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