INLS 235
Day 1
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
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US
Libraries (Statistical Abstracts of US) |
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1980 |
1998 |
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Total |
31564 |
37519 |
18.9% |
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Public |
8717 |
9815 |
12.6% |
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public
branches |
5936 |
6435 |
8.4% |
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Special |
7649 |
9898 |
29.4% |
(medical,
religious, law) |
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Academic |
4591 |
4700 |
2.4% |
(non
K-12) |
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Government |
1260 |
1897 |
50.6% |
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Military |
485 |
363 |
-25.2% |
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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?