SURVEY RESULTS

The WAAL Board needs your help to make our organization even better. Your comments will assist the Board in making informed decisions over the next few years.

General:

1. The WAAL Board would like to have designated contacts at each academic library. Would you be willing to be a contact for your library? yes no

    

2. Suggest sites for future WAAL conferences based on these booked sites:

   2000 Fond du Lac 2001 La Crosse 2002 Green Lake 2003 Milwaukee

   2004 and beyond:

    

3. Would you be willing to participate in a formal mentoring program for new members if one is developed?
   as a new member: yes no
   as a mentor to a new member: yes no

WAAL Publications (Newsletter, Directory, Web: http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/waal/):

4. Do you find the WAAL publications useful and informative?
   Newsletter:
   yes, especially this part:
   no, because

   Directory:
   yes, especially this part:
   no, because

   Web Site:
   yes, especially this part:
   no, because

    

    

5. What do you like/don't like about WAAL publications?

   Newsletter:

   like:
   don't like

   Directory:

   like:
   don't like:
   

   Web Site:

   like:
   don't like:

    

6. What would you like to see changed/added/deleted from future WAAL publications?
   Newsletter:

   Directory:

   Web Site:

    

    

7. Do you have access to the Internet? yes no

    

8. Do you have an e-mail account? yes no

    

9. Making the WAAL newsletter and directory available in digital format would greatly reduce WAAL's printing and postage costs and would provide better graphics. Would receiving a digital copy of these publications via e-mail or accessing them only via WAAL's web site (the newsletter is currently available at http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/waal/newsletter/) be acceptable to you?
   

   Newsletter:

   Yes, I would prefer to receive a digital copy.
   

   prefer via e-mail
   prefer the web site
   no preference as long as it's digital

   No, I would still prefer to receive a print copy.
   

   Directory:

   Note: The directory has not been posted to the web in the past because it's been a membership perk. Responding "yes" here means you don't care if non-members have access to it.
   Yes, I would prefer to receive a digital copy.
   

   prefer via e-mail
   prefer the web site

   No, I would still prefer to receive a print copy.

    

10. Having the newsletter published three times a year is:
    just right
    too seldom; would prefer times a year
    too much; would prefer times a year

Professional Development Committee Workshop:

Every summer the Professional Development Committee offers a one-day workshop for a minimal fee to any registrant. These topics have been addressed during the past few years: legislative advocacy, preparing PowerPoint presentations, distance education, handling of full text resources, integrating responsibilities in the electronic environment.

11. What topics would you like addressed in workshops over the next few years?
    

     

12. What is the best time of year to have the workshop?
    summer fall winter spring
    suggest a month:

     

13. Where do you prefer to have these workshops?
    WLA Office, Madison
    Madison, other than the WLA Office
    Milwaukee
    rotating around the state like the WAAL Conference

     

14. Which frequency would you prefer:
    continue with annual workshops
    every other year is sufficient

     

15. Have you attended a WAAL summer workshop in the past 5 years? yes no
    If not, why not?

What can WAAL do to keep you or gain you as a member?

Additional comments about WAAL you'd like to make:

I'm currently a WAAL member. I'm not a WAAL member.

Please include your name to be considered for the drawing or if you answered yes to questions 1 or 3: Library

Thank you for your time in completing and returning this survey.