Surveys

[Jean Bickel <jbickel@JTASD.K12.PA.US>]

Dear Librarians,

I find this list to be extremely helpful and informative.  I see people
requesting help or information, and in almost no time they have answers
to their questions.  Librarians are great people!

However, I have a question or concern about the surveys that have been
posted.  There was a lengthy one a few months ago supposedly by a library
major in college.  I emailed Peter to find out if he had given permission
for this survey to be posted to this list; he had not been asked and he
had not given any permission.

Maybe I am being unduly concerned, but I don't answer telephone surveys,
or personal questions asked by people that I don't know.  Maybe my union
background is showing through, but answering questions or surveys about
my Library by unknown people scares me, after all, I work with children.
I don't know that they are library majors or librarians.  I don't know to
what use they are going to put my answers.  And frankly, my time is very
limited and filling out surveys takes a great deal of time.

I think that any survey or questionaire should have to be approved by
Peter before it is posted to LM_NET, and if he decides that it is a valid
survey that is worth our time and energy, the results should also be
posted.  I will not complete a survey that does not have Peter's seal of
approval.  What do the rest of you think?

Jean

Jean Bickel
jbickel@jtasd.k12.pa.us
Librarian/Jim Thorpe Area Senior High School
http://www.jtasd.k12.pa.us/highschool/library/libraryHP.html