School Libraries Count! Survey
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In 2007, the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) initiated an annual survey of school libraries. The development of this longitudinal survey project was mandated by the AASL Board and advocated by the division’s Research & Statistics Committee and Independent Schools Section.
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Item Open Access Item Open Access School Libraries Count! Supplemental Report on Digital Citizenship(American Association of School Librarians, 2011)In 2007, the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) initiated an annual survey of school library programs. The development of this longitudinal survey project was mandated by the AASL Board as part of the association’s strategic plan with the goal to provide research and statistics to be used at the national, state and local levels when advocating for School Library Programs. The survey was developed through the AASL Research & Statistics committee with AASL Board review and final approval. In addition to annual survey questions, starting in 2008 AASL began adding a series of questions that change annually and address a current issue within the school library field. In 2011 AASL focused these questions on Digital Citizenship. 2011 marked the fifth year of AASL’s “School Libraries Count!” survey, with 4,887 respondents. The results represent a + 1.4 percentage points at the 95% confidence level.Item Open Access School Libraries Count! Supplemental Report on Digital Resources(American Association of School Librarians, 2010)In 2007, the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) initiated an annual survey of school library programs. The development of this longitudinal survey project was mandated by the AASL Board as part of the association’s strategic plan with the goal to provide research and statistics to be used at the national, state and local levels when advocating for School Library Programs. The survey was developed through the AASL Research & Statistics committee with AASL Board review and final approval. In addition to annual survey questions, starting in 2008 AASL began adding a series of questions that change annually and address a current issue within the school library field. In 2010 AASL focused these questions on Digital Content and Resources. This report summarizes those findings. 2010 marked the fourth year of AASL’s “School Libraries Count!” survey, with 5,191 respondents. The results represent a + 1.4 percentage points at the 95% confidence level.Item Open Access School Libraries Count! Supplemental Report on English Language Learners(American Association of School Librarians, 2009)In 2007, the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) initiated an annual survey of school library media programs. The development of this longitudinal survey project was mandated by the AASL Board as part of the association’s strategic plan with the goal to provide research and statistics to be used at the national, state and local levels when advocating for school library media programs. The survey was developed through the AASL Research & Statistics committee with AASL Board review and final approval. In addition to annual survey questions, starting in 2008 AASL began adding a series of questions that change annually and address a current issue within the school library field. In 2009 AASL focused these questions on English Language Learners (ELL). This report summarizes those findings. 2009 marked the third year of AASL’s “School Libraries Count!” survey, with 5,824 respondents. The results represent a + 1.3 percentage points at the 95% confidence level.Item Open Access AASL Executive Summary: Filtering in Schools(American Association of School Librarians, 2012-10)The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) conducted its national longitudinal survey, School Libraries Count!, between January 24 and March 4, 2012. The annual survey collected data on filtering in schools. Participants answered 14 questions ranging from whether or not their schools use filters, to the specific types of social media blocked at their schools. This paper is an overview of the data that was collected. As the results show, filtering continues to be an important issue for most schools around the country. The data from School Libraries Count! suggests that many schools are going beyond the requirements set forth by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in its Child Internet Protection Act (CIPA). AASL’s position views the social aspect of learning as important for students in the 21st century and much of the filtering software seems to discount that aspect.Item Open Access School Libraries Count! Supplemental Report on Filtering(American Association of School Librarians, 2012)In 2007, the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) initiated an annual survey of school library programs. The development of this longitudinal survey project was mandated by the AASL Board as part of the association’s strategic plan with the goal to provide research and statistics to be used at the national, state and local levels when advocating for School Library Programs. The survey was developed through the AASL Research & Statistics committee with AASL Board review and final approval. In addition to annual survey questions, starting in 2008 AASL began adding a series of questions that change annually and address a current issue within the school library field. In 2012 AASL focused these questions on Filtering. 2012 marked the sixth year of AASL’s “School Libraries Count!” survey, with 4,385 respondents. The results represent a + 1.5 percentage points at the 95% confidence level.Item Open Access School Libraries Count! A National Survey of School Library Media Programs(American Association of School Librarians, 2007) Becker, Beverley; Everhart, Nancy; Curry Lance, KeithThe American Library Association’s divisions for academic and public libraries—the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and the Public Library Association (PLA)—have long collected and reported annual statistics about the types of libraries they represent. This year, 2007, the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) joins its sister divisions by initiating an annual survey of school library media programs. The development of this longitudinal survey project was mandated by the AASL Board and advocated by the division’s Research and Statistics Committee and Independent Schools Section. The survey was promoted via a wide variety of venues, including: AASL events at recent ALA Midwinter Meetings and Annual Conferences, AASL e-mail lists, AASL chapters and affiliates, telephone calls and e-mails placed by selected interested parties, and mass mailings by the survey contractor. The survey launch coincided with ALA’s 2007 Midwinter Meetings in Seattle, Washington. Over 5,000 responses to the survey were initiated, over 4,500 responses were completed, and the respondents include almost 4,000 regular public schools and over 200 independent schools. This report summarizes the overall results as well as more detailed results, when statistically significant relationships between those results and selected factors were found. These factors include: school level, enrollment, region, a school’s poverty and migrant statuses, locale (metropolitan versus non-metropolitan), and whether a school is public or private. Other factors did not yield sufficient numbers of cases to look more closely at specific types of schools (e.g., charter, special education, vocational-technical, alternative, magnet). Statistical significance was assessed using the t test of independent samples and the standard minimum criterion, p < .05. (Translation: No more than five percent of the time would repeated and infinite samples yield meaningfully different results.) As with its sister surveys by ACRL and PLA, respondents to the AASL survey were self-selected. For this reason, it is not possible to generate national totals. In this inaugural effort, for instance, 16 states (two-thirds) generated three-fourths of the responses.Item Open Access School Libraries Count! The Second National Survey of School Library Media Programs(American Association of School Librarians, 2008) Cline, AllisonIn 2007, the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) initiated an annual survey of school library media programs. The development of this longitudinal survey project was mandated by the AASL Board and advocated by the division’s Research and Statistics Committee and Independent Schools Section. The survey was promoted via a wide variety of venues, including: AASL events at recent ALA Midwinter Meetings and Annual Conferences, AASL e-mail lists, AASL chapters and affiliates, telephone calls and e-mails by selected interested parties, and e-mails by the survey contractor. The launch of the second year of the survey coincided with ALA’s 2008 Midwinter Meetings in Philadelphia. Almost 7,000 responses to the 2008 survey were received. This report summarizes the overall results, the results by school level and enrollment, and more detailed results, when statistically significant relationships between the results and selected other factors were found. These other factors include: region, a school’s poverty status, locale (metropolitan versus non-metropolitan), and whether a school is public or private. While the data on the latter characteristic was based on respondents’ reports, data on poverty status and locale were obtained from the National Center for Education Statistics, which is also the source of the public school universe file for this project. (As a result, these two data elements were available for more than 6,000 of the almost 7,000 respondents for 2008.) Other factors did not yield sufficient numbers of cases to look more closely at specific types of schools (e.g., charter, special education, vocational-technical, alternative, magnet). Respondents to the AASL survey were self-selected. For this reason, it is not possible to generate national totals. Instead, for each statistic, this report presents three percentiles: the 50th, the 75th, and the 95th. The purpose of reporting these three figures is to describe the better half of responding school libraries. The 50th percentile, or median, is the figure that divides the respondents in half—half reported this figure or above, half a lower figure. The 75th percentile is the figure below which three-quarters of the respondents fall and one-quarter above. Finally, the 95th percentile is the figure at or above which only five percent of the respondents fall.Item Open Access School Libraries Count! National Longitudinal Survey of School Library Media Programs(American Association of School Librarians, 2009) Mardis, Marcia; Achterman, Douglas; Diekman, Linda; Fisher, Phyllis; Loertscher, David; Lord, Richard; Marie Perrault, Anne; Williamson, Susan; Pierce, Connie; Greco, Louis; Cline, AllisonAASL’s School Libraries Count! annual longitudinal survey is an online survey that is open to all elementary and secondary school library media programs to participate. The 2009 survey was launched on January 30, and closed on March 22. The survey was publicized through various professional organizations and events, and through word of mouth.Item Open Access School Libraries Count! National Longitudinal Survey of School Library Programs(American Association of School Librarians, 2010) J. Ray, Barbara; Achterman, Douglas; Diekman, Linda; Fisher, Phyllis; Loertscher, David; Lord, Richard; Marie Perrault, Anne; Maria Taylor, Andre; Pierce, Connie; Greco, Louis; Cline, AllisonAASL’s School Libraries Count! annual longitudinal survey is an online survey that is open to all primary and secondary school library programs to participate. The 2010 survey was launched on March 4th and closed on May 17th. The survey was publicized through various professional organizations and events and through word of mouth.Item Open Access School Libraries Count! National Longitudinal Survey of School Library Programs(American Association of School Librarians, 2011) Mardis, Marcia; Achterman, Douglas; Fisher, Phyllis; Friese, Elizabeth; Hunt, Rebecca; Marie Perrault, Anne; Ray, Barbara; Schultz-Jones, Barbara; Maria Taylor, Andre; Kaplan, Allison; Cline, AllisonAASL’s School Libraries Count! annual longitudinal survey is an online survey that is open to all primary and secondary school library programs to participate. The 2011 survey was launched on January 11th and closed on March 29th. The survey was publicized through various professional organizations and events and through word of mouth.Item Open Access School Libraries Count! National Longitudinal Survey of School Library Programs(American Association of School Librarians, 2012) Dickinson, Gail; Friese, Elizabeth; Harper, Meghan; Hunt, Rebecca; Un Kim, Sung; Kimmel, Sue; Moeller, Robin; Schultz-Jones, Barbara; Maria Taylor, Andre; Everhart, Nancy; Cline, AllisonAASL’s School Libraries Count! annual longitudinal survey is an online survey that is open to all primary and secondary school library programs to participate. The 2012 survey was launched on January 24th and closed on March 20th. The survey was publicized through various professional organizations and events and through word of mouth.