Table 1. Community, district, building, and SLMC characteristics of survey respondents
|
|
Number |
Average (M) or Number (n) |
|
Community Characteristics | ||
|
Counties represented |
72 |
15 |
|
Parents with high school diploma (average percent) |
61 |
85 |
|
District Characteristics | ||
|
Per-pupil expenditure (average) |
61 |
$3,611 |
|
Teacher salary (average) |
64 |
$50,226 |
|
Students qualifying for free or reduced-lunch (average percent) |
59 |
22 |
|
Average minority enrollment (average percent) |
64 |
12 |
|
Building Characteristics | ||
|
Buildings identified as middle schools |
73 |
57 |
|
Buildings identified as junior high schools |
73 |
4 |
|
Buildings identified as high school |
73 |
12 |
|
Enrollment (average) |
64 |
640 |
|
Pupils per teacher (average) |
62 |
5 |
|
SLMC Characteristics | ||
|
Annual expenditures (average) |
61 |
$9,458 |
|
Library expenditures per student (average) |
61 |
$15.48 |
|
Staff (average) |
64 |
2 |
|
Print volumes (average) |
60 |
10,970 |
|
Video (average) |
57 |
250 |
|
Periodicals (average) |
60 |
17 |
|
Audio titles (average) |
59 |
63 |
|
Software titles (average) |
58 |
7 |
|
Computers |
64 |
33 |
|
Class visits per week |
61 |
22 |
|
Items circulated per week |
64 |
438 |
Table 2. Science, mathematics, and technology collection characteristics of respondents' SLMCs.
|
Dewey Number Range |
Subject |
Number Responding (N) |
Circulating Volumes (M) |
Circulating Volumes (Min/Max) |
Reference Volumes (M) |
Reference Volumes (Min/Max) |
Publication Date of Volumes (M) |
Publication Date (Oldest/Newest) |
|
Natural Science and Mathematics | ||||||||
|
500 |
General science |
64 |
71 |
20/900 |
42 |
0/200 |
1988 |
1974/1999 |
|
510 |
Math |
63 |
21 |
3/165 |
2 |
0/15 |
1987 |
1966/1999 |
|
520 |
Astronomy |
63 |
65 |
6/141 |
4 |
0/21 |
1990 |
1978/2001 |
|
530 |
Physics |
63 |
38 |
1/101 |
2 |
0/15 |
1988 |
1972/1999 |
|
540 |
Chemistry |
63 |
24 |
1/82 |
8 |
0/105 |
1988 |
1965/1999 |
|
550 |
Earth sciences |
63 |
88 |
10/250 |
9 |
0/40 |
1988 |
1974/2001 |
|
560 |
Paleontology |
62 |
24 |
0/75 |
3 |
0/20 |
1988 |
1974/1999 |
|
570 |
Life sciences |
63 |
91 |
3/350 |
15 |
0/95 |
1988 |
1971/2001 |
|
580 |
Plants |
63 |
49 |
7/200 |
5 |
0/40 |
1984 |
1969/2001 |
|
590 |
Animals |
63 |
260 |
51/578 |
39 |
0/100 |
1987 |
1972/2002 |
|
All 500s |
64 |
721 |
20/2175 |
115 |
12/455 |
1988 |
1974/1999 | |
|
Computers, Technology, & Applied Sciences | ||||||||
|
004-005 |
Computer science |
59 |
19 |
0/267 |
2 |
0/21 |
1994 |
1975/2004 |
|
600 |
General technology |
62 |
21 |
1/79 |
9 |
0/51 |
1990 |
1974/2002 |
|
610 |
Medicine |
64 |
151 |
0/947 |
20 |
0/102 |
1990 |
1976/2002 |
|
620 |
Engineering |
64 |
136 |
0/377 |
5 |
0/31 |
1988 |
1977/2004 |
|
630 |
Agriculture |
63 |
97 |
0/379 |
3 |
0/25 |
1987 |
1974/2004 |
|
640 |
Home economics |
64 |
86 |
0/533 |
3 |
0/40 |
1988 |
1975/2004 |
|
650 |
Management |
63 |
23 |
0/742 |
<1 |
0/3 |
1988 |
1968/2004 |
|
660 |
Chemical engineering |
62 |
7 |
0/57 |
<1 |
0/2 |
1987 |
1969/2004 |
|
670 |
Manufacturing |
63 |
5 |
0/25 |
<1 |
0/4 |
1985 |
1965/2004 |
|
680 |
Manufacture for specific uses |
62 |
18 |
0/224 |
<1 |
0/10 |
1985 |
1971/2004 |
|
690 |
Building |
63 |
7 |
0/46 |
<1 |
0/10 |
1987 |
1970/2004 |
|
All 600s |
65 |
556 |
2/3463 |
39 |
0/200 |
1988 |
1976/2004 | |
Table 3. Nonbook media in respondents' science, mathematics, and technology collections
|
Resource |
Number Responding (N) |
Number of resources (M) |
Years subscribed |
|
Print periodical subscriptions |
43 |
6 |
|
|
Web-based journal and magazine databases |
61 |
4 |
4.5 |
|
Web-based reference resources |
59 |
4 |
4 |
|
Networked CD-ROM reference resources |
48 |
<1 |
2 |
|
Single-user CD-ROM reference resources |
48 |
8 |
4 |
|
Video and DVD |
58 |
153 |
10 |
|
Streaming video service subscriptions |
73 |
1 |
2 |
Table 4. Collaborative encounters between respondent SLMSs and science and mathematics teachers.
|
Frequency |
Number Responding (N) |
Science Teachers (n/%) |
Mathematics Teachers (n/%) |
|
Once a week or more |
73 |
4/6 |
0/0 |
|
A few times per month |
73 |
17/23 |
2/3 |
|
Once a month or less |
73 |
39/53 |
31/42 |
|
Never |
73 |
13/18 |
40/55 |
Table 5. Respondents' perceptions of their professional roles in relation to science and mathematics teachers
|
Information Power Role |
Number responding (N) |
Not Important (n/%) |
Somewhat important (n/%) |
Important (n/%) |
Very important (n/%) |
|
Teacher |
72 |
2/3 |
4/5 |
25/35 |
41/57 |
|
Instructional Partner |
70 |
9/13 |
3/4 |
33/47 |
25/36 |
|
Information Specialist |
71 |
4/6 |
0/0 |
15/21 |
52/73 |
|
Program Administrator |
72 |
7/10 |
7/10 |
30/41 |
28/39 |
Table 6. Survey variables with significant relationships to 2002 eighth grade science MEAP scores
|
Survey Variable |
Number responding (N) |
Correlation (R) |
Significance (p) |
|
Mathematics periodicals |
22 |
.540** |
.009 |
|
General Science periodicals |
34 |
.531** |
.001 |
|
Paleontology periodicals |
20 |
.528* |
.017 |
|
Astronomy periodicals |
22 |
.484* |
.023 |
|
Life sciences reference |
38 |
.437** |
.006 |
|
Chemistry periodicals |
22 |
.424* |
.049 |
|
Web journal and magazine databases |
50 |
.350* |
.013 |
|
Total reference 600s |
43 |
.336* |
.030 |
|
Collaboration with science teachers |
60 |
.325* |
.011 |
* p = 0.05 (2-tailed)
** p = 0.01 (2-tailed)
Figure 1. Professional tasks frequently performed by survey respondents
