IATUL 2008 Members’ Survey

1. IATUL 2008 Members’ Survey Key Points IATUL 2008 Conference Auckland, April 2008 IATUL 2008 Members’ Survey

2. 102 respondents • 43% of our members • 35 member countries out of 47 (74.5%) IATUL 2008 Members’ Survey

3. Australia – 14% Canada – 9% USA – 9% England – 7% Germany – 6% Poland – 5% Sweden – 5% Finland – 4% New Zealand – 4% Greece – 3% India – 3% IATUL 2008 Members’ Survey

4. Q#2 Primary reason for joining IATUL? • 33% - exchanging ideas, experiences, etc. • 32% - networking • 12% - keeping up to date • 11% - no specific reason/skip • 6% - improving services, management, etc. • 4% - attending the conference IATUL 2008 Members’ Survey

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6. Q#4 Why are you satisfied or dissatisfied with your IATUL membership? • 27% - No comments/cannot comment • 24% - Conference • 15% - Networking • 15% - Other (e.g. value for the money, have not yet participated, no staff/money/time) • 13% - Good Information/Keeping up to date IATUL 2008 Members’ Survey

7. Q#4 Why are you satisfied or dissatisfied with your IATUL membership? • 8% - Dissatisfied • papers too academic & theoretical • English countries prevail • not too many activities outside of conference • not much communication • not anymore important because of Internet • problems of less developed libraries are neglected • could do more in knowledge exchange • to see more joint projects (e.g. EU ones) IATUL 2008 Members’ Survey

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9. Q#6 Most important benefit from IATUL? • 28% - Networking • 25% - Conference • 23% - Exchange experiences & Ideas • 22% - None/Skip • 7% - Keeping up to date • 3% - IATUL-L • 3% - IATUL News Alert • 6% - Other IATUL 2008 Members’ Survey

10. Q#7 What do you feel IATUL could do differently to better serve its members? • 64% had no comments or skipped the question • Some of the comments: • 8% - foster interactions between members & institutions • 7% - better/more promotions of IATUL activities (e.g. newsletter, blog) • 5% - everything is fine • 3% - more special interest groups • IATUL to help developing countries & its librarians • Support international consortia in licensing e-resources • Keep the high quality of conference – add another one in Fall IATUL 2008 Members’ Survey

11. Q#8. Which services might motivate you to get involved with the IATUL programmes? IATUL 2008 Members’ Survey

12. Top three priorities • Priority #1: • 11% - Virtual Library, Web2.0/3.0, Open Access & IR • 7% - Cooperation/Collaboration • 7% - Conference • 6% - Benchmarking, Quality Standards & Management • 5% - Communication • 4% - Information Competency • Others like: increase membership, development of staff & services, information literacy. IATUL 2008 Members’ Survey

13. Top three priorities • Priority #2: • 9% - Virtual Library, Web2.0/3.0, Open Access & IR • 6% - Cooperation/Collaboration • 3% - Benchmarking, Quality Standards & Management • 2% - Scholarly Communications • Others like: development of staff & services, library spaces, archiving rare materials, web site design, expert database, creating special task force to help developing countries, information competency IATUL 2008 Members’ Survey

14. Top three priorities • Priority #3: • 6% - Virtual Library, Web2.0/3.0, Open Access & IR • 5% - Cooperation/Collaboration • 4% - Benchmarking, Quality Standards & Management • 3% - Conference • Others like: Innovation, improving liaison with other groups (e.g. IFLA), rethinking library space, increasing membership, IATUL 2008 Members’ Survey