Following is an overview of results from the survey. Please view the Final Summary [pdf, 19 pages] for complete results of the survey. You may also view the survey questions. [pdf, 21 pages]

• Total Responses: 126
  1. 60.5% Public Librarians
  2. 17.6% Academic Librarians
  3. 8.4% School Librarians
• Library Role
  1. 59.3% Professional Librarian (MLS)
  2. 22.9% Library Administrator
  3. 10.2% Paraprofessional
• Most requested content areas
  1. 62.6% Current Trends in Library Services
  2. 50.4% Web Development and Web Tools
  3. 49.6% Reference Services
• Most requested topics
  1. 55.56% Marketing the Library
  2. 50.4% Customer Centric Service Trends
  3. 45.24% Developing Collections in the Digital Age
• Attendance (times per year)
  1. 55.56% 1-2 times
  2. 25.8% 3-5 times
  3. 15.3% Never attended
• Primary reason for attending
  1. 87.6% Interested in topic
  2. 81.9% Keeping up with current trends
  3. 51.4% Need additional training for my job
• Barriers that prevent attendance
  1. 42.1% Topics are not in line with my interests/needs
  2. 26.3% Staffing needs at my library preclude attendance
  3. 21.1% Times and locations are not convenient
• Preferred instructional method
  1. Hands-on training (84.3%)
  2. In person instructor-led training (82.6%)
  3. Sharing sessions (round tables, brown bag discussions) (43.0%)
• Other sources for CE
  1. RILA (53.6%)
  2. OSL (35.1%)
  3. ALA/PLA (24.7%)
• Learning about OLIS CE
  1. Email (67.5%)
  2. OLIS web site (55.8%)
  3. OLIS News and Updates (47.5%)