Our 1994 LM_NET Membership Survey

["Peter G. Milbury" <pmilbury@eryx.syr.edu>]

Hello LM_NET Colleagues,

  We seek your help.  Your LM_NET co-owners, Mike Eisenberg and Peter
Milbury, need some information.  As you might know, we are regularly asked
to write and speak about LM_NET.  So we want to be able to intelligently
and effectively explain what we who are subscribed to LM_NET are doing,
its importance to school librarianship, and to the teaching profession.
This information also assists us in planning improvements in LM_NET's
services and resources.

  In order that we are able to make the most effective use of this data,
please respond to the questions below no later than Sunday, September 11,
1994.

  Please DO NOT use the "R" (reply) feature of your mail system to return
your responses.  The "F" (forward) feature will allow you to complete the
survey and forward the results to us at the following address:

  PMILBURY@ERICIR.SYR.EDU

  Please complete and forward _only_ the section below.

  Thank you!
  Peter Milbury and Michael Eisenberg, for LM_NET
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For _each_ of the 15 items please put an "X" to the _left_ of the *single*
response that best describes you (except where more than one are requested.)

 1. I have been an educator for:
    1-4 years
    5-9 years
    10-14 years
    15-19 years
    20 or more years
    Am not an educator

 2. I have _been_ a school library media professional for
    1-4 years
    5-9 years
    10-14 years
    15-19 years
    20 or more years
    Am _not_ a school library media professional

 3. My _primary_ position or situation is:
    School Library Media Professional
    District or Area Library Media Professional or Supervisor
    Classroom Teacher
    College Student
    School Administrator
    School District or Area Administrator
    College or University LIS Faculty
    College or University Faculty or Staff
    Parent or interested community member
    Publisher or supplier
    Retired or former educator
    Other (please explain)

 4. I _primarily_ use the Internet for the following (multiple choices OK):
    As a reference tool answering questions of colleagues
    As a reference tool answering questions of students
    To search remote libraries for bibliographic data
    To teach or demonstrate computer telecommunications skills
    For curriculum/classroom support activities and/or projects
    To participate in listserv discussion groups
    To communicate with individual off-site educators
    To obtain free software from remote sites
    To obtain text files or information from remote sites
    To obtain data for cataloging functions.

 5. I _connect_ with the Internet _primarily_ via:
    Low-cost or free _statewide_ educational network
    Low-cost or free _regional_ educational network
    Low-cost or free account from college or university
    Direct Internet connect through my school or district network
    Commercial Internet access service
    Free-Net or other Community Network
    Other method of connecting: (please indicate type)

6. I _primarily_ go online or connect with the Internet while:
    At work
    At home
    About equally at work and home

7. Who provides the _primary_ support or inservice to _faculty_ in
        Internet use at your site?  (Choose only one.)
    Myself
    Another teacher
    Clerical specialist or technical staff member
    Administrator
    Parent or community volunteer
    Outside consultant or other paid person
    Another librarian
    No one
    I don't know
    There are no faculty members at my site
    I am not at a school site

8. Who provides the _primary_ support or instruction to _students_ in
        Internet use at your site?  (Choose only one.)
    myself
    Another librarian
    another teacher
    a clerical specialist or technical staff member
    an administrator
    a parent or community volunteer
    an outside consultant or other paid person
    I don't know
    There are no students at my site
    I am not at a school site

 9. How many _years_ have you been using the Internet?
    1 year or less
    1-2 years
    2-3 years
    3-4 years
    4-5 years
    5 or more years

10. How many hours per _week_ are you using the Internet?
    1 hour or less
    1-5 hours
    6-10 hours
    11-15 hours
    16-20 hours
    21-25 hours
    25 or more hours

11. Due to my use of the Internet my work status has:
    Improved a great deal
    Improved a little
    Stayed about the same
    Declined a little
    Declined a great deal
    I am not a faculty member
    I do not use my knowledge of the Internet in my work

12. My Internet use has had the following type of impact on my school
       or work site:
    Big impact
    Moderate impact
    Little impact
    No impact
    I am not at a school

13. Number of Internet _discussion_ groups to which I subscribe is:
    1-3
    4-6
    7-9
    10 or more

14. Number of electronic (via e-mail) journals to which I subscribe:
    0
    1-3
    4-6
    7-9
    10 or more

15. The importance level of LM_NET to me is:
    Extremely important
    Very important
    Somewhat important
    Not important

Please briefly complete the following:  "To me, the single most
important aspect of about having Internet access is...."


Please forward your completed survey to PMILBURY@ERICIR.SYR.EDU
no later than Sunday, September 11, 1994.

Thank you very much!

Best wishes,

Peter
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Peter Milbury, Library Media Teacher/Mentor Teacher  PMILBURY@ERICIR.SYR.EDU
Pleasant Valley High School, Chico, California 95926     Voice: 916-891-3060
Co-owner of LM_NET:  Discussion Group for School Library Media Professionals
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