Statistics and Input-Output Measures for Colorado School Libraries 1999

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 1999 School Library Survey.

Colorado 1999 Data Elements

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

By educational background     .pdf     .xls

Volunteer Hours

Number of adult and student volunteers, hours worked     .pdf     .xls

Electronic Access

Numbers and types of networked computers and access      .pdf     .xls

Networked Electronic Access

Numbers and types of networked computers and access     .pdf     .xls

Filtering

Terminals filtered at student, building, and district level; type of access and software used     .pdf     .xls

School Library Usage per Typical Week

Circulation, number of visits, and information-skills instruction, ILL & Document Delivery      .pdf     .xls

School Library Collection

Reference titles, volumes, reference CDs, magazines, and newspaper subscriptions     .pdf

School Library Collection

Videos, software packages, online periodical subscriptions, CD-ROM and other electronic subscriptions     .pdf     .xls

School Library Collection

Ratios Volumes per student: reference titles, CDs, subscriptions, software, and videos - per 100 students     .pdf     .xls

Colorado 1999 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 1999 Benchmarks are derived     .pdf

Colorado School Library Survey 1999 Results

Complete data from 1999 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