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Independent School Libraries: a snapshot

Independent School Libraries: a snapshot. North Carolina Association of Independent Schools Teacher Conference: Teaching Today’s Child November 10, 2006 Charlotte, NC. Ernie J. Cox Media Specialist St. Timothy’s School Raleigh, NC. Independent School Library Associations.

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Independent School Libraries: a snapshot

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  1. Independent School Libraries:a snapshot North Carolina Association of Independent Schools Teacher Conference: Teaching Today’s Child November 10, 2006 Charlotte, NC Ernie J. Cox Media Specialist St. Timothy’s School Raleigh, NC

  2. Independent School Library Associations • NCAIS (librarian list serve) • Association of Independent School Librarians http://www.aislnews.org/about.htm • Independent Schools Section (ISS) of the American Assc. of School Librarians

  3. Independent Schools Section 800 members nationwide (looking for more)

  4. Independent Schools Section Resources: • List serve • Publications • Data Committee

  5. Snapshot Data Committee conducted an online survey during the 2004-2005 school year of all ISS libraries. 420 Valid responses

  6. Snapshot: location • School location: California 11.00% Texas 10.00% Massachusetts 8.00% New York 7.00% Connecticut 6.00% Washington 5.00% Ohio 4.00% Virginia 4.00% Maryland 4.00% Florida 4.00% Others 37.00%

  7. Snapshot: Type of School

  8. Snapshot: Number of Students

  9. Snapshot: Number of Faculty

  10. Snapshot: Grade Range

  11. Snapshot: Staffing Number of students per one professional staff

  12. Snapshot: Staffing Ratio of students per all library staff

  13. Snapshot: Total LMC staff

  14. Number of hours open per week

  15. Collection: total print items

  16. Collection: Print Periodicals

  17. Collection: Databases

  18. Computer Access Workstations or laptops in Media Center

  19. Computer Access Wireless access

  20. Computer Access Remote Database Access

  21. Web Presence Does the Media Center have a webpage?

  22. OPAC Automated Catalogs

  23. OPAC Accessible Remotely

  24. Future Work • Cross tabulation • Future Surveys by AASL

  25. Independent School Libraries:a snapshot North Carolina Association of Independent Schools Teacher Conference: Teaching Today’s Child November 10, 2006 Charlotte, NC Ernie J. Cox Media Specialist St. Timothy’s School Raleigh, NC

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