We are listening

by | May 28, 2012 | Uncategorized

Earlier this year we
posted a link to a survey so we could determine what our local LIS community
wanted.  Thank you for taking the time to complete the survey.
The results of this have
now been collated, and are summarised here for your information. 
82 people responded to
the survey.

Our thoughts:

It’s fantastic to see
that many of you are ALIA members and attending ALIA events!
Overwhelmingly, we can
see that you would like guest speakers, conference report back sessions and
social events.   In response to this we will be organising conference
report back sessions for ALIA Biennial, NLS6 and ALIA Online.  Watch this
space for more details.  If you are heading to these conferences, and
might be interested in sharing your thoughts with envious colleagues, please
let us know!

Guest speakers and
workshops are also something we’d love to do more of too. To cater to your
needs, suggestions for such events are appreciated.

As to social events, we
are in the very early stages of organising an event to celebrate the 75th anniversary
of ALIA.  We’ll provide more details on this closer to the date.
Given the responses to
the best times to hold events, it’s likely that we’ll stick to Tuesday or
Wednesday nights.  If you attend the ALIA New Grads/RIMPA events you’ll
note they rotate Tuesday to Wednesday to Thursday to enable a variety of people
to attend.
We look forward to
seeing you at an event in the near future.  In the meantime please feel
free to contact us via Facebook, Twitter or by email or leaving a comment on
the blog.
The questions and
results:
Q1. Type of institution:
Public
22
Academic
18
School
7
Specialised
25
Student
3
Other
7
Q2. Are you an ALIA
member?
Yes
52
No
30
Q3. Have you attended
any ALIA events in the past 2 years?
Yes
52
No
29
No
answer
1
Q4. What type of events
would you attend?
Library tours
13
Guest
speakers
27
Workshops
(e.g. How to find a job)
14
Conference
report back sessions
17
Mentoring
programs
9
Social
events
15

Results received under
‘other’ have been attributed to the option provided that best suited, e.g the
suggestion of ‘social media’ was tallied under ‘workshops’

Q5. On what night would
you prefer events to be held?

Monday
6
Tuesday
11
Wednesday
29
Thursday
8
Friday
11
Saturday
3
Sunday
2
No
answer
12
Q6. Would you attend an
event held during the day?

Weekday
51
Weekend
23
No
answer
8
Cross question analysis:
Recent event attendance:
ALIA
members
Non
members
Attended
events in last 2 years
38
13
Not
attended
14
16
Events wanted:
ALIA
Members
Non
members
Library
tours
9
4
Guest
speakers
18
9
Workshops
(e.g. How to find a job)
9
5
Conference
report back sessions
11
6
Mentoring
programs
7
2
Social
events
10
5

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