As part of an ongoing series that address the recommendations of the Library Audit Report, we present:
Library Audit - Recommendation #2
“Provide guidance to school districts on completing the California Department of Education's Annual School Library Survey.”
Education Code Section 18122 directs local governing boards to report to the California Department of Education (CDE) on the condition of their school libraries. To facilitate this, the CDE created an online data collection survey which both meets the Education Code requirement and helps the department develop an accurate picture of the condition of school libraries across the state.
"The updated annual online survey is now open to collect information from individual
schools about their libraries in 2015-2016. It will be active through Friday, June 30, 2017.
Prior year survey responses are available as well.” ~CDE
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/lb/schlsurvwelcompage.asp
Over the past three survey collection cycles, only 23% of Tulare County school districts completed the survey. The second recommendation from the library audit was that County Offices of Education provide guidance to their school districts on completing CDE’s Annual School Library Survey. If you need support completing the annual survey, please contact Debra Lockwood, TCOE’s Library Media Supervisor at 559-651-3042 or debra.lockwood@tcoe.org for assistance. Special note: attendees at our May 15th Library Multimedia Network (LMN) meeting will be given the opportunity to complete this survey under direct guidance from Debra Lockwood.
Next month: Library Audit-Recommendation #3: Your school library, Model School Library Standards & the LCAP. To read the full Library Audit Report, click here.