SEC. TARGET: Program Data

[Mary Ellen Scribner <scribner@TENET.EDU>]

The thirteen secondary librarians in my district are struggling to find
effective accountability measurements/methods.  For example, the
traditional Average Daily Circulation figure based on the actual number
of books checked out each day no longer appears realistic in view of the
many electronic databases now in use or the practice of many teachers of
restricting the use of numerous books to the library so that each of
their classes can have access to all the same resources.

We have many questions.  What data is collected and reported by the
libraries in your district which is useful to you in your program
development and management?  What data is assembled for presentation to
site committees or boards of education?  How is all of this data
acquired, and how is it put to use?   Have you found an effective way to
measure electronic database use?  Is any of your data correlated to
instructional outcomes?  If so, how?

We will appreciate all suggestions.  Please reply to me directly.  TIA.

Mary Ellen Scribner, Librarian                  512 464-4033
Westwood High School, Round Rock ISD            512 464-4020 (FAX)
12400 Mellow Meadow Dr.                         scribner@tenet.edu
Austin, TX 78750-1824