May'15: Easy Patron Surveys (Library Juice Academy)

May 4-29, 2015

http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/096-patron-surveys.php
$175

Surveys are one of the most useful and least expensive ways to gather information about your patrons! This course will orient participants on basic survey procedures, techniques, tips, and tricks. Topics will include sampling and response rate, question/response design, interpreting results, and ethical questions. The course provides readings, hands-on exercises, example survey questions and response patterns, discussion, and up-to-date online resources. Participants will finish the course prepared to collect and analyze survey data from library users on a number of different topics.

This course is part of our Painless Research Series, which provides an overview of basic research techniques needed by library managers and other staff in different workplace sectors, such as service quality, customer satisfaction, and operational metrics, or in specific tools such as surveys and focus groups. Participants develop skills in formulating typical research questions and strategies, making use of existing studies and data, collecting and analyzing data, and tailoring presentations for different audiences.

Feb'15: How to Listen to Your Community 1: Using Surveys to Gather Data for Needs Assessment and Advocacy (Texas State Library)

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6804463311051138817
Feb 18 2015  2-3pm CST

Collecting data on patron use and needs for library and technology services is critical to providing valuable services to your community. This session discusses how to efficiently collect data through surveys, and will address planning your survey to get information you can use, structuring the survey and wording questions, and how to use the data for strategic planning and advocacy efforts.

Sep: Easy Patron Surveys (Library Juice Academy)

Dates: September 1-27, 2014
Credits: 1.5 CEUs
Price: $175

Surveys are one of the most useful and least expensive ways to gather information about your patrons! This course will orient participants on basic survey procedures, techniques, tips, and tricks. Topics will include sampling and response rate, question/response design, interpreting results, and ethical questions. The course provides readings, hands-on exercises, example survey questions and response patterns, discussion, and up-to-date online resources. Participants will finish the course prepared to collect and analyze survey data from library users on a number of different topics.

http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/096-patron-surveys.php

Jul: Learn About Ithaka S+R's Local Survey Program

Wed, Jul 30, 2014 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PDT

Ithaka S+R's local surveys program can help your institution continue adapting to changing stakeholder needs. In addition to our well-known surveys of faculty members, we also provide survey options to cover your undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. And, we have a variety of services to help you interpret your survey findings and drive evidence-based decision-making at your library, as well as more broadly in your college or university.

In this webinar, Roger Schonfeld will provide an overview of the program and discuss how current participants have tailored the surveys to meet the particular needs of their institutions and how the results have helped to inform their strategic planning.

https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/120255640

Feb: Library Surveys for Success (WebJunction)

February 4, 2014    2-3 pm EST

In this webinar, learn the fundamentals of creating, disseminating and analyzing a library survey in order to better understand the needs of your community, and to build awareness of the services your library provides.

Surveys are often the tool of choice when you want to determine how to meet the needs of your community or measure your library’s impact. But do you know how to use the tool effectively? Choosing the right survey style for the situation and knowing which question type will elicit the best responses are critical elements for gathering meaningful information. Learn how to conduct an effective survey that can be used to make, measure, and meet your library’s goals. The results may just surprise you. At the end of this one-hour webinar, participants will:

Understand why and how to conduct a survey
Describe the key elements of an effective library survey
Discuss the pros and cons of different survey styles
Identify 5 main question types and when to use each of them.

http://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/library-surveys-for-success.html

June-July: Creating Effective Surveys

An Infopeople online course, June 18 to July 15, 2013

Surveys are one of the most popular and well-known ways to collect information about what people think, feel, and do.  Conducting a good survey is more complicated than just asking people questions.  It involves asking the right questions, of the right people, in the right way. This course will help you to:

·         Develop appropriate sampling techniques

·         Create a question pool and response categories

·         Understand the benefits and drawbacks of popular online survey services  

·         Calculate simple statistics and create simple charts and graphs using Excel

·         Develop a simple survey report

Instructor: Jennifer Sweeney

Fee: $75 for those in the California library community and Infopeople Partners, $150 for all others.

For a complete course description and to register go to http://infopeople.org/training/creating-effective-surveys.