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| Table 416. | Selected statistics on public school libraries/media centers, by level and enrollment size of school: 2003–04 |
| Selected statistic | All public school libraries/media centers | Elementary school libraries | Secondary school libraries | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Less than 150 | 150 to 499 | 500 to 749 | 750 or more | Total | Less than 500 | 500 to 749 | 750 to 1,499 | 1,500 or more | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Number of schools with libraries | 78,257 | (548.2) | 57,404 | (439.8) | 3,227 | (273.1) | 29,803 | (594.0) | 15,735 | (540.8) | 8,639 | (343.2) | 16,268 | (313.4) | 5,444 | (243.4) | 2,914 | (148.8) | 4,933 | (190.9) | 2,976 | (155.6) |
| Average number of staff per library | 1.76 | (0.014) | 1.66 | (0.018) | 1.21 | (0.094) | 1.62 | (0.023) | 1.71 | (0.029) | 1.91 | (0.040) | 2.09 | (0.025) | 1.56 | (0.040) | 1.83 | (0.045) | 2.25 | (0.040) | 3.06 | (0.088) |
| Certified library/media specialists | 0.79 | (0.009) | 0.73 | (0.012) | 0.51 | (0.052) | 0.70 | (0.019) | 0.76 | (0.019) | 0.83 | (0.024) | 1.03 | (0.018) | 0.78 | (0.032) | 0.96 | (0.031) | 1.12 | (0.025) | 1.38 | (0.050) |
| Full-time | 0.65 | (0.009) | 0.58 | (0.010) | 0.16 | (0.027) | 0.51 | (0.016) | 0.68 | (0.019) | 0.76 | (0.023) | 0.92 | (0.018) | 0.61 | (0.029) | 0.88 | (0.027) | 1.04 | (0.025) | 1.33 | (0.047) |
| Part-time | 0.14 | (0.007) | 0.15 | (0.009) | 0.36 | (0.044) | 0.19 | (0.015) | 0.08 | (0.011) | 0.07 | (0.014) | 0.11 | (0.009) | 0.17 | (0.017) | 0.08 | (0.017) | 0.08 | (0.015) | 0.06 | (0.010) |
| Other professional staff | 0.19 | (0.008) | 0.19 | (0.011) | 0.17 | (0.048) | 0.21 | (0.017) | 0.18 | (0.016) | 0.16 | (0.018) | 0.14 | (0.010) | 0.15 | (0.019) | 0.13 | (0.020) | 0.13 | (0.016) | 0.15 | (0.024) |
| Full-time | 0.13 | (0.007) | 0.14 | (0.009) | 0.08 | (0.044) | 0.15 | (0.014) | 0.14 | (0.015) | 0.13 | (0.016) | 0.11 | (0.009) | 0.11 | (0.016) | 0.11 | (0.018) | 0.11 | (0.017) | 0.12 | (0.023) |
| Part-time | 0.05 | (0.005) | 0.05 | (0.006) | 0.09 | (0.024) | 0.06 | (0.008) | 0.05 | (0.010) | 0.04 | (0.010) | 0.03 | (0.004) | 0.04 | (0.008) | 0.02 | (0.008) | 0.02 | (0.004) | 0.04 | (0.016) |
| Other paid employees | 0.78 | (0.011) | 0.75 | (0.013) | 0.53 | (0.059) | 0.72 | (0.018) | 0.76 | (0.027) | 0.91 | (0.031) | 0.93 | (0.017) | 0.63 | (0.028) | 0.74 | (0.047) | 1.00 | (0.033) | 1.53 | (0.058) |
| Full-time | 0.46 | (0.009) | 0.41 | (0.011) | 0.20 | (0.036) | 0.37 | (0.017) | 0.43 | (0.024) | 0.61 | (0.028) | 0.65 | (0.017) | 0.39 | (0.028) | 0.46 | (0.031) | 0.74 | (0.032) | 1.16 | (0.053) |
| Part-time | 0.33 | (0.012) | 0.34 | (0.014) | 0.33 | (0.062) | 0.35 | (0.020) | 0.33 | (0.024) | 0.31 | (0.029) | 0.28 | (0.014) | 0.24 | (0.025) | 0.28 | (0.047) | 0.26 | (0.023) | 0.36 | (0.032) |
| Percentage of schools' library media centers with certain media equipment | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone | 90.5 | (0.55) | 89.9 | (0.69) | 76.4 | (4.00) | 87.5 | (0.99) | 93.6 | (0.92) | 96.2 | (0.88) | 95.3 | (0.62) | 88.3 | (1.69) | 96.6 | (1.37) | 99.7 | (0.10) | 99.5 | (0.32) |
| Fax machine | 10.9 | (0.50) | 6.9 | (0.64) | 12.2 | (5.01) | 4.9 | (0.69) | 8.1 | (1.24) | 9.6 | (1.41) | 23.1 | (1.08) | 15.0 | (1.71) | 17.8 | (2.04) | 27.4 | (1.79) | 36.2 | (2.31) |
| Automated catalog | 82.7 | (0.66) | 81.9 | (0.89) | 54.2 | (4.94) | 79.6 | (1.37) | 89.7 | (1.08) | 85.9 | (2.00) | 90.6 | (0.76) | 79.3 | (1.89) | 92.3 | (1.41) | 96.7 | (0.64) | 99.6 | (0.20) |
| Automated circulation system | 86.9 | (0.61) | 86.7 | (0.82) | 54.6 | (4.74) | 84.9 | (1.18) | 93.1 | (0.92) | 93.4 | (1.17) | 92.8 | (0.80) | 83.9 | (1.89) | 94.3 | (1.65) | 97.7 | (0.48) | 99.5 | (0.23) |
| Video laser disc or DVD | 44.1 | (0.84) | 39.3 | (1.02) | 17.7 | (4.56) | 38.3 | (1.42) | 39.6 | (1.72) | 50.5 | (2.51) | 61.3 | (1.47) | 53.4 | (3.10) | 65.6 | (2.86) | 63.2 | (1.89) | 68.7 | (2.43) |
| Connection to Internet | 95.1 | (0.35) | 94.1 | (0.48) | 81.3 | (3.62) | 94.4 | (0.69) | 96.3 | (0.83) | 94.0 | (1.16) | 99.2 | (0.22) | 97.7 | (0.66) | 99.9 | (0.06) | 100.0 | (#) | 99.8 | (0.20) |
| Video cassette recorders (VCR) | 86.3 | (0.65) | 85.4 | (0.77) | 76.1 | (4.11) | 84.8 | (1.15) | 87.7 | (1.16) | 87.1 | (1.40) | 89.4 | (1.21) | 88.4 | (2.87) | 88.6 | (2.36) | 91.2 | (1.45) | 89.0 | (1.82) |
| Disability assistance technologies, such as TDD | 11.9 | (0.50) | 10.2 | (0.61) | 5.5 | (2.03) | 8.6 | (0.90) | 11.5 | (1.24) | 14.9 | (1.95) | 18.0 | (0.79) | 14.1 | (1.56) | 16.5 | (2.17) | 18.9 | (1.28) | 25.0 | (2.09) |
| Percentage of schools with certain services | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Students permitted to check out computer hardware | 5.2 | (0.37) | 3.5 | (0.45) | 9.4 | (4.01) | 3.7 | (0.69) | 1.8 | (0.54) | 3.7 | (1.06) | 10.1 | (0.77) | 13.0 | (1.70) | 9.2 | (1.85) | 7.3 | (0.86) | 10.3 | (1.60) |
| Students permitted to check out computer software | 11.7 | (0.44) | 7.6 | (0.56) | 15.2 | (5.09) | 7.5 | (0.79) | 5.7 | (0.85) | 8.6 | (1.54) | 23.5 | (1.05) | 21.6 | (1.86) | 22.5 | (2.30) | 23.9 | (1.73) | 27.3 | (2.33) |
| Number of library computer stations per 100 students | 2.3 | (0.04) | 2.2 | (0.05) | 6.2 | (0.69) | 3.0 | (0.11) | 1.9 | (0.07) | 1.4 | (0.05) | 2.5 | (0.05) | 4.9 | (0.25) | 3.0 | (0.12) | 2.4 | (0.06) | 1.7 | (0.06) |
| Average holdings per 100 students at the end of the school year1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Books (number of volumes) | 1,891 | (45.1) | 2,127 | (70.2) | 5,996 | (404.4) | 2,818 | (188.7) | 1,937 | (46.1) | 1,386 | (42.3) | 1,376 | (20.0) | 2,886 | (97.1) | 1,726 | (43.4) | 1,291 | (22.0) | 975 | (25.5) |
| Video materials (tape and disc) | 68 | (3.5) | 70 | (5.3) | 131 | (20.0) | 88 | (13.8) | 69 | (4.9) | 47 | (2.8) | 61 | (2.1) | 114 | (10.6) | 70 | (4.8) | 62 | (3.3) | 45 | (3.4) |
| CD-ROM titles | 12 | (0.9) | 16 | (1.4) | 34 | (8.6) | 18 | (1.9) | 19 | (3.1) | 10 | (1.8) | 4 | (0.3) | 13 | (2.6) | 5 | (0.7) | 3 | (0.4) | 2 | (0.2) |
| Average additions per 100 students during the school year1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Books (number of volumes) | 99.3 | (2.08) | 118.4 | (3.13) | 264.7 | (27.02) | 144.1 | (5.57) | 114.5 | (5.21) | 87.4 | (4.91) | 61.2 | (1.75) | 125.7 | (7.33) | 68.6 | (3.18) | 60.4 | (3.32) | 43.8 | (2.43) |
| Video materials (tape and disc) | 4.3 | (0.17) | 4.4 | (0.23) | 11.7 | (2.30) | 5.4 | (0.46) | 4.0 | (0.35) | 3.3 | (0.26) | 4.1 | (0.19) | 7.5 | (0.98) | 4.8 | (0.39) | 4.4 | (0.39) | 2.8 | (0.21) |
| CD-ROM titles | 0.7 | (0.09) | 0.9 | (0.14) | 4.2 | (1.92) | 1.3 | (0.31) | 0.9 | (0.20) | 0.5 | (0.17) | 0.3 | (0.03) | 0.9 | (0.16) | 0.4 | (0.10) | 0.3 | (0.04) | 0.2 | (0.03) |
| Total expenditures for library/media materials per pupil1,2 | $16.24 | (0.322) | $16.00 | (0.469) | $37.51 | (5.208) | $19.35 | (0.825) | $15.45 | (0.859) | $11.90 | (0.558) | $16.11 | (0.320) | $25.80 | (1.109) | $18.09 | (0.838) | $16.71 | (0.675) | $12.64 | (0.507) |
| Books | 10.99 | (0.299) | 11.72 | (0.452) | 21.69 | (3.274) | 14.08 | (0.745) | 11.40 | (0.898) | 8.94 | (0.491) | 9.68 | (0.275) | 14.97 | (0.732) | 11.25 | (0.685) | 9.85 | (0.523) | 7.77 | (0.457) |
| Video materials | 0.97 | (0.042) | 0.91 | (0.046) | 1.25 | (0.208) | 0.99 | (0.077) | 0.91 | (0.087) | 0.79 | (0.065) | 1.01 | (0.061) | 1.58 | (0.175) | 1.10 | (0.093) | 1.02 | (0.100) | 0.84 | (0.117) |
| CD-ROM titles | 0.17 | (0.016) | 0.21 | (0.026) | 0.37 | (0.121) | 0.31 | (0.061) | 0.20 | (0.046) | 0.08 | (0.012) | 0.10 | (0.011) | 0.24 | (0.051) | 0.10 | (0.022) | 0.10 | (0.011) | 0.07 | (0.017) |
| Current serial subscriptions | 1.38 | (0.025) | 1.06 | (0.031) | 3.02 | (0.409) | 1.32 | (0.064) | 0.94 | (0.032) | 0.82 | (0.067) | 1.87 | (0.049) | 3.76 | (0.198) | 2.28 | (0.120) | 1.92 | (0.076) | 1.24 | (0.063) |
| Electronic subscriptions | 0.88 | (0.033) | 0.39 | (0.042) | 1.02 | (0.362) | 0.50 | (0.096) | 0.33 | (0.057) | 0.31 | (0.048) | 1.79 | (0.061) | 2.15 | (0.197) | 1.85 | (0.202) | 1.90 | (0.108) | 1.59 | (0.107) |
| Value of donated computers, A/V equipment, and other items per student1,3 | $1.56 | (0.083) | $1.64 | (0.108) | $7.47 | (1.785) | $2.24 | (0.167) | $1.56 | (0.202) | $0.83 | (0.118) | $1.12 | (0.074) | $3.05 | (0.328) | $1.68 | (0.201) | $0.98 | (0.115) | $0.60 | (0.113) |
| # Rounds to zero. 1 Data are for the prior school year. 2 Includes other expenditures not separately shown. 3 Includes grants and other contributions. NOTE: Percentages are based on schools that have library/media centers. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Library Media Center Questionnaire," 2003–04. (This table was prepared September 2006.) |
