Standards for libraries ppt

Standards for LibrariesPresented By M.Phill 1401

Contents

Definition Introduction History Principles and Performance Indicators Authority for Developing Standards Standards Structure

Contents.. Types of Standards• Service or Performance• Procedural• Educational• Technical Pakistani Perspective Conclusion

Shared values

Explicit or implicit fundamental beliefs, concepts, and principles that underline the culture of an organization, and which guide decisions and behavior of its employees, management, and members.

Policy

a course or principle of action adopted or proposed by an organization or individual.

Definitions

“something used as a measure, norm, or model in comparative evaluations.”

(Merriam Webster Dictionary)

“Policies which describe shared values and principles of performance for a library.”

(ALA Policy Manual)

Definition

“An acceptable level or criterion according to which something is compared, measured, or judged. Also refers to an amount, extent, quality, pattern, criterion, etc., fixed by usage or convention or established as the norm by prevailing authority.”

(Online Dictionary of LIS by Joan M. Reitz)

Introduction

The Standards for Libraries in Higher Education are designed to guide academic libraries.

Libraries must demonstrate their value and document their contributions.

These Standards were developed through study, emerging trends, higher education, and accrediting practices.

History

In 1894, the New York State University adopted a statement of “Minimum requirements for proper library standard” (Qureshi, 1982).

Approved by the ACRL Standards and Accreditation Committee and the ACRL Board.

History…..

The first edition of the CLS was published in 1959.Subsequent editions were published in 1975, 1986, 1995, and 2000.

Standards for university libraries were first issued in 1979 and revised in 1989.

History…..

In June 2004, the ACRL Standards and Accreditation Committee approved the document for revision.

In 2009, ACRL President Lori Goetsch suggested to review and revise the standards.

In March 2011, a draft of the standards was published on the ACRL website .

Principles and Performance Indicators

Nine principles and performance indicators.

Institutional Effectiveness

Define, develop, and measure outcomes for institutional effectiveness.

Professional Values

Professional values of intellectual freedom, intellectual property rights and values.

Performance Indicators….

Educational Role

Take part in educational mission of the institution to develop and support information-literate learners to discover, access, and use information.

Discovery

To enable users to discover information in all formats through effective use of technology and organization of knowledge.


Collections

Provide access to collections sufficient in quality, depth, diversity, format, and currency.

Space

Libraries are the intellectual commons where users interact with ideas in both physical and virtual environments.


Management/Administration

Continuous participation in planning and assessment to meet the mission.

Personnel Provide skilled and sufficient personnel. External Relations

To engage with broader community to convey the values.

Authority for Developing Standards

The authority of type-of-activity divisions to develop standards is described in the ALA Constitution and Bylaws, Article VI, Section 3(d) which states, “Type-of-activity divisions may develop and adopt technical standards as official ALA standards.

Standards Structure

The Standards assume that libraries:

1. identify and select performance indicators that are congruent with their institution’s mission and contribute to institutional effectiveness;

2. add performance indicators that apply to the specific library type.

3. adhere to the principles.

Standards Structure…..

4. develop user-centered, measurable outcomes.

5. conduct assessments that may be quantitative and/or qualitative;

6. collect evidence from assessments that demonstrate degree of success; and

7. use assessment data for continuous improvement of library operations.

Types of Standards

• Service or Performance • Procedural• Educational• Technical

1.Services Standards

Define a level of excellence or adequacy in performance of library service, typically for a certain type of library or library user.

Examples are: ACRL “Standards for College Libraries,” and “Standards for Cooperative Multitype Library Organizations.

2.Procedural Standards

Describe an acceptable or agreed-upon method of accomplishing a particular type of library activity or task.

Examples are: Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, and “National Interlibrary Loan Code”.

3. Educational Standards

Describe requirements for acceptable library education programs.

An example is the “Standards for Accreditation of Master’s Programs in Library & Information Studies.”

4.Technical Standards

ALA does not usually issue this type of standard but may collaborate on development with external organizations.

Examples of the broad range of technical standards are: NISO Z39.2, Bibliographic Interchange Format, (the basis for the MARC formats) NISO Z39.9, International Standard Serial Numbering (ISSN).

Pakistani Perspective

The literature has not been systematically identified, listed, and reviewed.

Need to identify and list the substantive available literature, make some concrete recommendations for future efforts. Our focus will be on the literature related to ‘standards for libraries’, not On standardization

Pakistani Perspective

Efforts for Formulating Standards: some initial work had been done during the past five decades.

Unfortunately, there had been a lack of coordination and recognition of some good work done by others.

Some work seemed to have been done by the students of the Institute of Education and Research, University of the Punjab (Nawaz, 1968).

Table, Chronological List of Efforts for Developing Library Standards

Year Author,Format Type of Library 1967 Shaikh Muhammad Hanif College Libraries

MALS Thesis 1968 Mumtaz Ali Anwar

Paper School Libraries

1979 Iftikharuddin Khawaja

Ed. D. Dissertation School Libraries


Year Author,Format Type of Library 1982 Sain M. Malik Medical Libraries

Paper 1982 Naeemudin Qureshi

Ph.d Thesis University Libraries

1983 Syed Riazuddin

Paper Special Libraries


1989 Nasim Fatima Children Libraries

Paper 2008 Khurshid Akhtar Ansari Public Libraries

Ph.d Research

Conclusion

Formulation of standards has become critical now due to the changed information environment.

Need to work systematically, standardization and revision

It is recommended that the PLA should create a permanent structure to work on this area.

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