LATI Spring 2014 Exit Survey
June, 2014
Spring 2014
• Cohort size = 29 (including 3 not in public service)
• Responses = 21• Response rate = 72%
Q3: Examples of how LAs are using what they learned
• Model reference behaviors (5) – saving time and limiting
assumptions– using in customer service
with member libraries• Increased use of databases,
and confidence in using (3)• Answering specific legal
questions (2)• Using Diigo lists (2)
• Advising teen readers with confidence
• Using RA resources to find subject headings for cataloging
• Set up display for job seekers
• Got more involved in working with teen collection and programming
Q6: Improvements to content? (9 total)
• Syllabus needs to be in calendar format
• Some topics didn’t need a full session, others needed more time
• Tell participants to bring their library cards with them
• Questions on movie readers advisory should reflect the presentation
• More time on programming and collection management
• Fewer charts
• Eliminate Google hands-on and spend more time exploring Pratt
• More in-depth review of library reference material
• I am not in public service and LATI is solely focused on working the customer service desk
Improvements to delivery? (11)• Spread out homework evenly
(2)
• More F2F, less online (2)
• More hands-on learning in F2F sessions
• Earlier access to wiki
• “For the love of all that is right in this world, provide coffee. All day. Especially after lunch.”
• Less homework—it took away from my other responsibilities
• Less time on homework and more time on instruction
• Long drive from the shore, move some of the F2F sessions
• More focus on using RA resources, less on good books to read
Q9: What else would you like us to know? (15)
• Would like smaller groups for online sessions, I tend to hang back in larger groups
• Could it end 2 weeks earlier so we could get CEUs for going to MLA?
• Compile all Diigo lists together, like an annotated bibliography
• My supervisor was fresh out of LATI—would have learned more from an MLS supervisor
• Enjoyed specific sessions, wonderful experience overall, better than I expected, etc. (5)
• Too much homework/busywork (2)
• Issues with feedback providers (2)
• Great reinforcement• Presenters very
professional and helpful
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