State Library Services is a division with the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) that administers federal grant, state aid, and state grant programs supporting all types of libraries. In order to better support school libraries, we are gathering information on whether each school serving K-12 students in Minnesota has a library, and if so, how the library is staffed.
How this information will be used: State Library Services will use the information to better direct our resources and funding toward supporting library services for K-12 students across the state. The data may be shared upon request with school leaders, state and local officials, and state library professional organizations.
The survey contains 10 questions. It should take 10 minutes or less per school to complete the survey.
See a PDF version of the survey.
This survey should be completed by the
person who can best answer questions about the library (for example: a licensed media specialist overseeing the library, or a paraprofessional who works in the library day-to-day). If you work at multiple schools, please fill this out once for each school.
Please complete this survey regardless of whether your school district/system has a school library.
Please contact Verena Getahun (
verena.getahun@state.mn.us) at State Library Services if you have any questions.
To prepare: Most of the questions require only
Yes or
No responses. If your school's library has paid staff, you will be asked to provide the following:
- staff classification (licensed or other)
- name
- title
- email address
- hours worked per week