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MARS Continuing Education Survey

MARS needs YOUR help! The MARS Continuing Education and Publications Task Force wants to plan education and training activities that fit your needs both for topics and for the way you want to learn. Please complete this brief (8 questions) survey. Thank you in advance for helping move MARS forward.

1. Where do you work?

Academic library
Public library
School library
Special library
Other

2. How many years have you worked in libraries?

Less than 3
3-5 years
5-10 years
More than ten years

3. How is managing reference technology related to your current position?

It is one of your job responsibilities
It is relevant to your job and you enjoy it, but it is not specifically a responsibility
It is not relevant to your job, but you do it because you enjoy it
It is not relevant to your job, but you would like to learn more about it
Other
       Please describe:

4. Have you ever attended/participated in any of the following? Mark all that apply.

A national conference
A state or regional conference
A blog or a wiki
Social networking: Myspace, Facebook, etc.
Internet based training sponsored by a library association
Internet based training sponsored by a vendor of library resources

For the next three questions, please note your interest by ranking the items in the list from 1 (highest interest) through 5 (lowest interest) or no interest at all.

5. What topics would you like to know about?

Blogs


1
(Highest Interest)


2


3


4


5
(Lowest Interest)


No Interest
 

E-Reference Materials


1
(Highest Interest)


2


3


4


5
(Lowest Interest)


No Interest

Gaming


1
(Highest Interest)


2


3


4


5
(Lowest Interest)


No Interest

Mashups (a website using content from more than one source to create a new resource.)


1
(Highest Interest)


2


3


4


5
(Lowest Interest)


No Interest

Metasearching/Federated Searching


1
(Highest Interest)


2


3


4


5
(Lowest Interest)


No Interest

Podcasts


1
(Highest Interest)


2


3


4


5
(Lowest Interest)


No Interest

Providing reference services and resources inside a course
management system


1
(Highest Interest)


2


3


4


5
(Lowest Interest)


No Interest

RSS


1
(Highest Interest)


2


3


4


5
(Lowest Interest)


No Interest

Social Networking


1
(Highest Interest)


2


3


4


5
(Lowest Interest)


No Interest

Tagging and social bookmarking


1
(Highest Interest)


2


3


4


5
(Lowest Interest)


No Interest

Virtual environments (e.g., Second Life)


1
(Highest Interest)


2


3


4


5
(Lowest Interest)


No Interest

Wikis


1
(Highest Interest)


2


3


4


5
(Lowest Interest)


No Interest

Other, please describe:

       

6. What topics would you like your staff and/or your colleagues to know more about?

Blogs


1
(Highest Interest)


2


3


4


5
(Lowest Interest)


No Interest
 

E-Reference Materials


1
(Highest Interest)


2


3


4


5
(Lowest Interest)


No Interest

Gaming


1
(Highest Interest)


2


3


4


5
(Lowest Interest)


No Interest

Mashups (a website using content from more than one source to create a new resource.)


1
(Highest Interest)


2


3


4


5
(Lowest Interest)


No Interest

Metasearching/Federated Searching


1
(Highest Interest)


2


3


4


5
(Lowest Interest)


No Interest

Podcasts


1
(Highest Interest)


2


3


4


5
(Lowest Interest)


No Interest

Providing reference services and resources inside a course
management system


1
(Highest Interest)


2


3


4


5
(Lowest Interest)


No Interest

RSS


1
(Highest Interest)


2


3


4


5
(Lowest Interest)


No Interest

Social Networking


1
(Highest Interest)


2


3


4


5
(Lowest Interest)


No Interest

Tagging and social bookmarking


1
(Highest Interest)


2


3


4


5
(Lowest Interest)


No Interest

Virtual environments (e.g., Second Life)


1
(Highest Interest)


2


3


4


5
(Lowest Interest)


No Interest

Wikis


1
(Highest Interest)


2


3


4


5
(Lowest Interest)


No Interest

Other, please describe:

       

7. How would you like to see these programs delivered?

National conference/preconference


1
(Highest Interest)


2


3


4


5
(Lowest Interest)


No Interest

Podcast


1
(Highest Interest)


2


3


4


5
(Lowest Interest)


No Interest

Powerpoints and Handouts on the web


1
(Highest Interest)


2


3


4


5
(Lowest Interest)


No Interest

Regional/state conference


1
(Highest Interest)


2


3


4


5
(Lowest Interest)


No Interest

Video/teleconference


1
(Highest Interest)


2


3


4


5
(Lowest Interest)


No Interest

Webinar/Webcast


1
(Highest Interest)


2


3


4


5
(Lowest Interest)


No Interest

Virtual Conference


1
(Highest Interest)


2


3


4


5
(Lowest Interest)


No Interest

Online discussion forum/listserv


1
(Highest Interest)


2


3


4


5
(Lowest Interest)


No Interest

Blog


1
(Highest Interest)


2


3


4


5
(Lowest Interest)


No Interest

Wiki


1
(Highest Interest)


2


3


4


5
(Lowest Interest)


No Interest

Newsletter articles (e.g., MARS Update)


1
(Highest Interest)


2


3


4


5
(Lowest Interest)


No Interest

Professional journal articles (e.g., RUSA Quarterly)


1
(Highest Interest)


2


3


4


5
(Lowest Interest)


No Interest

Books/monographs


1
(Highest Interest)


2


3


4


5
(Lowest Interest)


No Interest


Other  Please describe:

8. Do you have any specific comments or suggestions about how MARS could best assist you with continuing education or training?

MARS Task Force on Continuing Education and Publications

Linda Keiter, Chair: linda.keiter@utah.edu
Becki Whitaker: becki@incolsa.net
Leilani Freund: leifreu@uflib.ufl.edu
Lisa Horowitz: lisah@mit.edu
Marcella Stark: mstark@smu.edu
Carolyn Larson: clar@loc.gov
Natalie McDonough: NMcDonough@sals.edu
Kathleen Kern (Executive Board Liaison): katkern@uiuc.edu
Mary Popp (Consultant): popp@indiana.edu
Pat Riesenman (Consultant): riesenman@indiana.edu
Ann Viles (ex officio): vilesea@appstate.edu

For questions related to MARS content, contact Shannon D. Jones.

For questions regarding RUSA pages, contact: Donavan Vicha,
RUSA Web Program Officer: dvicha@ ala.org
Last Revised: March 27, 2007

Copyright © 2007, American Library Association.