The TRF planning and evaluation framework has been developed in consultation with library practitioners and is being used by library authorities, and by national reading initiatives, to plan and assess the impact of key elements of their services for young people.

By using TRF's Planning and Evlauation section - and the framework - you will be able to:

Focus on outcomes: the impact you wish to make through your services and activities for young readers
Think through what evidence of impact there should be with each outcome
Plan the activities through which your service can achieve those outcomes
Plan how you will collect the evidence needed to measure the impact of your activities
Think how you will use the evidence collected, for advocacy and for the future shaping of your service

To use the TRF framework you may find it useful to download the Planning and Evaluation table (Word, 37kb). You can then save this form on your computer and use it as a working document, logging your plans and decisions as you work through the different parts of this Planning and Evaluation section, beginning with Impact.

In preparing for this planning work, have a look at the following documents

A worked example using the Planning and Evaluation table and featuring the outcome 'Young people get involved in the library service' (Word, 43kb)
Case studies: for examples of how Bromley Library Service used the framework in planning their Early Years work (Word, 48kb) and how the framework table was used with the national Summer Reading Challenge (Word, 192kb)
Swindon Libraries' (Word, 37kb) use of TRF tools in assessing and developing their services for young people

Inspiring Learning for All

Inspiring Learning for All (ILFA) is the framework developed by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) to measure how people learn in museums, archives and libraries. TRF planning and evaluation framework has been developed in alignment with 'Inspiring Learning', so that the two frameworks complement each other and work together.

Inspiring Learning for All offers museums, libraries and archives a way of identifying and talking about the learning outcomes which their users experience.

It has identified a set of five Generic Learning Outcomes (GLOs) which provide a common language for museums, libraries and archives to identify and measure their learning outcomes:

Increase in knowledge and understanding
Increase in skills
Change in attitudes and values
Evidence of enjoyment, inspiration, creativity
Evidence of activity, modified behaviour, progression

These have already been used in talking about the learning outcomes of important national projects, including the Summer Reading Challenge.

The TRF Outcomes List (Word, 184kb) gives you more detail of these GLOs and is mapped against them, identifying the learning outcome/s for each outcome on the TRF list. To find out more, visit the ILFA website.

Either working on screen or using a printed out version of your down-loaded Planning and Evaluation Table, you can now put together a delivery plan for a chosen aspect of your library services for young readers.

Start with Impact and move on from there!