America's Public School Libraries: 1953-2000

The National Center for Education Statistics has just released, "America's Public School Libraries: 1953-2000." Drawn from more than 25 sources, mostly federal reports and surveys, this booklet presents a history of federal legislation and national standards affecting school library media centers and key characteristics of school libraries at the national level, from 1953-54 to 1999-2000. This booklet is based on the report "Fifty Years of Supporting Children's Learning: A History of Public School Libraries and Federal Legislation from 1953-2000" (NCES 2005-311).

To download, view and print the report as a pdf file, please visit: http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2005324