Library Survey Consultants

Library Survey Consultants works with individual libraries and library associations to provide practical and actionable presentations and workshops on surveys and focus groups. We have created custom presentations and workshops for the Public Library Association, the Illinois Library Association the Ohio Library Council and regional library consortiums.

We welcome inquiries about developing presentations for your specific group or facilitating meetings with your staff or board about marketing research topics.

Upcoming presentations include:

Getting to Know Your Community:
Ins and Outs of Surveys and Focus Groups

Nassau Library System, Uniondale, NY
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
9:30 am to 12:00 pm

Thinking about learning more about the residents in your community? If you're considering conduciting a survey or focus groups, you may be wondering:

How do I determine it my library should conduct focus groups or a survey?
How can my library ensure that a survey or focus groups will obtain the needed information?
What survey methodology is best -- phone, mail, in-library, Internet?
How do I make a survey or focus groups fit my budget?
How can I avoid common, but deadly, survey and focus group sins?

This workshop will demystify the process and help your library plan a better, more effective survey or focus groups. Join us for an interactive and expanded workshop based on our well-received 2008 PLA presentation.

Please join us, and feel free to bring your toughest questions.

Please RSVP (including your name and library) by June 3, 2008.
Fax to: 516 481-4777 Attn: Roseanne Dorfman or
Email: workshops@nassaulibrary.org with "Subject: Community".

Presented as part of Staff Development for Change, Innovation, and Leadership, an LSTA grant awarded to Nassau Library System by the New York State Library.

CEUs will be awarded to participants completing this workshop.

Surveying Your Surroundings:
Ins and Outs of Community Surveys
North Suburban Library System, Wheeling, IL
May 21, 2008 9:30 am - 12:00 pm

Join us for an interactive and expanded workshop based on our recent PLA presentation. This session is designed to help libraries conduct better, more actionable surveys. Come on May 21 and learn:

How to evaluate different survey methods
How to avoid common pitfalls in survey design
Why many seemingly "good" questions will lead to inaccurate or inconclusive results
How to avoid faulty analysis of survey results
How better designed and analyzed surveys help Illinois libraries pass referendums

Bring your toughest questions and issues about surveys and we'll address them!

Ins and Outs of Community Surveys
Public Library Association Conference
March 28, 2008 8:30 - 9:45 am

Considering conducting a survey for long-range planning? For referendum planning? Not sure how to approach the project? This session will help you:

Evaluate different survey methods
Avoid common pitfalls in survey design
Ensure the survey information is actionable

Case studies from public libraries will highlight how the right survey techniques inform the planning process. Join us at the Public Library Association National Conference, March 25-29, 2008. Minneapolis, MN

Getting to Know Your Community: Ins and Outs of Surveys and Focus Groups Nassau Library System, Uniondale, NY Tuesday, June 10, 2008 9:30 am to 12:00 pm

Surveying Your Surroundings: Ins and Outs of Community Surveys North Suburban Library System, Wheeling, IL May 21, 2008 9:30 am - 12:00 pm

Ins and Outs of Community SurveysPublic Library Association Conference March 28, 2008 8:30 - 9:45 am

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Getting to Know Your Community:
Ins and Outs of Surveys and Focus Groups

Nassau Library System, Uniondale, NY
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
9:30 am to 12:00 pm

Surveying Your Surroundings:
Ins and Outs of Community Surveys
North Suburban Library System, Wheeling, IL
May 21, 2008 9:30 am - 12:00 pm

Ins and Outs of Community Surveys
Public Library Association Conference
March 28, 2008 8:30 - 9:45 am