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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