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(15 KB)| Table 417. | Selected statistics on public school library/media centers, by level and enrollment size of school: 1999-2000 |
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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\1\| 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
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Average number of staff per library | | | | | | | | | | |
Total ..................................| 1.89 (0.02)| 1.80 (0.02)| 1.42 (0.05)| 1.69 (0.03)| 1.93 (0.03)| 2.09 (0.08)| 2.21 (0.02)| 1.68 (0.03)| 1.94 (0.04)| 2.48 (0.03)| 3.47 (0.06)
Certified library/media specialists ..| 0.81 (0.01)| 0.74 (0.01)| 0.62 (0.04)| 0.71 (0.02)| 0.77 (0.02)| 0.80 (0.03)| 1.06 (0.01)| 0.86 (0.02)| 0.94 (0.02)| 1.15 (0.01)| 1.56 (0.03)
Full-time ..........................| 0.65 (0.01)| 0.56 (0.01)| 0.25 (0.04)| 0.48 (0.01)| 0.69 (0.02)| 0.73 (0.03)| 0.94 (0.01)| 0.64 (0.02)| 0.91 (0.02)| 1.10 (0.01)| 1.49 (0.03)
Part-time ..........................| 0.16 (0.01)| 0.17 (0.01)| 0.38 (0.04)| 0.24 (0.01)| 0.08 (0.01)| 0.07 (0.01)| 0.12 (0.01)| 0.23 (0.01)| 0.03 (0.01)| 0.04 (0.01)| 0.07 (0.01)
Other professional staff .............| 0.17 (0.01)| 0.18 (0.01)| 0.11 (0.02)| 0.16 (0.01)| 0.19 (0.02)| 0.22 (0.03)| 0.15 (0.01)| 0.15 (0.01)| 0.14 (0.02)| 0.14 (0.01)| 0.18 (0.02)
Full-time ..........................| 0.12 (0.01)| 0.12 (0.01)| 0.04 (0.01)| 0.10 (0.01)| 0.14 (0.01)| 0.18 (0.03)| 0.10 (0.01)| 0.10 (0.01)| 0.09 (0.01)| 0.11 (0.01)| 0.13 (0.02)
Part-time ..........................| 0.06 (\2\) | 0.06 (0.01)| 0.07 (0.02)| 0.06 (0.01)| 0.05 (0.01)| 0.04 (0.02)| 0.05 (0.01)| 0.05 (0.01)| 0.05 (0.01)| 0.04 (0.01)| 0.05 (0.01)
Other paid employees .................| 0.91 (0.01)| 0.88 (0.02)| 0.69 (0.03)| 0.81 (0.03)| 0.96 (0.03)| 1.07 (0.06)| 1.00 (0.02)| 0.67 (0.02)| 0.86 (0.03)| 1.19 (0.02)| 1.73 (0.05)
Full-time ..........................| 0.49 (0.01)| 0.44 (0.01)| 0.26 (0.04)| 0.36 (0.01)| 0.51 (0.03)| 0.67 (0.04)| 0.67 (0.02)| 0.36 (0.02)| 0.52 (0.03)| 0.85 (0.03)| 1.35 (0.04)
Part-time ..........................| 0.41 (0.01)| 0.44 (0.02)| 0.42 (0.04)| 0.45 (0.03)| 0.45 (0.03)| 0.40 (0.05)| 0.33 (0.01)| 0.31 (0.02)| 0.33 (0.03)| 0.34 (0.02)| 0.38 (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)| 70.1 (4.2)| 77.4 (1.3)| 90.0 (1.2)| 92.4 (1.4)| 91.5 (0.5)| 82.5 (1.1)| 94.4 (0.9)| 98.3 (0.4)| 99.6 (0.2)
Fax machine ............................| 11.5 (0.4)| 8.1 (0.5)| 6.6 (1.7)| 6.7 (0.7)| 9.7 (1.0)| 10.6 (1.4)| 22.2 (0.6)| 14.2 (1.2)| 22.4 (1.8)| 26.8 (1.3)| 35.1 (2.2)
Automated catalog ......................| 61.2 (0.8)| 59.8 (1.0)| 35.1 (4.3)| 55.5 (1.4)| 67.4 (1.6)| 70.5 (2.2)| 66.8 (0.9)| 56.7 (1.6)| 69.7 (2.2)| 75.5 (1.3)| 75.0 (1.8)
Automated circulation system ...........| 74.4 (0.7)| 73.2 (0.9)| 45.6 (4.1)| 67.0 (1.4)| 83.7 (1.3)| 86.3 (1.7)| 79.9 (0.7)| 63.9 (1.6)| 85.5 (1.4)| 91.6 (0.8)| 95.1 (1.0)
Video laser disc or DVD ................| 43.0 (0.7)| 41.8 (0.9)| 25.0 (4.3)| 36.1 (1.2)| 49.0 (2.1)| 54.3 (2.4)| 47.7 (0.9)| 34.3 (1.5)| 49.3 (2.1)| 60.7 (1.7)| 58.6 (2.0)
Connection to Internet .................| 56.5 (0.8)| 56.4 (1.1)| 63.5 (4.4)| 56.7 (1.5)| 56.1 (1.7)| 52.6 (2.3)| 56.8 (0.9)| 62.9 (1.8)| 54.2 (2.2)| 52.9 (1.4)| 50.2 (2.0)
Cable television .......................| 77.4 (0.7)| 76.6 (0.8)| 56.8 (3.6)| 77.4 (1.2)| 78.4 (1.7)| 79.5 (2.0)| 82.2 (0.7)| 77.0 (1.4)| 83.2 (1.5)| 87.3 (1.2)| 85.6 (1.8)
Broadcast television ...................| 43.4 (0.8)| 43.9 (1.0)| 29.5 (3.6)| 41.7 (1.5)| 46.9 (1.9)| 51.8 (2.4)| 42.9 (0.9)| 34.8 (1.4)| 43.8 (2.4)| 49.0 (1.4)| 52.1 (1.7)
Closed circuit television ..............| 25.0 (0.7)| 23.3 (0.8)| 5.4 (1.9)| 18.5 (1.0)| 27.3 (1.9)| 39.8 (2.1)| 30.8 (0.8)| 20.2 (1.6)| 29.5 (1.7)| 40.7 (1.3)| 42.4 (1.9)
Satellite dish .........................| 27.9 (0.6)| 20.5 (0.7)| 36.9 (5.1)| 17.6 (1.1)| 20.0 (1.4)| 23.5 (2.0)| 49.9 (0.9)| 50.9 (1.8)| 53.6 (2.2)| 49.5 (1.7)| 43.6 (2.1)
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Percentage of schools where-- | | | | | | | | | | |
Long distance learning offered .........| 21.2 (0.5)| 15.2 (0.6)| 23.2 (4.3)| 14.3 (0.8)| 13.7 (1.1)| 17.4 (1.6)| 38.1 (0.8)| 45.7 (1.5)| 36.0 (2.4)| 31.5 (1.3)| 32.4 (2.1)
Students permitted to check out | | | | | | | | | | |
computer hardware .....................| 2.2 (0.1)| 1.2 (0.2)| 0.7 (0.2)| 1.2 (0.2)| 1.6 (0.3)| 0.5 (0.2)| 5.5 (0.4)| 6.1 (0.7)| 3.6 (0.8)| 5.0 (0.6)| 6.9 (1.2)
Students permitted to check out | | | | | | | | | | |
computer software .....................| 6.9 (0.3)| 4.5 (0.4)| 8.4 (2.2)| 4.4 (0.5)| 4.5 (0.7)| 3.3 (0.8)| 14.3 (0.7)| 13.8 (1.3)| 12.4 (1.2)| 15.2 (1.2)| 16.3 (1.6)
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Total students using library per 100 | | | | | | | | | | |
students each week\3\ ................| 94.9 (0.9)| 106.6 (1.1)| 202.2 (20.5)| 121.9 (1.8)| 109.0 (2.0)| 80.6 (1.8)| 73.4 (1.1)| 119.0 (3.7)| 80.4 (2.4)| 69.6 (1.7)| 59.9 (1.8)
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Books checked out per 100 students | | | | | | | | | | |
each week\3\ .........................| 106.2 (1.6)| 146.2 (2.4)| 267.9 (27.9)| 174.6 (4.5)| 152.1 (3.9)| 98.8 (2.9)| 32.2 (1.4)| 75.6 (4.0)| 39.7 (3.3)| 25.6 (1.4)| 21.7 (2.7)
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Average holdings per 100 students | | | | | | | | | | |
at the end of the 1999-2000 school year | | | | | | | | | | |
Books (number of volumes) ..............| 1802 (20)| 1893 (26)| 5817 (406)| 2377 (46)| 1740 (31)| 1322 (51)| 1607 (26)| 3543 (137)| 1957 (88)| 1416 (39)| 1039 (32)
Video materials (tape and disc) ........| 51 (1)| 51 (1)| 130 (22)| 59 (2)| 48 (2)| 41 (2)| 51 (1)| 102 (6)| 54 (3)| 45 (2)| 38 (2)
CD-ROM titles ..........................| 8 (\4\) | 10 (\4\) | 29 (6)| 12 (1)| 9 (\4\) | 7 (1)| 5 (\4\) | 13 (1)| 6 (1)| 5 (1)| 2 (\4\)
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Expenditures (all sources) per | | | | | | | | | | |
student, 1999-2000 | | | | | | | | | | |
Total, library/media materials .........| $23.37 (0.44)| $22.99(0.63)| $68.71(7.69)| $24.88(0.87)| $21.07(0.79)| $20.98(1.82)| $23.84 (0.46)| $42.15(1.86)| $29.88(1.65)| $21.31(0.54)| $18.20(0.62)
Books.................................| 9.97 (0.15)| 10.47 (0.23)| 25.13 (2.31)| 11.32 (0.29)| 10.09 (0.43)| 9.26 (0.56)| 8.95 (0.17)| 14.89 (0.67)| 10.68 (0.56)| 8.19 (0.26)| 7.16 (0.31)
Video materials.......................| 1.07 (0.02)| 1.04 (0.03)| 2.31 (0.55)| 1.12 (0.05)| 0.98 (0.04)| 0.97 (0.07)| 1.13 (0.03)| 2.04 (0.12)| 1.25 (0.08)| 1.03 (0.04)| 0.89 (0.04)
CD-ROM titles.........................| 0.59 (0.02)| 0.55 (0.03)| 1.92 (0.46)| 0.66 (0.05)| 0.55 (0.05)| 0.36 (0.04)| 0.64 (0.02)| 1.02 (0.06)| 0.74 (0.06)| 0.68 (0.05)| 0.46 (0.03)
Current serial subscriptions..........| 1.26 (0.02)| 0.98 (0.02)| 3.67 (0.53)| 1.20 (0.03)| 0.87 (0.03)| 0.71 (0.05)| 1.75 (0.03)| 3.91 (0.14)| 2.30 (0.11)| 1.57 (0.04)| 1.04 (0.03)
Electronic subscriptions..............| 0.81 (0.02)| 0.32 (0.02)| 0.73 (0.23)| 0.34 (0.04)| 0.30 (0.04)| 0.30 (0.04)| 1.74 (0.04)| 2.00 (0.12)| 1.92 (0.13)| 1.79 (0.08)| 1.56 (0.06)
Microcomputer hardware ...............| 7.48 (0.31)| 7.31 (0.39)| 30.98 (5.90)| 7.77 (0.71)| 6.71 (0.54)| 6.39 (0.90)| 7.68 (0.37)| 14.94 (1.68)| 10.71 (0.48)| 6.15 (0.32)| 5.70 (0.44)
Other audiovisual equipment ..........| 2.19 (0.18)| 2.32 (0.27)| 3.97 (1.20)| 2.48 (0.32)| 1.59 (0.10)| 2.98 (0.78)| 1.94 (0.07)| 3.35 (0.21)| 2.28 (0.14)| 1.90 (0.10)| 1.40 (0.09)
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| \1\Public school data include charter schools. \2\Data less than 0.005. \3\During the most recent full week of school. \4\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; and "Public Charter School Questionnaire," 1999-2000, unpublished data. (This table was prepared October 2002.) |
