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Professional Development
Three questions about professional development were presented to survey participants. Two questions inquired about professional involvement: 1) What professional organizations are you a member of? and 2) What conferences do you regularly attend? The third question was about funding for professional development. The results are listed under each question.
What professional organizations are you a member of?
| Organization | Number | Percentage |
| ALA | 87 | 69.6% |
| ACRL | 81 | 64.8% |
| ASEE ELD | 45 | 36.0% |
| SLA STD | 38 | 30.4% |
| STS | 65 | 52.0% |
| Other (see below for specific organizations) | 53 | 42.4% |
Other organizations listed included state and regional associations, additional divisions of ALA and SLA, other library and information associations, and science organizations.
| Other Library Organizations |
| American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST) |
| Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) |
| Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) |
| Canadian Library Association (CLA) |
| Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries (CBHL) |
| Geoscience Information Society (GSIS) |
| International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers (IAMSLIC) |
| Library Orientation Exchange (LOEX) |
| Medical Library Association (MLA) |
| North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) |
| Patent Information Users Group (PIUG) |
| Science Organizations |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |
| American Chemical Society (ACS) |
| ACS Division of Chemical Information (CINF) |
| American Public Health Association (APHA) |
| Indiana Academy of Science |
| Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
| International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists (IAALD) |
| United States Agricultural Information Network (USAIN) |
What conferences do you regularly attend?
Tables are by membership in an organization. The column at the far right shows the percentage of respondents belonging to that organization who plan to attend each conference.
ALA | ACRL | ASEE ELD | SLA Scitech | STS
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Attendance Plans
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Attendees
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Percent of total respondents
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Respondents not in this group
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Percent of respondents not in this group
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Percent who are ALA members
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| ALA Annual | 44 | 33% | 89 | 67% | 51% |
| ACRL | 24 | 18% | 109 | 82% | 28% |
| ASEE Annual | 16 | 12% | 1170 | 88% | 18% |
| SLA Annual | 16 | 12% | 117 | 88% | 18% |
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Attendance Plans
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Attendees
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Percent of total respondents
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Respondents not in this group
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Percent of respondents not in this group
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Percent who are ACRL members
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| ALA Annual | 41 | 31% | 92 | 69% | 51% |
| ACRL | 26 | 20% | 107 | 80% | 32% |
| ASEE Annual | 15 | 11% | 118 | 89% | 19% |
| SLA Annual | 14 | 11% | 119 | 89% | 17% |
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Attendance Plans
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Attendees
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Percent of total respondents
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Respondents not in this group
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Percent of respondents not in this group
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Percent who are ASEE ELD members
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| ALA Annual | 9 | 7% | 124 | 93% | 20% |
| ACRL | 9 | 7% | 124 | 93% | 20% |
| ASEE Annual | 30 | 23% | 103 | 77% | 67% |
| SLA Annual | 7 | 5% | 126 | 95% | 16% |
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Attendance Plans
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Attendees
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Percent of total respondents
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Respondents not in this group
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Percent of respondents not in this group
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Percent who are SLA Scitech members
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| ALA Annual | 11 | 8% | 122 | 92% | 29% |
| ACRL | 6 | 5% | 127 | 95% | 16% |
| ASEE Annual | 6 | 5% | 127 | 95% | 16% |
| SLA Annual | 27 | 20% | 106 | 80% | 71% |
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Conference
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Number who plan to attend
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Percent of total respondents
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Respondents not in this group
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Percent of respondents not in this group
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Percent who are STS members
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| ALA Annual | 38 | 29% | 95 | 71% | 58% |
| ACRL | 18 | 14% | 115 | 86% | 28% |
| ASEE Annual | 13 | 10% | 120 | 90% | 20% |
| SLA Annual | 10 | 8% | 123 | 92% | 15% |
Survey respondents were asked to respond to the question " How much funding do you receive for professional development each year?"
| Amount of Funding | Number | Percentage |
| None | 2 | 1.6% |
| $0-499 | 10 | 7.9% |
| $500-999 | 37 | 29.1% |
| $1000-1499 | 40 | 31.5% |
| $2000-2499 | 5 | 3.9% |
| $2500-2999 | 3 | 2.4% |
| $3000 + | 3 | 2.4% |
| Other | 16 | 12.6% |
Comments in the “other” box were quite varied, describing professional development situations unique to their institutions. No trends were evident from these comments.