These reports include complete data on hours of operation, schedule, staffing levels, staff activities, technology, collection holdings, usage, and expenditures. Results are compiled from answers submitted by the 300 + school libraries responding to the 2000 School Library Survey.
Colorado 2000 Data Elements
School Identification
- School Name, District, Enrollment .pdf
Respondent Information
- Name, Title, Phone .pdf
Service Hours per Typical Week
- School hours, after-school, and summer hours .pdf
School Library Staffing per Typical Week
- Number of staff and hours, by school .pdf
Activities of Staff per Typical Week
- Collaboration, Leadership, Technology, etc. .pdf
Computers with Access to School Library Resources
- Numbers and types of networked computers and access .pdf
Internet Access for Students
- Internet access conditions and filter practices .pdf
School Library Usage per Typical Week
- Circulation, number of visits, and information-skills instruction, ILL & Document Delivery .pdf
School Library Collection
- Books, reference CD-ROMs, magazines, newspaper subscriptions, audio cassettes, videos, software packages, and subscriptions to online CD-ROM services .pdf
Annual Operating Expenditures
- Books, materials in electronic formats, non-print materials, electronic access, and other expenses .pdf
Colorado 2000 Analysis
26% of Colorado public schools responded to the 2000-01 School Library Survey. Benchmarks and state totals are estimated by weighting the responses from these schools to be representative of the state as a whole.
Benchmark Ratios
- In this spreadsheet, information provided by schools responding to the survey is weighted to be representative of the state as a whole. Ratios for staffing, staff activities, usage, expenditures, and collections are organized both by size of school and by grade levels. The benchmarks include averages, highs, 75th percentiles, and medians in the categories listed. .pdf .xls
Benchmark Narrative
- An explanation of how the 2000 Benchmarks are derived .pdf
Colorado School Library Survey 2000 Results
- Complete data from 2000 school library survey respondents sorted alphabetically by school name .pdf