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Statistics and Input-Output Measures for Colorado School Libraries 1998
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 school libraries responding to the 1998 School Library Survey.
Colorado 1998 Data Elements
- Addresses
- Addresses, District Names, and RLSS codes .pdf .xls
- Respondent Information
- Name, Title, Phone .pdf .xls
- Service Hours per Typical Week
- School hours, after-school, and summer hours .pdf .xls
- School Library Staffing per Typical Week
- CDE Endorsed, Not CDE Endorsed, and Parapros .pdf .xls
- School Library Staffing per Typical Week
- BOCES, Tech. Staff, Aides, and others paid .pdf .xls
- Volunteer Hours
- Number of adult and student volunteers, hours worked .pdf .xls
- Staff Activities
- Identify materials, plan with teachers, manage computers and more .pdf .xls
- Percentage of Time Spent on Paid Staff Activities
- .pdf .xls
- Overtime Hours
- Identify materials, plan with teachers, manage computers and more .pdf .xls
- Electronic Access
- Online catalog, Internet, and ACLIN .pdf .xls
- Electronic Access
- WWW available to staff and students, restrictions to use .pdf .xls
- Electronic Access
- Filtering, access to fax, phone, copier and modem .pdf .xls
- School Library Usage
- Circulation, ILLs, and Information-Skills Contacts .pdf .xls
- Weekly Ratios
- Visits per Student, Circ per Student, Net loan rate, etc .pdf .xls
- School Library Collection
- Volumes, CDs, Magazines, Videos, Computer Software, Full-text Svcs .pdf .xls
- Collection Ratios
- Vols/Student, CDs, Subscriptions, Videos per 100 Students .pdf .xls
- Operating Expenditures
- Books, Electronic, and Nonprint .pdf .xls
- Per Student Expenditures
- (school budget) Books, Electronic, and Nonprint .pdf .xls
- Per Student Expenditures
- (all other sources) Books, Electronic, and Nonprint .pdf .xls
- Capital Outlay
- Equipment, and other .pdf .xls
- LMC Management
- Budget, Advisory Comm., Challenges, and more .pdf .xls
Colorado 1998 Analysis
- 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. .xls
- Benchmark Narrative
- An explanation of how the 1998 Benchmarks are derived .pdf
- Colorado School Library Survey 1998 Results
- Complete data from 1998 school library survey respondents sorted alphabetically by school name .xls
- State Totals
- Total numbers in several categories including services, staff, collections, budget (All categories listed in one large spreadsheet) .xls