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Cornman, Stephen Q.; Zhou, Lei; Nakamoto, Nanae – National Center for Education Statistics, 2012
This documentation is for the revised file (Version 1b) of the National Center for Education Statistics' (NCES) Common Core of Data (CCD) National Public Education Financial Survey (NPEFS) for school year 2008-2009, fiscal year 2009 (FY 09). It contains a brief description of the data collection along with information required to understand and…
Descriptors: Public Education, Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education, National Programs
Shonrock, Diana D., Ed. – 1996
Libraries devote serious resources to user-education programs and need to measure their effectiveness with hard data. This guide was designed to simplify the evaluation planning process and the making of evaluation instruments. The material was developed from hundreds of survey instruments used by librarians around the country. The handbook…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Library Instruction, Library Planning
Evans, Frank B.; Ketelaar, Eric – 1983
Intended primarily for distribution to public archival institutions, this sample questionnaire is designed to collect information on archival systems and services and related information on records management legislation or regulation. It is noted that the questionnaire is a simplification of a previous model and that it is being used for a…
Descriptors: Archives, Data Collection, Glossaries, Information Storage
Bryson, Emily Montez – 1988
This project was designed to develop a uniform statistical reporting system that could be used by all of the library departments at Chicago State University to collect statistical information, both for major statistical reports, and for the library's daily operations. It is noted that the statistical forms were designed to enable the staff member…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Data Collection, Database Management Systems, Departments
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Walter, Virginia A. – 1992
This manual has been designed as a practical guide to quantifying and measuring the results, or outputs, of public library service to children. The basic output measures presented are tailored to reflect library services to children (defined as persons 14 years old and younger) and their care givers. Six categories of measures are presented: (1)…
Descriptors: Childrens Libraries, Data Collection, Library Administration, Library Planning
Bowie, Laura; Walker, Cornelia – 1982
This project report describes the development and implementation of a model of qualitative measures for evaluating the use of school library resources by students and teachers. It explains a record-keeping system for school librarians to use in tracing media from purchase, through processing, to eventual utilization. Using parts of sample…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Learning Resources Centers, Library Research, Media Selection
Bates, Henry E. – 1985
This packet is designed to guide users through the steps that ultimately lead to the assignment of collection responsibilities for individual member libraries of the North Bay Cooperative Library System, Santa Rosa, California. An initial profile of the member libraries examined the subject distribution of books owned, availability of books owned,…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Interlibrary Loans, Library Acquisition
Smith, Mark; And Others – 1992
This manual is intended to help people working in local libraries collect and report statistics about what they do and complete the Texas State Library annual report form. Texas uses the annual reports to determine whether local libraries are eligible for membership in the Texas library system. Definitions and explanations are given for…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Annual Reports, Data Collection, Eligibility
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Kesselman, Martin; Watstein, Sarah Barbara – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1987
Reports findings of a Statistics Task Force investigation at New York University's Bobst Library, which reviewed the collection and publication of statistics and data related to library reference and information services and use of resources, and developed a framework for inclusions, definitions, procedures, and policies for data collection and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods