LAI Education Committee: Professional Standards/Guide to Standards & Guidelines for Libraries Standards and Guidelines Standards and guidelines presented here by topic and by library type are indicative of the many best practice standards and guidelines available on library service provision, management and operations. These guidelines are not exhaustive. We shall endeavour to refresh the content and also to add topics as required. Copyright is not within the scope of this document. If you are aware of useful guidelines on a relevant area of library/informatics activities or would like to suggest topics which should be reviewed by the committee do please contact us – email: professionalstandards@libraryassociation.ie By Topic Accessibility (Disabled Access) Guidelines & standards in IT, built environment, products & services (Centre for Excellence in Universal Design – National Disability Authority, Ireland) http://www.universaldesign.ie/guidelinesampstandards Audio Visual Materials Guidelines for audiovisual and multimedia materials in libraries and other institutions (IFLA) http://archive.ifla.org/VII/s35/pubs/avm-guidelines04.htm Building Design Public library buildings Ireland (Library Council of Ireland) http://www.librarybuildings.ie/ Designing Libraries (includes Ireland) http://www.designinglibraries.org.uk/resources/toolkit/guidelines.php Collection Development (Electronic & Print) Guidelines for collection development policy using the conspectus model (IFLA) http://www.ifla.org/publications/guidelines-for-a-collection-development-policy-using-theconspectus-model Key issues for e-resource collection development: a guide for libraries (IFLA) http://www.ifla.org/en/publications/key-issues-for-e-resource-collection-development-a-guidefor-libraries 1 LAI Education Committee: Professional Standards/Guide to Standards & Guidelines for Libraries Conference Organisation How to organise conferences, satellite meetings and training seminars (IFLA) http://www.ifla.org/en/publications/how-to-organise-conferences-satellite-meetings-and-trainingseminars Continuing Professional Development: Principles and Best Practices http://archive.ifla.org/VII/s43/pub/cpdwl-qual-guide.pdf Key principles Confirms the link between quality of service and expertise of staff Constant change requires expansion of professional understanding and ongoing update of skills and expertise Outlines principles for high quality continuing professional development Responsibility for CPD is shared Formal and informal Recognition of prior learning Workplace learning Importance of professional guidance Leadership Budget commitment Time commitment Best practice http://archive.ifla.org/VII/s43/ Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section – useful on rationale for organizations, libraries and institutions to be ‘learning organizations’ and ‘develop their staff by providing opportunities for continuing professional development and training in the workplace; and for individuals to be responsible for their own career planning and development’. Digitisation The Digital Repository of Ireland’s report, A. O'Carroll and S. Webb, Digital archiving in Ireland: national survey of the humanities and social sciences. (Maynooth, NUIM, 2012) is available at http://www.dri.ie/publications The JISC has a range of publications on all aspects of digitisation: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/ DARIAH, the Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities has lots of useful information, leads and publications: http://www.dariah.eu/ A resource list for standards related to digital imaging of print, graphic, and pictorial materials (Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative, USA) http://www.digitizationguidelines.gov/guidelines/digitize-standards.html 2 LAI Education Committee: Professional Standards/Guide to Standards & Guidelines for Libraries Document Delivery & Inter-Library Loan Guidelines for best practice in interlibrary loan and document delivery (IFLA) http://www.ifla.org/en/publications/guidelines-for-best-practice-in-interlibrary-loan-and-documentdelivery Donations and Gifts Gifts for the collections: guidelines for libraries (IFLA) http://www.ifla.org/publications/ifla-professional-reports-112 Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE) IFLA Committee on freedom of access to information and freedom of expression. This group focuses on libraries and intellectual freedoms. Group concerned with free access to information and freedom of expression, as encapsulated in basic rights defined within Article 19 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Key role to ‘raise awareness of essential correlation between the library concept and the values of intellectual freedom’, FAIFE works to ‘protect intellectual freedom and freedom of expression’. FIAFE also works to monitor the state of intellectual freedom within library communities, responds to violations and issues such as the recent political dismissal of the Director of the National Library of Serbia, SOPA and PIPA legislation. Further objectives include disseminating information, raising awareness around the principles of freedom of expression and good librarianship and supporting IFLA co-operation and policy with other human rights organisations. http://www.ifla.org/en/faife Information Literacy Guidelines for information literacy assessment (IFLA) http://www.ifla.org/en/publications/guidelines-for-information-literacy-assessment This is a really useful IFLA resource on information literacy. The guidelines for information literacy’s section primary purpose is to ‘foster international co-operation in the development of IL education in all types of library and information institutions’. The IL group generates numerous reports, publications and plans including the guidelines for information literacy assessment (short) by Eileen Stec (2004). One of the key IFLA IL resources is the International Information Literacy Resources Directory http://infolitglobal.net/directory/en/ a huge database of IL materials compiled on behalf of UNESCO and maintained by Jesus Lau. Guidelines on information literacy for lifelong learning (IFLA): http://www.ifla.org/en/publications/guidelines-on-information-literacy-for-lifelong-learning Using research to promote literacy and reading in libraries: guidelines for librarians (IFLA) http://www.ifla.org/files/information-literacy/publications/ifla-guidelines-en.pdf 3 LAI Education Committee: Professional Standards/Guide to Standards & Guidelines for Libraries Multiple translations also available http://www.ifla.org/publications/ifla-professional-reports-125 Key reports Jesus Lau (ed.), International literacy: international perspectives, IFLA publication 131 http://www.ifla.org/en/publications/ifla-publications-series-131 Catts & Lau, Towards information literacy indicators F.W. Horton Jnr., Understanding information literacy: a primer – a non-technical overview of IL http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/resources/publications-andcommunication-materials/publications/full-list/understanding-information-literacy-a-primer/ Various information literacy state of the art reports http://www.ifla.org/en/publications/information-literacy-state-of-the-art-reports Multicultural Communities Multicultural communities: guidelines for library services, 3rd edition (IFLA) http://www.ifla.org/en/publications/multicultural-communities-guidelines-for-library-services-3rdedition There are two key policy documents, both seeking to ‘promote fairness and equity of access … and cultural diversity ... encouraging understanding and engagement’. An overview: multicultural communities: guidelines for library services (2011) - 4 page summary overview with 7 main headings – Multicultural libraries, legal and financial framework, needs of users, collection development, human resources, marketing, publicity and promotion, international best practice. Multicultural communities: guidelines for library services, 3rd edition – full IFLA version in multiple languages (2009), 33 pages with preface by Robert Pestell. Other reports Library services to multicultural populations section strategic plan http://www.ifla.org/en/publications/library-services-to-multicultural-populations-section-strategicplan Library services to multicultural populations section strategic plan, also known as Section 32 initiatives 4 LAI Education Committee: Professional Standards/Guide to Standards & Guidelines for Libraries Action Plan 2011-2012 IFLA/UNESCO Multicultural library manifesto : the multicultural library – a gateway to a culturally diverse society in dialogue http://www.ifla.org/files/library-services-to-multiculturalpopulations/publications/manifesto-en.pdf Open Access A national policy statement on Open Access Principles was published in October 2012, supported by a majority of the HE and funding bodies in Ireland: http://www.iua.ie/wpcontent/uploads/2012/10/National-Principles -on-Open-Access-Policy-Statement-FINAL-23-Oct2012-v1-3.pdf Storage BS 5454 Recommendations for the storage and exhibition of archival documents (2000) was withdrawn in 2012 and will be replaced by BSI PD 5454. By Library Type Academic Standards for libraries in higher education (Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL), USA) http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/standardslibraries Government Department Libraries Guidelines for libraries of government departments (IFLA) http://www.ifla.org/en/publications/guidelines-for-libraries-of-government-departments Health Standards for Irish health care libraries and information services (HSLG LAI) http://www.hslg.ie/standards-for-irish-health-care-libraries-and-information-services/ Medical Library Association (USA) standards http://mlanet.org/publications/standards/index.html Public Library services for young people (Library Council of Ireland) http://www.library.ie/youngpeople/guidelines/ Children First National Guidance for the Protection and Welfare of Children (Dept. of Children & Youth Affairs guidelines) 5 LAI Education Committee: Professional Standards/Guide to Standards & Guidelines for Libraries http://www.dcya.gov.ie/viewdoc.asp?fn=%2Fdocuments%2FChild_Welfare_Protection%2FChildrenF irstJuly.htm (Revised) Guidelines for library services for young adults (IFLA) http://www.ifla.org/en/publications/revised-guidelines-for-library-services-for-young-adults Guidelines for children's library services (IFLA) http://www.ifla.org/en/publications/guidelines-for-childrens-library-services Guidelines for library services to babies and toddlers (IFLA) http://www.ifla.org/en/publications/guidelines-for-library-services-to-babies-and-toddlers Mobile library guidelines (IFLA) http://www.ifla.org/publications/ifla-professional-reports-123 IFLA public librarysService guidelines http://www.ifla.org/en/publications/ifla-publications-series-147 The public library service: the IFLA/UNESCO guidelines for development http://www.ifla.org/en/publications/ifla-publications-series-97 School Libraries Setting up a school library (School Library Association of Ireland) http://www.slari.ie/librarysetup.htm Primary school library guidelines (CILIP) http://www.cilip.org.uk/get-involved/special-interestgroups/youth/publications/children/pages/primaryguidelines.aspx See also: Public Library Services above for other applicable guidelines. Collections of Standards & Guidelines American Library Association standards & guidelines http://www.ala.org/tools/guidelines/standardsguidelines Australian Library Association guidelines http://www.alia.org.au/policies/index.guidelines.html Information prepared by Kate Kelly and Terry O’Brien with input from the committee, 2012 Issued by the LAI Education Committee/Professional Standards, November 2012 6