Discussion lists questionnaire

[Neil Grant]

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From: web4lib
To: web4lib
Subject: Discussion lists questionnaire
Date: Tuesday, March 18, 1997 7:22AM

Dear WEB4LIB subscriber,

My name is Fabien Derudder, and I am a student in information science at the
IESS institute is Belgium. To achieve the redaction of my dissertation, I am
conducting a survey on the use of discussion lists by information
professionals.
This questionnaire has been sent to all members of the list. Would you
please fill it out and return to me at HubautJ at pophost.eunet.be All replies
will be kept strictly confidential.
Thank you for your help.

1. When did you join Web4Lib ?
   [] less than 3 month ago
   [] 3 month - 1 year ago
   [x] more than one year ago

2. Have you continuously subscribed to Web4Lib throughout this time ?
   [x] Yes             [] No

3. Do you currently receive Web4Lib in digest form ?
   [] Yes             [x] No

4. Have you ever used the nomail feature of Web4Lib ?
   [] Yes             [x] No

5. If Yes, is Web4lib currently set to nomail ?
   [] Yes             [x] No

6. What percentage of messages do you usually read ?
   [] 0-10% (almost never read)         [] 61-90% (read most, majority of
items)
   [] 11-40% (read a few / Some items)  [] 91-100%(read all, almost items)
   [x] 41-60% (about half of items)

7. Which of the following Web4lib activities have you participated in?
   What is the approximative frequency for each activity?


                        Never       Less than   1/month      more than
                                    1/month      1/week       1/week

   Ask questions         [x]            []           []          []
   Answer questions      [x]            []           []          []
   Initiate discussion   [x]            []           []          []
   Reply to discussion   [x]            []           []          []
   Post information      [x]            []           []          []

8. What have you initiated on Web4lib ?

   [] Reference request
   [] Interne-related subjects
   [] Information on products/procedures
   [] Offer/request duplicate journals/books/...
   [] Discussion of professional or theorical issues
   [] Chat, Humor, not strictly work communication
   [] Other (please list)
   [x] None of the above

9. What have you responded to on Web4lib ?

   [] Reference request
   [] Internet-related subjects
   [] Information on products/procedures
   [] Offer/request duplicate journals/books/...
   [] Discussion of professional or theorical iossues
   [] Chat, Humor, not strictly work communication
   [] Other (please list)
   [x] None of the above

10.How much time per week do you spend on web4lib ?

                                   Home      Work
   Less than one hour               [x]        []
   1-3 hours                        []        []
   More than 3 hours- 5 hours       []        []
   More than 5 hours                []        [x]

11.How many other listservs do you subscribe to?

   [] 0 (only this one)
   [] 1-2
   [x] 3-5
   [] more than 5

12.What is your organizational affiliation ?

   [x] Academic Library
   [] Documentation center
   [] Public library
   [] Other library (please list)
   [] Other (please list)

13.How many other professional staff work with you ?

   [] 0 (only you)
   [] 1-3
   [] 3-5
   [x] More than 5

14.What is your primary occupation?

   [x] Professional library staff
   [] Other library staff
   [] other informaton professional (please list)
   [] Other (Please list)

15.How many years of experience do you have in the occupation above ?

   [] less than 1 year
   [] less than 2 years
   [] 2-5 years
   [] more than 5 years-10 years
   [x] more than 10 years

16.Please list your country of employment (or residence if unemployed or
retired) Australia

17.Do you often consult the archives of the list ?

   [] Never
   [x] Sometimes
   [] Often

18.Why do you use the archives feature ?

   [x] Information retrieval
   [] Unsubscribed or set to nomail for a while

19.Which percentage of junk messages do you receive ?

   [] 0-10%
   [x] 11-40%
   [] 41-60%
   [] More than 60%

20.Do you think that the functionment of the list could be ameliorated ?

   [] Yes (please list)
   [x] No

21.Have you ever had 'problems' with moderation (messages refused)

   [] Yes
   [x] No



If you have comments about your utilization of the discussion list, please
add them below. Thanks a lot for your time!