The following is being posted on multiple lists. Please excuse the
duplication. We thank you for participating, if possible, and look
forward to learning more about educational needs in the federal
community.
Please use the Outsell contact address at the end if you have questions
or problems with the survey.
-- Lynn McDonald
FLICC
FEDLINK Network Coodinator
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You are invited to participate in a worldwide, Web-based survey of
library workers and managers.
OCLC Online Computer Library Center (http://www.oclc.org) and the OCLC
Members Council (http://www.oclc.org/oclc/uc/) Task Force on Library
Staff Development have commissioned a worldwide survey on "Training
and Education of Library Workers."
Outsell, Inc. (http://www.outsellinc.com/), a research and advisory
firm that focuses exclusively on the information industry, is conducting
this survey for OCLC.
Libraries today face critical issues related to staffing and the
development of library workers. (This survey defines "library" and
"library worker" broadly to include a wide range of organizations
and staff positions. When you begin the survey you will see the
specific definitions used.) Current and future library workers will
significantly influence what libraries are and will become. Your
confidential responses to this survey will help to create a better
understanding of training and education needs and opportunities for
strategic and cooperative action by OCLC and others within the library
and information communities.
As a thank you for completing the survey you may request a free copy of
an Executive Summary of the report's findings. Simply fill out the
request form at the end of the survey and we will send you a copy upon
publication. We thank you in advance for your time and contribution.
The survey is interactive and will take approximately 20 to 25 minutes
to complete. Please access the survey when you have this amount of time
to spend, but if you need to do so, you can save your answers and
complete the survey any time before the deadline of Friday, September
13.
Ready to begin? Click on the link, below, to access the survey Web
page.
www.digisurvey.com
Your user id is: Library
Your password is: Survey
Please save this invitation and share it with anyone you know who has
an interest in professional development and future directions in
libraries. Thank you for your interest and participation in this
study.
Best regards,
Katherine Medaglia Wilkie
Director, Research Solutions
Outsell, Inc.
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