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Tackling the job of conducting a survey for your library can be daunting. A systematic and quality-driven approach will yield results which can provide valuable information to decision-makers and stakeholders. This first in a three-part series of workshops on conducting surveys will demystify the survey process, from beginning to end of your project.
This third presentation of the three-part series addresses 1) questionnaire coding, data tracking, and data entry; 2) basics of analyses; and 3) reporting methods, including employing tables and graphs.

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Conducting Surveys I: Introduction and Questionnaire Design
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Tackling the job of conducting a survey for your library can be daunting. A systematic and quality-driven approach will yield results which can provide valuable information to decision-makers and stakeholders. This three-part series of workshops on conducting surveys will demystify the survey process, from beginning to end of your project.
This second workshop of the three-part series addresses 1) sampling and how to target your respondents; and 2) survey methods, including paper-and-pencil, face-to-face or telephone interviews, e-mail, and Internet, with a focus on written questionnaires and an online approach using SurveyMonkey.

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Conducting Surveys I: Introduction and Questionnaire Design
Conducting Surveys III: Analyzing Data and Reporting Methods

Tackling the job of conducting a survey for your library can be daunting. A systematic and quality-driven approach will yield results which can provide valuable information to decision-makers and stakeholders. This first in a three-part series of workshops on conducting surveys will demystify the survey process, from beginning to end of your project.
This first workshop of the three-part series addresses 1) the reasons for conducting a survey; 2) issues in effective questionnaire design, data collection and analysis, and reporting; and 3) questionnaire design, especially measurement, question content, and structure, including examples.
To register for the rest of the workshops in the series, click on the workshop name:[obsolete link removed] Conducting Surveys II: Data Collection [obsolete link removed] Conducting Surveys III: Analyzing Data and Reporting Methods

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The list of Webinars just gets longer and better every month! There’s a sparkling array to choose from on the Nebraska Library Commission’s Free Webinars list, including:

• Nebraska Libraries Host Prime Time Family Reading Time
• Successful Social media Programs at Your Library
• Social Networking for Advocacy & Activism
• 10 Social Media Tips & Secrets
• Five Ways the iPad Can Entertain You
• Return on Investment: The Business Case for Accessibility
• Conducting Surveys III: Analyzing Data and Reporting Methods
• Do More Great Work: How to Increase Your Time, Space, and Courage
• The Administrator’s Guide to Organizing Marketing Webinars
• OCLC Web Services
• Let’s Get Social: Social Bookmarking
• Building Trust and Transparency in Your Organization
• Communication–Getting the Word Out: Does your audience hear what you mean?
• Deploying Virtual Classrooms: Getting It Done & Doing It Right
• Tech Talk with Michael Sauers
• Is Your Career Taking Advantage of Your Strengths?
• Look for a Job Using Online Sources
• How to Make the Most of WebJunction

Webinars are “Bustin’ Out All Over!” Titles for this month include:

• Power to the User: Interactive Online Reference Sources
• Participating in the Creative Commons
• Re-tooling Frontline Staff with E-government Resources
• Now Hear This: Audiobooks A to Z
• Conducting Surveys II: Data Collection
• Improving Health Literacy in Your Community
• Re-tooling Frontline Staff with E-government Resources
• Articulate: So what do you do? Talk Up Your Value in 30 to 60 Seconds
• Creating Inviting Low Cost Teen Spaces
• Christian Fiction Book Buzz
• Beyond Slideshows
• Getting Started with a Social Media Plan
• Managing Your Library’s Online Reputation
• Tech Talk with Michael Sauers

Visit the Free Webinars list for program descriptions and registration info. And visit the list during the month, because I add things as I hear about them.
Thanks to our friend Jamie Marcus at the Wyoming State Library for compiling his list every month!

There a loooong list of great Webinars happening in May. Titles include:

 
• 21st Century Digital Knowledge Management: The Changing Role of the Media Specialist With Classroom Technology

 

• 24/7 Readers’ Advisory: Multichannel Delivery of Reading Recommendations
• Accidental Leadership with George Needham

  

• Archival 101: Dealing with Suppliers of Archival Products
• Build Rapport With The Language of Influence
• Cataloging with RDA: An Overview – Online Session
• Collaborate with Wikis
• Conducting Surveys I: Introduction and Questionnaire Design
• Crime Fiction Past and Present 

 

• Digital Photo Management for Libraries

   

• Functional Requirements of Authority Data: FRAD

  

• George and Joan on Successful Middle Management
• Getting Your Resume Noticed
• Grant Seeking Basics

  

• Great Summer Reading Program Reads with Sally Snyder
• Helping Your Patrons Help Themselves
• Intro to Website Analytics
• Mission Critical: Services to Spanish Speakers
• Opportunity for All: The American Public Benefits from Library Internet Access
• Reference: The Missing Link in Discovery

   

• Tech Talk with Michael Sauers
• Trends in Teen Lit: The Independent View

  

• Understanding the New Discovery Landscape
• Video in the Library: Trends and Best Practices

For more info and links to the programs, see the Free Webinars page on the Nebraska Library Commission Website.