South Australian School Library Survey

SA School Library Survey Term 4 2008

Methodology
Survey mailed to all SA schools
Online survey tool (Moodle)
Fax and mail responses entered into online form

Respondents = 360 SA Total Schools DECS=575 (76%) Catholic=80 (11%) Independent=98 (13%)

School levels
Prim = 227
Sec = 74
Other = 59

Library experience of staff

Teaching experience of staff

Succession planning

Teaching staff library quals

Qualifications assistant staff

Dual qualified staff
206 schools reported having a staff member in the library with dual library and teaching qualifications
82 schools with TL allocation but no staff member reporting dual qualifications

Teacher librarian allocations
84 out of 360 (23%) schools reported NO teacher librarian allocation
Student : Teacher Librarian ratio range
lowest: 134 : 1 (Area School)
highest: 4500 : 1 (Country H.S. ie part-time TL)
average ratio across all types of school 609 : 1

TL allocation primary
DECS formula recommends average of 473 students per full time TL
SA primary schools average 514 students to 1 full time TL
Lowest = 53:1 Highest = 2650:1
55 (28%) of SA primary schools have no Teacher Librarian

TL allocation secondary
DECS formula recommends average of 467 students to 1 full time TL
SA Secondary schools average 742 students to 1 full time TL
3 SA secondary schools have no Teacher Librarian

TL allocation other schools
SA Area/K-12 schools average 519 students to 1 full time TL
9 (15%) of South Australian Area schools and K-12 schools have no Teacher Librarian

Total library staff time
Average ratio of students per hour of total library staff in SA schools = 8.19
Lowest ratio = 0.36
Highest ratio = 45.00

Library coordinator positions
30 schools reported Library Coordinator positions ranging from 0.1 to 1.8 EFT per school
5 PS 15 Sec 10 Area/K-12
15 Gov 10 Catholic 5 Independent

SLASA membership

Further analysis
SLASA newsletters
SLASA website: Advocacy menu
Comparison with ASLA-ECU national survey data
Attempt to get quantitative responses from non-respondent schools

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South Australian School Library Survey

by Pru Mitchell on Jun 01, 2010

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