Hit ->#students per workstation

[Betsy Breiding <R7MEDIA@WVNVM.WVNET.EDU>]

I did not post this as a target, but many of you asked me to report
any info I got to the whole group.  I had asked if anyone knew of a
recommended number of students per work station and also for the
source of the recommendation if possible.  Most responses were from
people who remembered a number but not the source.  The following
numbers were recommended.
     1 station per 200 students
     1 station per 150 students
     1 station per 100 students
     1 station per  75 students
     1 station per  50 students

Mary Woodard from Mesquite, TX mentioned the following:
     In their publication "The Library Media Center: A Force for
Student Excellence", the Texas Education Agency has these guidelines:
    Level 1-Minimum: one computer for student use, one for LMC
                     management
    Level 2-Average: ten computers for student use, three for LMC
                     management
    Level 3-Exemplary: 30 computers for student use, five for LMC
                       management

I called my Follett representative who said that Follett recommended
one catalog workstation per 250 students, but she felt with the use
of workstations for other reference work besides just the catalog,
that student number should be lower.  She is currently doing a
proposal for a school in New York and plans on recommending one
workstation per 150 students.

If you read my first posting, you may recall that I said my
principal had pulled one of my catalog workstations to put in
a classroom.  The rest of the story is  -  after I left him
a rather irate note, the principal got back to me to explain
his actions.  He wanted to give me a different workstation -
an upgrade!

Betsy Breiding
Media Specialist
Mountainview Elementary
2100 Greenbag Road
Morgantown, WV  26505
R7MEDIA@wvnvm.wvnet.edu