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School Libraries Count!

AASL's Longitudinal Survey

On January 18, 2007, AASL launched a longitudinal survey of school library media programs at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Seattle. The “School Libraries Count!” survey aims to gather data on changes in the field to gain understanding of the state of school library media programs nationally. While national estimates will be developed on the basis of survey responses from a stratified random sample of public schools, all K-12 schools, public and private, were invited to participate on a voluntary basis.  Private schools were included in the survey with the endorsement and support of AASL's Independent Schools Section (ISS).

The survey will be conducted annually and will result in a longitudinal series that will provide data on the health of the nation’s school library media programs.

 The 2008 survey is now closed.

 Preliminary results of the 2007 survey (PowerPoint, 1.7 mb)

Final report on the 2007 survey results (pdf, 332 kb)

 Highlights from the 2007 survey (pdf, 93k)