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Statistics and Input-Output Measures for Colorado School Libraries 2005

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 700 + school libraries responding to the 2005 School Library Survey.

Colorado 2005 Data Elements

School Identification
School name, district, enrollment     .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
FTE of Librarians and Assistants, all schools     .pdf     .xls
Teaching Approaches of Teacher-Librarians
Approaches used by teacher-librarians     .pdf     .xls
Computer Information
Numbers of computers with library resources in the library and school     .pdf     .xls
School Library Usage per Typical Week
Circulation, number of visits, and information-skills instruction, and ILL     .pdf     .xls
School Library Collection
Books, reference, periodical subscriptions, audio, video, and subscriptions to databases     .pdf     .xls
Annual Operating Expenditures
Books, materials in electronic formats, non-print materials, electronic access, and other expenses      .pdf     .xls
Library Facilities
Square footage, shelving and seating capacities     .pdf     .xls

Colorado 2005 Analysis

Benchmarks
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, 95th and 75th percentiles, and medians in the categories listed.      .pdf     .xls
Benchmark Narrative
An explanation of how the 2005 Benchmarks are derived     .pdf
Colorado School Library Survey 2005 Results
Complete data from 2005 school library survey respondents sorted alphabetically by school name     .pdf     .xls
State Totals
Total numbers in several categories including services, staff, collections, budget (All categories listed in one large spreadsheet)     .pdf     .xls
Last modified May 2nd, 2007
   
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