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Statistics and Input-Output Measures for Colorado School Libraries - 2007-08
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 800 + school libraries responding to the 2007-08 School Library Survey.
Colorado 2007-08 Data Elements
- School Identification
- School name, district, enrollment .xls .html
- Respondent Information
- Name, title .xls .html
- Service Hours per Typical Week
- School hours, after-school, and summer hours .xls .html
- School Library Staffing per Typical Week
- FTE of Librarians and Assistants, all schools .xls .html
- Teaching Approaches of Teacher-Librarians
- Approaches used by teacher-librarians .xls .html
- Computer Information
- Numbers of computers with library resources in the library and school .xls .html
- School Library Usage per Typical Week
- Circulation, number of visits, and information-skills instruction, and ILL .xls .html
- School Library Collection
- Books, reference, periodical subscriptions, audio, video, and subscriptions to databases .xls .html
- Annual Operating Expenditures
- Books, materials in electronic formats, non-print materials, electronic access, and other expenses .xls .html
Colorado 2007-08 Analysis
56% of Colorado public schools responded to the 2007-08 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
- Ratios for staffing, staff activities, usage, expenditures, and collections are organized both by size of school and by grade levels. The benchmarks include averages, 95th and 75th percentiles, and medians in the categories listed. .xls
- Benchmark Narrative
- An explanation of how the 2007 Benchmarks are derived .pdf
- State Totals
- Total numbers in several categories including services, staff, collections, budget (All categories listed in one large spreadsheet) .xls .html