ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT
| OUTCOME |
INDICATORS |
ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL |
| Provides sufficient financial support for efficient, effective information services |
- There is no budget to support the library
- Budget is sufficient for library staff to subscribe to a newsletter
- Budget sufficient for the purchase of 10 - 50 second-hand books per year.
- Budget sufficient for the purchase of 10 - 50 new books per year
- Budget is sufficient for library staff to misappropriate enough funds for a sandwich from the canteen
- Budget allows for formal acquisitions program; support of all subjects throughout the client area; a quality literature collection to suit all levels of ability and interests; and keep all equipment and resources properly maintained and operational
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- The Finance Committee knows that the library exists
- The Finance Committee members have actually been to the library
- At least one member of the Finance Committee has borrowed a library book in the last 10 years
- The Finance Committee has allowed sufficient budgetary allowances to enable the library to function
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| Clerical Support is provided to assist in circulation, processing, and other duties to enable the librarian to complete professional level activities such as bibliographic instruction. |
- There is no clerical support
- The local vandals come in once every so often to assist with culling, using the Trial by Fire Method
- The local Boy/Girl Scouts come in at "Bob-a-Job" time to wash the windows
- A volunteer parent turns up occassionally
- Several volunteer parents turn up occassionally
- A large number of volunteer parents turn up regularly, and stay until after all the morning tea has been eaten
- A member of clerical staff actually is allocated to the library
- A member of the clerical staff is trained in library procedures, and is allocated to the library perminantly.
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- The administrators knows that the library exists
- The administrators know that clerical support is required
- The administrators provide insufficient clerical support
- The administrators provide sufficient clerical support
- The administrators provide excessive clerical support
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| The value and importance of Information Literacy is recognised, and integrated throughout the library's instructional programs |
- No-one has set a research assignment in the last 5 years
- At least one teacher has set an authentic research assignment in the last 5 years
- Multiple teachers have set research assignments in the last 5 years
- Classroom teachers occassionally consult with the teacher librarian
- Classroom teachers regularly consult with the teacher librarian
- Classroom teachers always consult with the teacher librarian
- The Teacher Librarian has timetabled "Library Lessons", the outcomes of which aren't included in the school's reporting procedures
- The Teacher Librarian has a flexible schedule, and works with students and teachers on a needs-basis
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- No-one outside the library has heard of Information Literacy
- Teaching staff have heard of Information Literacy, but believe that it will create more work for them
- Teaching staff have embraced the concepts of Information Literacy, and set authentic research tasks; understand the importance of issues such as plagiarism; and attend inservices on Information Literacy in their own time/at their own cost
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| Provides funding and qualified personnel to maintain computer hardware and software to enable effective access to digital resources |
- The library has a computer
- The library has electricity to run the computer
- The computer actually works
- The library has several computers, that actually work
- The library computors have an Internet connection
- The library computors can actually access the Internet
- There is a technology maintainance schedule to ensure that all computers stay working
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- The administrators know that some information is digitally delivered
- The administrators understand the importance of ICT
- The administrators ensure that the library is appropriately equipped with regard to digital sources
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| Provides structures and funding to promote an appreciation of literature |
- The library has some literature to appreciate
- The library has a broad range of quality literature
- School schedules allow for access to the literature
- Reading time is provided
- Reading time is provided outside the scheduled "roll call/home room" time
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- School administrators have read a book "for pleasure" in the last 10 years
- School administrators have read at least one book a year for the last 10 years
- School administrators know the difference between Readers Digest magazine, and a Booker Prize winner
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| Where an appraisal is undertaken of the Teacher Librarian and the school library services, an appropriate assessor is engaged. |
- The assessor has a postgraduate degree in librarianship
- The assessor has multiple degrees in librarianship
- The assessor has specialist qualifications in Teacher Librarianship
- The assessor has worked in a school library in the last 3 years
- The assessor regularly updates qualifications in school library sciences
- The assessor regularly attends inservicing in school librarianship to keep abreast of the latest developments
- The assessor has demonstrated both aptitude and ability in accessing Teacher Librarians and school library services
- The assessor can produce evidence of understanding of the issues involved in contemporary school librarianship
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- The assessor is not qualified to assess Teacher Librarians or school library services
- The assessor is qualified to assess Teacher Librarians and school library services (requires all of the indicators shown)
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