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Online Communities Survey

Online Communities Survey

survey buttonALA is investigating online community software in order to enhance member communication and collaboration. We ask your help to determine which features should be included in our forthcoming request for proposals (RFP). As an ALA and/or Division member, your satisfaction with any system selected is exceedingly important. Your input will inform our decision and is greatly appreciated.

For a fuller explanation of online communities or the terms used below, clicking on this page will open a separate window with definitions, which you may want to resize and refer back to. If you hold your mouse over the term, the definition will appear. Clicking on a link will also bring up a definition in a separate window so that your survey answers are not reset.

Please respond by April 27, 2004. This survey takes approximately seven minutes to complete.

Please rank the features listed below based on what you think you would find useful.

Real-time discussion/chat
Very useful     Useful     Not very important     Unnecessary     No opinion

Interactive workspace/whiteboard
Very useful     Useful     Not very important     Unnecessary     No opinion

Threaded discussions/forums
Very useful     Useful     Not very important     Unnecessary     No opinion

Community archives
Very useful     Useful     Not very important     Unnecessary     No opinion

Working files/Shared documents
Very useful     Useful     Not very important     Unnecessary     No opinion

Shared links
Very useful     Useful     Not very important     Unnecessary     No opinion

Polling/surveys
Very useful     Useful     Not very important     Unnecessary     No opinion

User profiles/interactive business cards
Very useful     Useful     Not very important     Unnecessary     No opinion

Private e-mail
Very useful     Useful     Not very important     Unnecessary     No opinion

Personal calendar
Very useful     Useful     Not very important     Unnecessary     No opinion

Events calendar
Very useful     Useful     Not very important     Unnecessary     No opinion

Have you ever participated in an online community? (e.g., Yahoo! Groups, The Well, There, etc.)   Yes     No

If you answered "yes," please use this text box to name the online interactive community environment you find most useful.

Based on your experience as an ALA/division member, which of the following do you feel would be enhanced by having access to an online community? [Choose as many as many as you like.]

  • Committees
  • Discussion groups/roundtables
  • Conferences (e.g., programs, poster sessions, preconferences, forums)
  • Current issues ("Hot Topics")
  • Continuing education (regional workshops, Web courses)
  • Newsletters/Periodicals (articles)
  • Online communities based on specific demographics (e.g., member status [new/retired/international], state, type of library, job function, etc.)

Are you a member of an ALA committee (unit, division, governing body, etc.)?
Yes     No

What type of library do you work in?
Academic
Public
Special
School
Other

What is your primary area of work?
Administration/management
Public services
Technical services
Systems/IT

Additional comments/suggestions:

Thank you for taking the time to fill out this survey and helping focus ALA's IT efforts!

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