Tag Archives: Survey

Academic, Check this out:, Research

Academic Librarians: What Do You Think About Change??

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help your profession – give your opinion!

As you know, at CMLE Headquarters, we want to help you stay connected with not only the community of our system, but also the wider library community. So this is another piece of information we pass on for you!

From the Request:

You are invited to participate in a survey designed to provide insight into academic librarians’ perception of change. You will be asked to express your degree of agreement or disagreement with statements or scenarios related to change.

We ask that only academic librarians participate in this survey. We will use this data as part of our research paper to be presented at the 2017 Association for College & Research Libraries (ACRL) Conference.

The survey will take approximately 5-8 minutes to complete, and you will be able to exit the survey at any time by closing your browser window or tab.

We do not anticipate any risks with this survey and would be grateful for your input. You may access the survey at http://uofmississippi.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_0e0xo51FpcPOg9T

If you have any questions, you may contact either investigator:

Brian Young, bwyoung@olemiss.edu

Ashley Dees, aesorey@olemiss.edu

IRB Approval                     

This study has been reviewed by The University of Mississippi’s Institutional Review Board (IRB).  If you have any questions, concerns, or reports regarding your rights as a participant of research, please contact the IRB at (662) 915-7482 or irb@olemiss.edu.

Thank you for your consideration,

Brian and Ashley

 

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Brian Young

Engineering Reference Librarian

Assistant Professor

The University of Mississippi

J. D. Williams Library

P.O. Box 1848

1 Library Loop

University, MS 38677

bwyoung@olemiss.edu

 

 

 

Academic, Check this out:, CMLE, School Media Specialist, Services

Calling on Academic Librarians! We need your input on student needs!

Are you an academic librarian? We need you!

Do you know an academic librarian? Forward this on!

Maria Burnham is the media specialist at Sauk Rapids-Rice High School. She wants to be sure her students leave school post-secondary ready, a goal of her building and of her district. But what does that really mean for libraries??

We do not have a good sense of what students need to know to be successful when they get to you in an academic library. So we are asking you!

This is a quick survey (same survey in all those links above!), and it should only take you about five minutes to complete.

Maria will collect the responses, and turn it into some material that she can use to help her teachers and students to know what it is they need to know to be successful! We can also share the results with you, and we will be building on this work to reach out to libraries across the CMLE system, and across the state.

We all want students to be ready for their next step after high school; let’s see what we can do to make that happen!

We really want to get input from all types of academic libraries, so your help is really appreciated!! We know you are busy as you wind up your semester; so to thank you CMLE will award a $10 gift card from Amazon.com to a randomly chosen person who completes the entire survey before Dec. 16.

Thank you for your help!

 

Academic, Check this out:, CMLE, Public, Special

CMLE membership needs assessment!

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All the cool kids fill out surveys!

 

This one goes out just to our members! (Everyone else: we like you too. We are just looking for member feedback right now.)

Survey Link

As your library system, our job at CMLE Headquarters is to support you and provide help in training, grants, and other services to make your job easier as you serve your community. And so: this survey.
As I am new, I want to get acquainted with all the libraries in our system, and to start making some longer range plans on services we can provide to help you to do your jobs. I want to know what people are doing, what kinds of continuing education would be useful, what issues you see coming up, and really anything else you think is important for me to know about the libraries here.Tell me about your job, about the things that are important to you, and let me know what CMLE can do to help you!

Continue reading CMLE membership needs assessment! →

Academic, General, School Media Specialist

AASL Recommended App: Kahoot!

kahootEach year, the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) comes out with their 25 Best Apps for Teaching & Learning. The apps were chosen because they foster innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration.

This week we highlight Kahoot. Who doesn’t like an interactive quiz or survey? Kahoot is your tool to create just that! With any device, students can answer questions and instantly see the group’s results! AASL’s tip lets teachers know they can control the pace of the Kahoot quiz or survey by imposing a time limit for each question.

The app is recommended for students of all ages and is available through their website for FREE. It works on any device with an internet connection. Check out the video below on how to play a game of Kahoot!:

Academic, General, Public, School Media Specialist, Special

Your Peek at the Data: A Few Survey Results

Recently, staff in CMLE member libraries had almost one month to respond to an online CMLE Needs Assessment (survey). We sincerely thank the 152 people (20%) who took the time to share their thoughts, feedback, and dreams for library support services in Central Minnesota. CMLE serves 320 libraries in 12 counties, and one of the biggest challenges is understanding your specific needs while also trying to spot opportunities to convene academic, public, special and school librarians when a topic cuts across library type. In the next few weeks, we will highlight a few questions/responses  in order to provide manageable bites of data.

This week we highlight data about who participated, and
how they engage with various tools including social media!

Makeup of the Needs Assessment Respondents

na_1* Of K-12 respondents, 50% were in elementary schools; no surprise as there are more elementary schools overall.

 

The following chart shows tools that are blocked for use at work. Tip: Sometimes, these tools can be used in the  workplace by requesting special access for the specialized work you do!

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Social Media Use by Respondents: Professional and Personal Use

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Other interesting, notable facts!

  • 85% of respondents currently receive the Weekly Review email every Thursday from CMLE
  • The Tech Bits and Ideas, and Resources You Can Use categories of weekly blog posts, are the two highest ranked categories in the Weekly Review lineup
  • 44/46%  of respondents felt either there would be value, or there might be value in having a place online with others in Central MN for asking questions and getting answers.
  • Read the From the Director post to get my commentary on these results!

Do any of these results surprise you? How so? We would love to know….admin@cmle.org

Watch for a new set of Needs Assessment results next week!