The relationship of school library media center collections, expenditures, staffing, and services to student academic achievement

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of student academic achievement to factors related to the management and operations of school library media centers. The variables of school library media centers investigated were collections, expenditures for those collections, staffing levels, and services provided by the library media staff in selected school library media centers throughout school districts in Georgia.;The study examined 214 responses from school library media specialists in 119 elementary, 35 middle/junior high, and 60 high schools, representing 82 school districts in Georgia. Five instruments were used to gather data. The School Library Media Center Survey assessed media center school collections, expenditures, and staffing, the Selected School Library/Media Center Services Survey determined school library media center services, the ITBS, CBA, and High School Graduation Test achievement batteries measured student academic achievement.;A backward elimination multiple regression analysis indicated a relationship of school library media center staffing to student academic achievement, especially in the area of language arts (reading) at the high school level. School library media center collections, expenditures for those collections, and services were not significantly related to student academic achievement.