Information Resources for Information Professionals

Standards of Interest to Public Libraries

Compiled by:
Joe Ryan
jryan@mailbox.syr.edu

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  • Guides
  • School Media Standards
  • State Library Standards

  • Australia

    Guides

    American Library Association. ALA standards and guidelines.

    Hennen, Thomas J. Hennen's American Public Library Rating Index: Public library standards available on the web.

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    General Interest

    Hennen, Thomas J. (2000, March). Why we should establish a national system of standards. American Libraries, p. 43. and Why we need public library standards ­ Webliographic essay companion to the American Libraries article.

    Moorman, John. (1997, January-February). Standards for public libraries: A study in quantitative measures of library performance as found in state public library documents. Public Libraries, 36 1, 32-39.

    O'Connor, Daniel O. (1982, Spring). Evaluating public libraries using standard scores: The library quotient. Library Research, 4 1, 51-70.

    Owen, Amy. (1992, July-August). Current issues and patterns in state standards for public library service. Public Libraries, 31 4, 213-222.

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    School Media Standards

    Achieve, Inc. and Mid-continent Regional Educational Laboratory (McREL). Achieve standards database.

    Database to "access the academic standards U.S. states and other nations have for their school children."

    American Association of School Librarians. See: Facts and Figures and Standards and guidelines.

    Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL). Content knowledge: The McREL standards database.

    A compendium of standards and benchmarks for K-12 educators.

    Putnam Valley [NY] Central Schools. Developing educational standards: Library media.

    Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Public Library Development. (1998). Combined school and public libraries: guidelines for decision making (Second ed.).

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    State Library Standards

    Alabama
    Alabama State Library. Standards for Alabama public library service. [pdf]

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    Alaska

    Alaska Library/information literacy standards: Student content standards for school libraries.

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    Colorado

    Colorado library standards.

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    Connecticut

    Connecticut State Library.
    Policy development materials for public libraries.

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    Florida

    Florida State Library. Standards for Florida public libraries: A vision for the 21st century.

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    Idaho

    Idaho library standards.

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    Indiana

    Indiana library standards. (1991).

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    Iowa

    State Library of Iowa. (1997).
    In service to Iowa: Public library measures of quality. (Third edition).

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    Kansas

    (1995). Measurements of quality public library standards for Kansas.

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    Kentucky

    Kentucky library standards: Criteria for determining the adequacy of library service in the commonwealth.

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    Louisiana

    Louisiana Library Association. (1995). Standards for Louisiana public libraries.

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    Massachusetts

    Massachusetts library standards .

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    Minnesota

    Minnesota library standards.

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    Missouri

    Missouri public libraries: An implementation plan.

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    Montana

    Montana State Library. (1999). Montana public library standards.

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    Nebraska

    Nebraska State Library Commission. Nebraska guidelines for young people's library service.

    Nebraska State Library Commission. Fundamentals for public library service in Nebraska.

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    New Hampshire

    New Hampshire State Library. Statewide library development standards.

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    New Jersey

    New Jersey Administrative Code. Title 15. Department Of State Chapter 20 Public, School and College Libraries. Standards.

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    New York

    Minimum library standards and New York state library standards.

    Library Development/Public Library System Directors Organization Minimum Standards Task Force. (1996, June). Helpful information for meeting minimum public library standards.

    Title 8 NYCRR 90.2 Standards for registration of public, free association and indian libraries .

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    North Carolina

    Guidelines for North Carolina public libraries. (1998).

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    Oklahoma

    Oklahoma State Library. (1999). L-Files.

    Oklahoma State Library. (1999). Oklahoma certification manual for public librarians.

    Oklahoma State Library. (1999). Oklahoma program approval manual for certification.

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    Rhode Island

    Rhode Island public library standards.

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    Texas

    Texas Library Association Ad Hoc Committee on Public Library Standards. (1998).Draft public library standards.

    Texas State Library. School library programs: Standards and guidelines for Texas.

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    Vermont

    Vermont Dept. of Libraries. (1999). Public libraries' standards forms.

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    Wisconsin

    Waukesha County (WI) Federated Library System. Draft public library standards.

    Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Public Library Development. (2000, March). Wisconsin public library standards, (Third edition) and pdf version .

    Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Public Library Development. (1998). Certification manual for Wisconsin public library directors.

    Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Public Library Development. (1998). Combined school and public libraries: guidelines for decision making (Second ed.).

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    Australia

    Queensland (Australia). Guidelines and standards for public libraries.

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