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6. Monitoring and Evaluation of the Charter

6.1. Indicators and Evaluation Tools:

The monitoring and evaluation of the commitments made in this Service Charter are carried out using the indicators detailed below.

In the event of non-compliance with the commitments, various scenarios are envisaged in which compensation or redress measures may be applied; these measures can be consulted in section “5. Rights and Duties” of this same document.

 

Commitment 1

Facilitate the consultation of digital collections and make them accessible for consultation, retrieval, and reuse through repositories.

Indicator name:

Number of records added to digital repositories

Description:

Annual count of pages, titles, and records added to digital repositories

Linked service:

Service 1 – Document consultation from digital repositories

Delivery channel (if relevant):

Digital

Calculation method:

Count

Unit of measurement:

Pages, titles, records

Quality objective:

50.000

Compliance threshold:

40.000

Information source:

Arca, MDC, Catalònica, Europeana

Frequency:

Annual

Evaluation tool:

Number of pages, titles, and records per repository

 

Commitment 2

Deliver documents from storage within a maximum of one hour

Indicator name:

Number of document requests from storage served within the established timeframe

Description:

Percentage of document requests from storage served within the established timeframe relative to the total

Linked service:

Service 2 – Document delivery in reading rooms

Delivery channel (if relevant):

In-person

Calculation method:

Percentage

Unit of measurement:

Minutes

Quality objective:

90%

Compliance threshold:

85%

Information source:

Internal software: Request

Frequency:

Monthly

Evaluation tool:

Excel statistics

 

Commitment 3

Deliver documents from external storage within a maximum of 48 hours

Indicator name:

Number of document requests from storage served within the established timeframe

Description:

Percentage of document requests from storage served within the established timeframe relative to the total

Linked service:

Service 2 – Document delivery in reading rooms

Delivery channel (if relevant):

In-person

Calculation method:

Percentage

Unit of measurement:

Minuts

Quality objective:

90%

Compliance threshold:

85%

Information source:

Internal software: Request

Frequency:

Monthly

Evaluation tool:

Excel statistics

 

Commitment 4

Process interlibrary loan requests within three working days and inform users of any issues

Indicator name: 

Number of interlibrary loan requests resolved within the established timeframe

Description:

Percentage of requests resolved within the established timeframe relative to the total

Linked service: 

Service 3 – Document lending

Delivery channel (if relevant):

Digital

Calculation method: 

Percentage

Unit of measurement: 

Requests

Quality objective: 

95%

Compliance threshold: 

90%

Information source: 

GTBib

Frequency: 

Monthly

Evaluation tool:

Excel statistics

 

Commitment 5

Provide immediate information about access, collection consultation, and the services offered by the Biblioteca de Catalunya that meets users’ needs

Indicator name: 

Average satisfaction score from the service satisfaction survey

Description:

Measures the average score given by users in response to their satisfaction with the bibliographic information service. The survey includes four response options, rated on a scale from 1 to 4, where 1 indicates very poor and 4 indicates excellent. Results are presented on a proportional scale from 1 to 10..

Linked service: 

Service 4 – Bibliographic information

Delivery channel (if relevant):

In-person and telephone

Calculation method: 

Average

Unit of measurement:

Survey response scores

Quality objective:

9

Compliance threshold: 

8.5

Information source: 

In-person and online user satisfaction surveys

Frequency: 

Annual

Evaluation tool: 

Excel statistics

 

Commitment 6

Respond to written inquiries within three working days.

Indicator name:

Number of inquiries not requiring expert intervention answered within less than three days, relative to the total number of such inquiries.

Description: 

Percentage of inquiries not requiring expert intervention answered within less than three days, relative to the total number of such inquiries.

Linked service: 

Service 4 – Bibliographic information

Delivery channel (if relevant):

Digital

Calculation method: 

Percentatge

Unit of measurement:

Peticions

Quality objective:

85%

Compliance threshold: 

80%

Information source: 

Bibliographic information service email

Frequency:

Monthly

Evaluation tool:

Excel statistics

 

Commitment 7

Respond to inquiries requiring expert consultation within fifteen days, after informing users of the status of their request.

Indicator name:

Number of inquiries requiring expert intervention answered within the established timeframe.

Description:

Percentage of inquiries requiring expert intervention answered within fifteen days, relative to the total number of such inquiries.

Linked service:

Service 4 – Bibliographic information

Delivery channel (if relevant):

Digital

Calculation method: 

Percentage

Unit of measurement:

Requests

Quality objective: 

95%

Compliance threshold:

90%

Information source: 

Bibliographic information service email

Frequency: 

Monthly

Evaluation tool:

Excel statistics

 

Commitment 8

Serve photocopies, scanner prints, and automatically captured digital images immediately when requests involve fewer than twenty units.

Indicator name:

Number of reproductions served immediately relative to the total number of reproductions.

Description:

Percentage of reproductions served immediately relative to the total number of reproductions.

Linked service:

Service 5 -  Document reproduction 

Delivery channel (if relevant):

In-person, digital and postal mail

Calculation method: 

Percentage

Unit of measurement: 

Requests

Quality objective:

95%

Compliance threshold: 

90%

Information source: 

Monthly statistics

Frequency: 

Monthly

Evaluation tool: 

Excel statistics

 

Commitment 9

Serve photocopies, scanner prints, and automatically captured digital images within a maximum of 48 hours when the request involves more than twenty units.

Indicator name:

Number of reproductions served within the established timeframe relative to the total number of reproductions.

Description:

Percentage of reproductions served within the established timeframe relative to the total number of reproductions.

Linked service:

Service 5 - Document reproduction

Delivery method (if relevant):

In-person, digital and postal mail

Calculation method:

Percentage

Unit of measurement:

Requests

Quality objective:

95%

Compliance threshold:

90%

Information source:

Manual statistics

Frequency:

Monthly

Evaluation tool:

Excel statistics

 

Commitment 10

Serve high-quality digital images within a maximum of 48 hours for requests involving fewer than twenty units, and within fifteen days for larger requests.

Indicator name:

Number of reproductions served within the established timeframe relative to the total number of reproductions.

Description: 

Percentage of reproductions served within the established timeframe relative to the total number of reproductions.

Linked service: 

Service 5 - Document reproduction

Delivery channel (if relevant):

In-person, digital, postal mail

Calculation method:

Percentage

Unit of measurement: 

Requests

Quality objective: 

95%

Compliance threshold:

90%

Information source: 

Manual statistics

Frequency:

Monthly

Evaluation tool:

Excel statistics

 

Commitment 11

To offer a variety of activities that bring heritage closer to the public, respond to the diversity of societal interests, enrich the collective imagination, and contribute to research.

Indicator name: 

Number of cultural activities carried out

Description:

Number of cultural activities carried out

Linked service: 

Service 6 -  Cultural activities

Delivery channel (if relevant):

In-person and digital

Calculation method:

Count

Unit of measurement: 

Activities

Quality objective: 

60

Compliance threshold: 

50

Information source:

Pàgina web

Frequency: 

Annual

Evaluation tool: 

Excel statistics “cultural activities”

 

Commitment 12

To publish two educational dossiers on topics related to the collections held by the Library of Catalonia, in order to promote knowledge of the cultural heritage it preserves.

Indicator name:

Number of educational dossiers produced

Description:

Number of educational dossiers produced

Linked service: 

Service 7 - Educational services

Delivery channel (if relevant):

Digital

Calculation method:

Count

Measurement unit: 

Dossiers

Quality objective:

2 dossiers

Compliance threshold:

1 dossier

Information source

Web page

Frequency:

Annual

Evaluation tool:

 

 

Commitment 13

To conduct teaching sessions for higher education and university students

Indicator name:

Number of teaching sessions conducted

Description: 

Number of teaching sessions conducted

Linked service: 

Service 7 -  Educational services

Delivery channel (if relevant):

In-person

Calculation method: 

Count

Unit of measurement: 

Sessions

Quality objective: 

125

Compliance threshold:

100

Information source:

Excel file of visits and teaching sessions

Frequency:

Monthly

Evaluation tool:

Excel statistics

 

Commitment  14

To offer guided tours for the public at the headquarters on Carrer Hospital and at the Joan Maragall Archive to raise awareness of the institution.

Indicator name:

Number of guided tours conducted

Description: 

Number of guided tours conducted

Linked service: 

Service 8 - Guided tours

Delivery method (if relevant)

In-person

Calculation method: 

Count

Unit of measurement: 

Visits

Quality objective: 

60

Compliance threshold:

50

Information source:

Excel records of tours and teaching sessions

Frequency:

Monthly

Evaluation tool:

Excel tour statistics

 

Commitment 15

To disseminate the Library's collections, services, and activities through social media

Indicator name:

Number of posts published on social media

Description:

Number of posts published on social media

Linked service:

Service 9 -  Social media

Delivery channel (if relevant):

Digital

Calculation method:

Count

Unit of measurement:

Posts

Quality objective:

250

Compliance threshold:

230

Information source:

Social media: Instagram, X, Facebook, blog and podcast

Frequency:

Monthly

Evaluation tool:

Excel statistics

6.2. Evaluation of the Charter and Degree of Compliance with Commitments.

Once a year, the commitments of the Service Charter are evaluated, and the results are published on the website of the Library of Catalonia

6.3. Help Us Improve.

The Biblioteca de Catalunya promotes the improvement of its services and encourages user participation through regular surveys and the súggestions box. The results of the surveys will be analysed, and all proposals for improvement will be assessed in accordance with the resources available. The results of the surveys or other methods of collecting opinions will be published on the Library’s website.

You can consult the results of surveys from previous years in the section of the website on Quality and Strategy.

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