1. Independent Schools Survey— Fall 2005 Summary Report Conducted by the Data Committee of the Independent School Section of the AASL

2. Independent Schools Section 800 members nationwide

3. Independent Schools Section Resources: List serve Publications Data Committee

4. Snapshot Data Committee conducted an online survey during the 2004-2005 school year of all ISS libraries. 420 Valid responses

5. Snapshot: location School location: California 11.00% Texas 10.00% Massachusetts 8.00% New York 7.00% Connecticut 6.00% Washington 5.00% Ohio 4.00% Virginia 4.00% Maryland 4.00% Florida 4.00% Others 37.00 %

6. Snapshot: Type of School

7. Snapshot: Number of Students

8. Snapshot: Number of Faculty

9. Snapshot: Grade Range

10. Snapshot: Staffing Number of students per one professional staff

11. Snapshot: Staffing Ratio of students per all library staff

12. Snapshot: Total LMC staff

13. Number of hours open per week

14. Collection: total print items

15. Collection: Print Periodicals

16. Collection: Databases

17. Computer Access Workstations or laptops in Media Center

18. Computer Access Wireless access

19. Computer Access Remote Database Access

20. Web Presence Does the Media Center have a webpage?

21. OPAC Automated Catalogs

22. OPAC Accessible Remotely

23. Future Work Cross tabulation Future Surveys by AASL