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Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 09:29:21 +0000
From: Toni Nix (Just Write Printing) <justwrite_at_lowcountry.com>
Subject: _Against the Grain_ Survey
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above - thanks]
Dear _Against the Grain_ Reader:
It's time for _Against the Grain'_s Annual Information Survey of Library
Operations and the _Against the Grain_ Survey Contest. The survey is
designed to provide our readers with library information that is unavailable
anywhere else, and the results will be published in our fifth Annual
Report/State of the Industry Issue this February. However, we need your
input in order for this project to be successful. To participate,
please complete this form and return it as soon as possible, but no
later than January 11, 2001.
In addition, all returned surveys will be entered into a drawing from
which two winners will be randomly selected. All survey respondents are
eligible. The winners will receive 1) a subscription to ATG, 2) a paid
registration to the 2001 Charleston Conference.
There are 3 ways to submit your survey 1) print the PDF file attached,
[NOTE: ACQNET does not include this attachment]
fill in your information and fax the completed survey to 843-835-8604,
2) use the text in the body of this email to fill in your information
and reply to justwrite_at_lowcountry.com, or 3) visit the ATG homepage at
http://www.against-the-grain.com and enter your information there. We
thank you for your help.
Sincerely
Toni Nix, Assistant to the Editor
ATG ANNUAL REPORT SURVEY
1) Has your library bought e-books? [ ] yes [ ] no
Budget for e-books:
2) What functions has your library been outsourcing?
[ ] cataloging [ ] approval plan [ ] acquisitions
[ ] other: please specify
3) Has your library been downsized in the past two years?
[ ] yes [ ] no If yes, please supply some specifics:
[ ] professional staff decrease
[ ] paraprofessional staff decrease
[ ] teams implementation
[ ] merge with cataloging
[ ] merge with ILL
[ ] other: please specify
4) What have the effects been? Tell us in a few sentences.
[ ] positive [ ] negative
[ ] other
5) In the past year, has your materials budget
[ ] increased [ ] decreased [ ] Stayed the same
approximate percentage
6) In the past year, has your materials budget for books
[ ] increased [ ] decreased [ ] Stayed the same
approximate percentage
7) In the past year, has your materials budget for journals
[ ] increased [ ] decreased [ ] Stayed the same
approximate percentage
8) In the past year, has your materials budget for electronic resources
[ ] increased [ ] decreased [ ] Stayed the same
approximate percentage
9) What percentage of your total materials budget this year (1999/2000)
is going to
books
electronic serials
CD-ROMs
journals
online resources (gateways)
other: please specify
10) Do you have a homepage? [ ] yes [ ] no
Address:
11) How does your Department use the Internet for
acquisitions/collection development operations?
12) Does your library use commercial document delivery to meet ILLs?
[ ] yes [ ] no
Please specify percentage of total operating budget or actual dollars
budgeted to document delivery
13) Please rate your library's document delivery operation.
[ ] very effective [ ] not very effective
[ ] other: please specify
14) Do you use ILLs as a concrete factor in collection purchasing
decisions, i.e., do you purchase books and journals based on ILL
statistics? [ ] yes [ ] no
15) Does your library provide training for your Library Technical
Assistants?
[ ] yes [ ] no
15a) What type of training?
[ ] in-house classes by existing staff
[ ] continuing education in-house
(with experts from outside the library)
[ ] satellite transmissions
[ ] fund travel to conferences, workshops, etc.
[ ] fund credit courses
[ ] other: please specify
16) How are you dealing with more resources and more demands?
[ ] absorbing the work into current workflow
[ ] provide essential services only
[ ] teacher end user to do research on his/her own
[ ] send user to another library
[ ] other (please specify)
17) Have you implemented paperback only approval plans, ie, do you get
paperbacks on approval instead of hardcover?
[ ] yes [ ] no
[ ] do not have approval plan
18) Have you implemented paperback only for firm orders?
[ ] yes [ ] no
19) Have you canceled paper subscriptions in favor of electronic
subscriptions to journals?
[ ] yes [ ] no
approximate dollar amount
20) If your answer to 19 above is yes, how are you dealing with the
issue of archiving the information?
[ ] some other library will worry about this
[ ] will keep electronic information in whatever
format we acquire it
[ ] are keeping paper for the present
[ ] other: please specify
21) Does your institution offer distance education?
[ ] yes [ ] no
If yes, where
21a) How does the library support distance education?
Please elaborate
22) Is your library merged with your computer center?
[ ] yes [ ] no
23) What type of librarian are you? (Select only one.)
[ ] special
[ ] academic
[ ] reference
[ ] public
[ ] government
[ ] technical services
[ ] other
24) What library publications do you read?
[X] Against the Grain
[ ] Choice
[ ] C & RL
[ ] Wired
[ ] Library Journal
[ ] Special Libraries
[ ] Information Technology in Libraries
[ ] Publishers Weekly
[ ] LAC T2
[ ] Other
25) How many years have you been a librarian?
26) What are the top five things that you are most concerned about in
our industry in the 21st century?
1
2
3
4
5
Thank you very much for participating in our survey!
Participant Information
Name
Title
Library
Address
Phone
Fax
Email
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