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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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1992
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED345745 |
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- Automation and Its Funding in the Library Media Centers in Secondary Schools in Georgia: A Survey. Baggett, Ann Utsey Databases Financial Support High Schools Integrated Library Systems Learning Resources Centers Library Automation Online Catalogs Online Searching Optical Data Disks Questionnaires School Surveys This report presents the results of a study whose purpose was to determine what automation is present in the library media centers in Georgia secondary schools and how it has been funded. A three-part questionnaire was sent to the media specialists in 50% of the secondary schools in Georgia, which were randomly selected. The analysis of the results was expressed with percentages and one chi-square determination. Of the 180 questionnaires sent to secondary school media specialists, 141 (78.3%) were returned; all but 2 of the questionnaires were usable. It was found that the most prevalent types of automation were catalog/circulation systems and CD-ROM. There were 53 (38.1%) schools with circulation/catalog systems and 47 (33.8%) that were using CD-ROM. Over three-fourths of all funding was with tax dollars; less than 10% of the funding was from non-tax sources. It was concluded that there is a significant amount of automation present in the Georgia secondary schools. Contrary to the hypothesis and the study of the literature, media specialists are not using non-tax sources for funding automation, but are instead relying on traditional tax sources. The survey instrument, cover letter, and lists of CD-ROM programs cited and the distribution of online databases used in Georgia secondary schools are appended. (29 references/9 tables) (Author/MAB)