1)|  63.0  (2.1)
On-line database searching ...........|   9.4  (0.5)|   5.4  (0.5)|   6.0  (1.3)|   4.1  (0.7)|   7.1  (1.3)|   6.8  (1.3)|  18.9   (0.9)|  14.6  (2.2)|  19.9  (2.0)|  20.5  (2.6)|  26.3  (1.4)
Compact disc for periodical indices,  |             |             |             |             |             |             |              |             |             |             |
  etc. ...............................|  46.7  (1.1)|  39.6  (1.5)|  27.0  (3.5)|  37.5  (2.1)|  42.6  (2.7)|  49.5  (3.4)|  63.5   (1.3)|  50.4  (3.9)|  62.4  (2.3)|  69.8  (2.7)|  76.9  (1.5)
Video laser disc .....................|  31.9  (1.0)|  30.3  (1.3)|  19.6  (4.8)|  24.8  (1.7)|  37.2  (2.3)|  44.3  (3.1)|  36.1   (1.3)|  20.0  (4.3)|  27.5  (2.1)|  41.1  (2.1)|  43.5  (1.7)
Connection to Internet ...............|  12.0  (0.6)|   9.5  (0.8)|   5.0  (1.3)|   8.7  (1.4)|  11.9  (1.8)|  10.0  (1.5)|  17.5   (0.8)|  12.3  (2.8)|  18.5  (1.7)|  18.9  (2.5)|  23.8  (1.6)
Cable television .....................|  76.2  (0.8)|  75.0  (1.1)|  59.8  (4.9)|  78.0  (1.6)|  74.7  (2.3)|  73.0  (3.0)|  80.6   (0.9)|  65.5  (4.5)|  80.3  (1.9)|  81.9  (2.5)|  83.9  (1.1)
Broadcast television .................|  48.6  (1.0)|  48.0  (1.4)|  47.0  (4.8)|  45.2  (1.6)|  51.5  (2.5)|  52.3  (4.1)|  49.9   (1.3)|  36.4  (4.3)|  46.0  (2.7)|  52.0  (3.1)|  59.4  (1.5)
Closed circuit television ............|  25.5  (0.7)|  22.0  (1.0)|   7.0  (2.1)|  19.2  (1.4)|  23.1  (2.0)|  41.4  (2.9)|  34.0   (1.0)|  14.3  (3.4)|  26.8  (2.0)|  46.1  (3.1)|  44.5  (1.5)
Satellite dish .......................|  22.9  (0.6)|  14.4  (0.7)|  15.4  (2.8)|  13.6  (1.2)|  12.7  (1.4)|  21.3  (3.1)|  41.1   (1.1)|  48.1  (4.9)|  53.3  (2.2)|  54.5  (2.7)|  42.4  (1.8)
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Total students using library per 100  |             |             |             |             |             |             |              |             |             |             |
  students each week\1\ ..............|  83.4  (0.4)|  88.9  (0.5)|  93.6  (1.0)|  91.7  (0.7)|  88.0  (1.0)|  75.1  (2.0)|  68.6   (0.9)|  87.9  (2.5)|  74.2  (1.4)|  67.0  (1.8)|  58.9  (1.1)
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Books checked out per 100 students    |             |             |             |             |             |             |              |             |             |             |
  each week\1\ .......................|   128    (2)|   150    (3)|   222 (11.5)|   161  (5.2)|   134  (4.6)|    93  (4.7)|    67   (4.0)|   227 (21.3)|    66  (4.2)|    46  (3.6)|    31  (1.1)
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Percentage of schools offering--      |             |             |             |             |             |             |              |             |             |             |
  Microcomputers .....................|  90.1  (0.7)|  88.5  (1.0)|  79.2  (3.4)|  89.1  (1.6)|  88.4  (2.0)|  92.1  (2.2)|  94.0   (1.0)|  88.4  (2.7)|  96.4  (1.1)|  96.4  (0.9)|  96.5  (0.8)
  Long distance learning .............|  19.0  (0.8)|  15.9  (1.1)|  16.7  (2.7)|  16.3  (1.6)|  14.4  (1.7)|  17.5  (2.6)|  24.8   (1.0)|  33.0  (3.0)|  26.6  (1.6)|  25.6  (2.0)|  25.3  (1.4)
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 Average holdings per 100 students at |             |             |             |             |             |             |              |             |             |             |
  the end of the 1992-93 school year  |             |             |             |             |             |             |              |             |             |             |
Books (number of volumes) ............| 2,585   (57)| 2,467   (81)| 5,774  (355)| 2,721  (124)| 1,600   (46)| 1,340   (37)| 2,891   (101)|10,071  (815)| 2,809   (79)| 1,822   (50)| 1,354   (22)
Current serial subscriptions (print/  |             |             |             |             |             |             |              |             |             |             |
  microfilm) .........................|     9  (\2\)|     7  (\2\)|    25    (3)|     7  (\2\)|     4  (\2\)|     3  (\2\)|    14     (1)|    55    (4)|    14  (\2\)|     8  (\2\)|     5    (0)
Video materials (tape and disc) ......|    38    (2)|    35    (2)|    91   (12)|    36    (4)|    24    (2)|    20    (2)|    46     (2)|   129   (15)|    49    (3)|    35    (2)|    23    (1)
Other audiovisual materials ..........|   116    (4)|   114    (6)|   183   (37)|   122    (8)|    96    (9)|    73    (8)|   117     (7)|   267   (34)|   123   (17)|   102   (10)|    74    (4)
Microcomputer software ...............|    18    (1)|    20    (1)|    60   (13)|    22    (2)|    11    (1)|    10    (1)|    12     (1)|    47   (11)|     8    (1)|     8    (1)|     6    (0)
CD-ROM titles ........................|     1  (\2\)|     1  (\2\)|     2  (\2\)|     1  (\2\)|     1  (\2\)|     0  (\2\)|     2   (\2\)|     9    (1)|     1  (\2\)|     1  (\2\)|     1  (\2\)
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   Locally budgeted expenditures\3\   |             |             |             |             |             |             |              |             |             |             |
         per student, 1992-93         |             |             |             |             |             |             |              |             |             |             |
Books ................................| $8.52 (0.23)| $7.80 (0.25)|$17.30  (1.3)| $7.95  (0.3)| $6.36  (0.4)| $4.49  (0.3)|$10.06   (0.4)|$28.34  (2.3)|$11.20  (0.7)| $6.84  (0.4)| $5.30  (0.2)
Current serial subscriptions (print/  |             |             |             |             |             |             |              |             |             |             |
  microfilm) .........................|  2.18 (0.05)|  1.49 (0.06)|  4.66 (0.47)|  1.53 (0.08)|  0.89 (0.05)|  0.76 (0.06)|  4.15  (0.14)| 13.59 (1.05)|  4.11 (0.22)|  2.84 (0.15)|  2.02 (0.06)
Video materials (tape and disc) ......|  1.24 (0.04)|  1.04 (0.05)|  2.58 (0.37)|  0.97 (0.05)|  0.91 (0.07)|  0.67 (0.07)|  1.77  (0.10)|  5.67 (0.67)|  1.75 (0.15)|  1.26 (0.11)|  0.89 (0.05)
Other audiovisual materials ..........|  0.82 (0.04)|  0.77 (0.06)|  1.30 (0.49)|  0.79 (0.07)|  0.70 (0.06)|  0.53 (0.07)|  0.87  (0.07)|  2.63 (0.53)|  0.89 (0.09)|  0.64 (0.08)|  0.45 (0.03)
Microcomputer software ...............|  1.09 (0.09)|  0.89 (0.07)|  1.95 (0.47)|  0.92 (0.09)|  0.77 (0.13)|  0.41 (0.06)|  1.50  (0.35)|  7.52 (3.10)|  1.07 (0.13)|  0.69 (0.10)|  0.46 (0.03)
CD-ROM titles ........................|  0.63 (0.05)|  0.38 (0.06)|  0.92 (0.28)|  0.33 (0.04)|  0.42 (0.16)|  0.16 (0.02)|  1.24  (0.09)|  3.76 (0.55)|  1.24 (0.13)|  0.84 (0.10)|  0.69 (0.04)
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    Expenditures (all sources) per    |             |             |             |             |             |             |              |             |             |             |
           student, 1992-93           |             |             |             |             |             |             |              |             |             |             |
Total, library/media materials .......|$17.18 (0.35)|$14.86 (0.45)|$35.43 (2.38)|$15.31 (0.58)|$11.19 (0.55)| $8.51 (0.43)|$22.71  (0.82)|$69.98 (5.56)|$23.74 (0.98)|$14.91 (0.71)|$11.72 (0.35)
  Microcomputer hardware .............|  3.84 (0.25)|  3.43 (0.33)| 10.82 (3.37)|  2.91 (0.30)|  3.10 (0.49)|  1.72 (0.26)|  4.73  (0.46)|  7.81 (2.43)|  5.68 (1.15)|  4.06 (0.71)|  3.36 (0.39)
  Audiovisual equipment ..............|  2.24 (0.15)|  2.00 (0.17)|  5.21 (1.73)|  1.71 (0.13)|  1.88 (0.24)|  1.45 (0.26)|  2.98  (0.46)| 10.44 (4.10)|  2.75 (0.24)|  1.70 (0.15)|  1.59 (0.10)
  On-line database searching/         |             |             |             |             |             |             |              |             |             |             |
    electronic communications ........|  0.30 (0.04)|  0.25 (0.06)|  0.30 (0.13)|  0.27 (0.08)|  0.26 (0.15)|  0.11 (0.03)|  0.43  (0.05)|  0.79 (0.31)|  0.62 (0.14)|  0.27 (0.05)|  0.26 (0.04)
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\1\During the most recent full week of school.
\2\Data less than 0.5 are rounded to 0.
\3\Locally budgeted expenditures exclude federal gifts and grants.
---Data not available.

NOTE.--Percentages are based on schools that have library/media centers. In school year 1990-91, 96 percent of public and 87 percent of private schools had library/media centers. Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey, 1993-94, unpublished data. (This table was prepared August 1997.)


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