One of CoLRiC’s primary purposes is to raise the quality of provision of college learning resources services, and so assessment and inspection are seen as key elements in this. 

We provide it in a number of important ways:

Our Guidelines for self-assessment of college learning resources services is available to all members, free of charge.  It outlines ways of assessing the service in relation to Ofsted/ALI’s ‘Common inspection framework’.  If your require a copy, please go to Guidance and Policy Documents in our members' area

A document giving guidance on a range of qualitative performance indicators that will help provide, when the results are collated, an overall picture of the quality of provision throughout the sector on an annual basis.   More information

Our Peer accreditation scheme, where CoLRiC assessors go into colleges and assess their learning resources service.  It is intended to assist colleges create and maintain high quality services, and contribute to their 'accreditation portfolio'.  More information