Appendix. Survey Questions—2005 Survey of Independent School Librarians

1. What is the name of your school?
2. In what state is your school located?
3. Total number of students served by this library media center?
4. Total number of faculty served by this library media center?

Type of School (check all that apply):

5. Grade range served by this library media center?
6. Budget:
7. 1. Dollars per student:
   2. Library media center budget as a percent of total school operating budget:
   3. Does this library media center have an endowment?
8. Library media center staff:
9. 1. Ratio of students per professional (credentialed or other degree):
   2. Ratio of students per total library media center staff (including paraprofessionals)
   3. Total library media center staff FTE
   4. Total hours open per week (including weekends) during school year:
10. Collections:
11. 1. Total items:
    2. Total print items per student and total nonprint items in collection (e.g., media equipment):
    3. Total print periodical subscriptions and total database subscriptions:
12. Library media center facilities:
13. 1. Square footage
    2. Total seats
14. Computer access:
15. 1. Total workstations or laptops in library media center:
    2. Do you provide wireless access?
    3. Do you provide remote database access?
16. Do you have a library media center webpage?
17. Do you have an automated catalog?
18. Is the catalog accessible remotely?
19. Does this library media center serve a summer program?