SELECTED PUBLICATIONS ON STATISTICS FOR SCHOOL LIBRARIES
January 1997
General Publications
Bard, Therese B. and Edith N. School Libraries in the United States Since 1945. 1981. ED 227 851.
DeCandido, Grace Ann and Alan P. Mahony, "Overworked and Underbudgeted: Staff and Funds for School Library Media Centers 1992," [survey of 38 states] School Library Journal 38 (June 1992): 25-29. Erratum 38 (July 1992): 16.< /P>
Garland, Kathleen. "An analysis of school media center statistics collected by site agencies and individual library media specialists," School Library Media Quarterly, 21/2 (Winter 1993): 106-10.
Lynch, Mary Jo, et al. "Library Research and Statistics," Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac 39 (1994): 425-505.
Lynch, Mary Jo. National statistics on the SMLC and SLMS: What’s coming and how does it relate to learning? November 11, 1994.
Lynch, Mary Jo et al. Public library media centers in 12 states: report of the NCLIS/ALA survey. Washington, DC: U.S. Commission on Library and Information Science, April 1994.
Public School Library Media Centers in 12 States: Report of the NCLIS/ALA Survey. Washington, DC: U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, 1994.
Sadowsky, Mmichael and Randy Meyer, "Staffing for Success: 1994 School Library Staffing Survey," School Library Journal 40/6 (June 1994):29-31.
Sadowski, Michael and Randy Meyer, "States of Inequality: School Library Staffing Survey 1993" School Library Media Journal 39/6 (June 1993): 34-36.
U.S. Dept. of Education. Center for Education Statistics. Public school library media specialist/librarian (LMS), library survey 1993-94 school year.
U.S. Dept. of Education. Center for Education Statistics. School library media centers in the United States: 1990-91. Washington, DC: November 1994.
U.S. Dept. of Education. Center for Education Statistics. Statistics of public and private school library media centers, 1985-86 (with historical comparisons from 1958-1985). Washington, DC: 1987.
Williams, Frank E. A National Study of the Public School Library Statistics Collected by State Agencies. Thesis. U. of Pittsburgh, 1989.
State Publications
A Brief Report of Statistics: 1988 Survey of School Library Media Programs in Wisconsin. Madison: Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, 1991.
Bailey, Gail C., et al. Facts about Maryland’s School Library Programs, 1991-1992. Baltimore: Maryland State Dept. of Education, 1992.
Brandes, Barbara. The Crisis in California School Libraries: A Special Study. Sacramento: California State Dept. of Education, 1987.
Callison, Daniel and Rebecca Knuth, "The AIME Statewide Survey of School Librry Media Centers," Indiana Media Journal, (Spring 1994): 103-162; (Summer 1994): 106-165; ( Fall 1994): 119-152.
Gilliland, Donna, comp. Statistics of South Dakota School Libraries, 1986-1987 [and] 1987-1988. Pierre: South Dakota State Library, 1989.
Griffiths, Jose-Marie and Donald W. King, Massachusetts Libraries: An Alliance for the Future. Boston: Massachusetts State Board of Library Commissioners, 1991.
Grimes, George H. and Jeanie A. McNamara. Information at Risk: Michigan Libraries in the 1990’s; Report for School Libraries. Lansing, MI: The Library of Michigan, 1990.
Hysong, Deborah L. Library Media Programs in Georgia Schools of Excellence: A Comparative Study. Atlanta: Georgia State University, 1992.
Moore, Richard K., "A Tale of Two Schools Systems [just 29% of California Schools have Libraries with Credentialed Librarians in Contrast to New York]" School Library Journal 36 (Oct 1990): 54. Addendum and erratum 36 (De c 1990): 18.
Soule, Margaret. Maine School Library Survey. Statistics of Public School Libraries in Maine Serving Grades K-12, from Data Gathered February 1990. Augusta: Maine Educational Media Association and Maine State Dept. of Education , 1991.
Statewide Survey of Michigan School Libraries. Lansing, MI: Library of Michigan, April 1990.
Townsend, Catherine M. Public School Library Media Centers in South Carolina: A Survey of Service Levels Offered, Data from 1988-1989. Columbia: South Carolina Dept. of Education, 1990.