Result Summary for Survey:2008 Annual Media Specialist Survey

2008 Annual Media Specialist Survey Click on "View" to the right of the question to see the comments.

1. What level media center are you in?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Elementary		52.1%	25
Middle		22.9%	11
Middle/High		4.2%	2
High		18.8%	9
Other		2.1%	1
	answered question		48
	skipped question		0

2. Please rate the timeliness of cataloging provided by IMS.
		Response Percent	Response Count
a. Books are cataloged within two months		84.8%	39
b. Books take longer than two months to be cataloged		15.2%	7
	answered question		46
	skipped question		2

3. Please rate the quality of cataloging provided by IMS.
		Response Percent	Response Count
a. Excellent		69.6%	32
b. OK		30.4%	14
c. Poor		0.0%	0
Comments			7
	answered question		46
	skipped question		2

4. Please choose the cataloging system you prefer. (Some doing it one way and some doing it another way is not an option.)
		Response Percent	Response Count
a. I am in favor of keeping the Alachua County unique cataloging number system which places like books together that would normally be intermixed in a general area, ie. specific animal types, (ex. all bear books are together), specific countries, (ex. all books on China are together in stead of in two places) , specific holiday books (ex. all Halloween books are together), fairy tales by country, (ex. all Irish fairytale books are together), etc. This means that ALL numbered non-fiction books would always need to be sent in to technical processing as has been the rule in the past.		78.7%	37
b. I would prefer to follow standard Dewey practices instead of Alachua County's modified Dewey so that new non-fiction books would be able to be shelved immediately. Animals would not be grouped by species. Fairytales would not be grouped by country. Country books would be in two places, etc. I understand that all media specialists would need to do a library retrofit to convert all existing non-fiction numbers in their collection to standard Dewey if the county adopted this policy.		21.3%	10
Comments			9
	answered question		47
	skipped question		1

5. Have you used the online handbook this year?
		Response Percent	Response Count
a. Yes		95.8%	46
b. No		4.2%	2
Comments			10
	answered question		48
	skipped question		0

6. Please rate the service you have received this year from Follett.
		Response Percent	Response Count
a. Excellent		61.7%	29
b. Good		12.8%	6
c. Poor		2.1%	1
d. Did not use Follett this year		23.4%	11
Other (please specify)			5
	answered question		47
	skipped question		1

7. Please rate the service you have received this year from Mackin.
		Response Percent	Response Count
a. Excellent		24.4%	11
b. Good		6.7%	3
c. Poor		0.0%	0
d. Did not use Mackin this year		68.9%	31
Comments			3
	answered question		45
	skipped question		3

8. Please rate the service you have received this year from Permabound.
		Response Percent	Response Count
a. Excellent		23.4%	11
b. Good		10.6%	5
c. Poor		0.0%	0
d. Did not use Permabound this year		66.0%	31
Comments			6
	answered question		47
	skipped question		1

9. If you used a local vendor, which one did you use?
		Response Percent	Response Count
a. Borders		21.7%	10
b. Barnes & Noble		37.0%	17
c. Jonesberry Books		0.0%	0
d. Did not use local vendors.		50.0%	23
	answered question		46
	skipped question		2

10. Please rate the service you have received from local vendors this year.
		Response Percent	Response Count
a. Excellent		34.0%	16
b. Good		19.1%	9
c. Poor		2.1%	1
d. Did not use local vendors this year		46.8%	22
What vendor? / Comments			12
	answered question		47
	skipped question		1

11. Please rate the service you have received this year from our magazine subscription jobber.
		Response Percent	Response Count
excellent		34.2%	13
Good		63.2%	24
poor		2.6%	1
Comments			7
	answered question		38
	skipped question		10

12. Has the IMS AV library met your expectations this year?
		Response Percent	Response Count
a. Yes		95.2%	40
b. No		4.8%	2
Comments			11
	answered question		42
	skipped question		6

13. Has the media supervisor been helpful when you asked for assistance this year?
		Response Percent	Response Count
a. Yes		97.9%	46
b. No		2.1%	1
Comments			13
	answered question		47
	skipped question		1

14. Do you usually receive assistance from the Media Supervisor in a timely manner?
		Response Percent	Response Count
a. Yes		100.0%	47
b. No		0.0%	0
Comments			8
	answered question		47
	skipped question		1

15. What do you feel you need to know more about?, (for inservices next year.) Rate answers with a 1st, 2nd or 3rd choice.
		Response Count
		33
	answered question	33
	skipped question	15

16. What do you feel your aide needs training in?
		Response Count
		26
	answered question	26
	skipped question	22

17. What do you think media services can do to help you increase reading scores at your school?
		Response Count
		30
	answered question	30
	skipped question	18

18. What would you like us to order for the professional library and/or the audiovisual library?
		Response Count
		18
	answered question	18
	skipped question	30

19. On your last inventory, were the directions clear and complete?
		Response Percent	Response Count
a. yes		100.0%	42
b. no		0.0%	0
Comment			7
	answered question		42
	skipped question		6

20. If you have used the new Percon inventory machines, what are your feelings about them?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Didn't use them yet.		20.5%	9
Like them, prefer to use Percons next time.		77.3%	34
Didn't like them, prefer the Telxons.		2.3%	1
Comments			5
	answered question		44
	skipped question		4

21. Is there any online resource you feel the county should have that we do not now have? (Indicate level it's requested for.)
		Response Count
		21
	answered question	21
	skipped question	27

22. Is there any way, not mentioned previously, that Media Services can better serve you?
		Response Count
		14
	answered question	14
	skipped question	34