Reports & Publications - Planning, Evaluation, & Statistics Unit

Publications

Evaluation of the 2008-2012 LSTA Five Year Plan (531KB PDF)
This report is the evaluation of the Division of Library and Information Services' Library Services and Technology Act five-year plan, Lead...Develop...Innovate... - Florida's Library Services and Technology Act Plan 2008-2012, prepared by Nancy Bolt and Associates. Report and Annexes A - H.
- Annex I - Focus Group Report (875KB PDF)
- Annex K - Survey Report (704KB PDF)
- Annex L - Ruth O'Donnell Report (1724KB PDF)

2007 - Lead...Develop...Innovate... - 2008 -2012 Strategic Plan ( 297KB PDF, 36 pages)

2007 - Library Services and Technology Act Evaluation (281KB PDF)
This report is the evaluation of the Division of Library and Information Services' Library Services and Technology Act five-year plan, Gateway to Information though Florida's Libraries: An Outcomes Plan 2003-2007. The report provides an in-depth look at the Florida Electronic Library.

2003 - Gateway to Information through Florida Libraries, An Outcomes Plan2003-2007 Stratigic Plan ( 102KB PDF, 23 pages)

1997 - Access for All: Libraries in Florida's Future ( 2.04MB PDF, 46 pages)

Library Services and Technology Act Evaluation, , prepared by MGT of America. This report is the evaluation of the Division of Library and Information Services' LSTA five-year plan, Access for All, and provides an in-depth look at the FloriNet and Literacy programs implemented across the state.

1999 - The Library Services and Technology Act Outcome Evaluation Plan ( 55KB PDF, 12 pages) describes the approach being implemented by the Division of Library and Information Services to be used with projects that receive federal funds through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). This document outlines how this outcome evaluation approach fits into the organizational structure and work of the Division.

2000 - Workbook: Outcome Measurement of Library Programs (170KB MSWORD .doc or 134KB PDF,47 pages ) This workbook is designed to help libraries take the important step of considering the impact of their programs overall beyond the first steps of measuring individual LSTA projects. It is written to stand alone, to guide library staff with no specific training in the United Way of America Outcomes model as they develop an outcomes measurement plan.

Virtual reference services studies completed by the Information Use Management and Policy Institute () at Florida State University.
- 2001 - Assessing Quality in Digital Reference Services Site Visit Reports ( 82KB PDF, 23 pages), reviews visits to the State Library of Florida, Bureau of Library and Network Services and Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System.
- 2001 - Assessing Quality in Digital Reference Services: Overview of Key Literature on Digital Reference ( 109KB PDF, 35 pages)
Economic Benefits and Impacts from Public Libraries in the State of Florida
( 732KB PDF, 146 pages) November 30, 2000 (Revised January 2001)

In its 2001 session, the Legislature of the State of Florida amended section 257.27 of the Florida Statutes. This amendment required the Division of Library and Information Services to submit a Report on Improving the State Aid to Libraries Program ( 74KB PDF, 22 pages ), 2001.
Florida Library Literacy Grants Program Status Report, 2002, prepared by the Division of Library and Information Services for review by the House Committee on Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations.

The Rocky Road to OBE FL, November 2002.
( 262KB PowerPoint)
Florida's Outcome-Based Evaluation Program, IMLS Fall workshop, 2000.
( 86KB PowerPoint)
Evaluating Program Success, Born to Read Institute, November 2001.
( 240KB PowerPoint)
Lessons Learned: How to Survive the Development of Outcome Measures, Southeast Evaluation Association Conference, January 2002.
( 214KB PowerPoint)