Budgeting for School Libraries

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General information

General information from AASL from their AASL Resource Guides for School Library Media Program Development


Benchmarking

References to assist you in benchmarking your library against current national school library surveys include:

  • School Libraries Count! is a longitudinal survey that asks questions about spending levels. The report on the results does not say what spending levels should be, but it does show what school library media programs in the United States are reporting in the survey.
  • Biannual survey which appears in the magazine, School Library Journal; the newest installment of the survey appears in the March 2011 issue as SLJ's Spending Survey by Lesley Farmer. Table 2: Student Enrollment, Median Library Books, Acquisitions, and Budgets 2009-2010 reports the Expenditure Per Student in that time period. The survey indicates $9.59 for Elementary school, K-8; $8.05 for Middle school; and $9.84 for High school, K-12. Compare results to those reported in the April 2009 issue's "School Library Journal's Spending Survey," by Lesley Farmer and Marilyn Shontz. Scroll down to the section labeled Budget constraints impact media center efforts and view Table 4. The survey indicates an average Total Materials Expenditures (TME) of $31.03 per pupil for elementary schools, $20.15 per pupil for middle/junior high schools, and $15.42 per pupil for senior high schools.
  • The U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) report, The Status of Public and Private School Library Media Centers in the United States: 1999-2000. The section, "Library Media Center Expenditures and Collection Holdings," appears on pages 45 through 53 of the 137-page PDF file version. See pages 26 through 29 for Tables 2a and 2b, which give the number of pupils considered in the survey. This information can be compared with the Library Media Center Expenditures tables in order to get an amount spent per pupil.


Technology

See Table 1: Comparison of Mean and Median Expenditures for All Resources and Funding Sources 2009-2010 in the March 2011 School Library Journal issue for SLJ's Spending Survey by Lesley Farmer.

For technology expenditures, see the 2006 School Library Journal article, "SLJ's Technology Survey 2006: New technologies--like blogs and wikis--are taking their place in the school media center" by Sally Brewer and Peggy Milam.

This survey began with two 2005 articles that appeared in School Library Journal, "SLJ's Technology Survey (2005): When it comes to education technology, librarians are key players in bringing our schools into the 21st century" and "SLJ's Tech Survey Part Two: Big plans, little money leave school librarians with tough choices," also by Sally Brewer and Peggy Milam, which provide some benchmarking information.


Book price information


Opportunities for External Funding

AASL Resource Guides for School Library Media Program Development: Library Funding

ALA Library Fact Sheet 24: Library Fund Raising: A Selected Annotated Bibliography

See the main pages on fundraising and grantwriting which provide additional resources.

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