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Completed Projects

School Libraries – Self Evaluation Model

This project, funded Resource: the Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries, aimed to produce draft self evaluation models and guidelines which focused on learning and teaching outcomes and are accessible to the broad range of staff who manage libraries in schools in England.

The ability to demonstrate the impact which school libraries have on learning is becoming increasingly important. The research will assist school librarians to demonstrate to teachers, governors, OFSTED inspectors, parents, stakeholders, funders and users the contribution that their services can make to formal and lifelong learning and to attainment levels.

The project has provided the following outcomes:

  • A report describing the process and the results of the consultation.
  • Draft self evaluation models for primary and secondary school libraries and guidelines on how to use them.
  • Recommendations for ways to disseminate and pilot the models in schools

Publications

  1. McNicol, Sarah and Elkin, Judith (2003) School Libraries: The Design of a Model for Self-evaluation Final Report

Project Team:
Professor Judith Elkin (Dean of Faculty)
Sarah McNicol