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