INLS 235

Day 1

1/8/2003

 

Logistics:  Room 208

 

1. Course overview

            Syllabus http://ils.unc.edu/~march/courses/235_s03/syllabus.html

 

 

Class list :  subscribe to inls235_s03  (go to lyris.unc.edu to subscribe)

Term Project discussion  (linked from syllabus)

DL Review discussion (linked from syllabus)

 

2. What is a digital library?

[consider answering what is a library]  How many libraries are in the US?

 

    1. How many libraries are there in the US? In NC?  (implies knowing what IS a library)

US Libraries (Statistical Abstracts of US)

 

 

1980

1998

 

 

Total

31564

37519

18.9%

 

Public

8717

9815

12.6%

 

public branches

5936

6435

8.4%

 

Special

7649

9898

29.4%

(medical, religious, law)

Academic

4591

4700

2.4%

(non K-12)

Government

1260

1897

50.6%

 

Military

485

363

-25.2%

 

http://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/statab/sec04.pdf

 

Library/archives and curators employed (dept of labor):  213,000 in 1983, 264,000 in 1999

Librarians (193,000 in 1983, 236,000 in 1999)

If looking at businesses: http://www.census.gov/epcd/susb/1999/us/US51412.HTM then 2590 with 31031 employees (1999 data)

 

As a gauge, there were 89,508 K-12 schools in 1997-98.  There were 16044 school districts in 1980 and 14842 in 1999.

There were 68,000,000 students K-college in 2000 (38M K-8, 15M 8-12, 15M college)

There were 2.5M teachers in 1980, 3.2M teachers in 1999

 

 

DL Introduction (Powerpoint slides)

 

3. One-minute paper

      What was the main point you learned in class today?

What is the main, unanswered question you leave class with today?