NASIG Workshop Survey (Sarah D. Tusa) Marcia Tuttle 16 Mar 2000 22:00 UTC
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 15:29:15 -0600 From: Sarah D. Tusa <tusa@almark.lamar.edu> Subject: NASIG Workshop Survey Greetings! Joan Griffith and Sarah Tusa humbly request a few moments of your time to fill out the survey below. The answers will be tabulated and analyzed for a NASIG workshop at the annual conference in San Diego, CA. You may either reply by e-mail to: Tusa@almark.lamar.edu, OR fax to: 409 880-8225. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THE LIST. Thanks in advance to all who respond! (Apologies for length and x-postings) NASIG alternative careers survey Fill in part 1 if you are currently a practicing librarian. If you are a former librarian, skip to part 2.(note: practicing librarian is someone currently working in a library; former librarian is someone no longer working in a library) Part 1 - for practicing librarians. 1. The first question covers the kinds of activities that you may perform in the library. For each activity, please provide information about how regularly you engage in that activity, and the amount of training you received in it. ACTIVITY 1 - REFERENCE DESK OR INFORMATION DESK I perform this activity ___ On a regular basis ___ Occasionally ___ Never I received training in this activity (fill in all that apply): ___ no training whatsoever ___ 3 or fewer credit hours in library school. Name of school: _____ ___ between 3 and 12 credit hours in library school. Name of school: _____ ___ more than 12 credit hours in library school. Name of school: _____ ___ on-the-job training. Number of hours of training: _____ ___ Additional post-MLS formal training. Describe: _____ ___ Other training. Please describe: _____ ACTIVITY 2 - BIBLIOGRAPHIC INSTRUCTION I perform this activity ___ On a regular basis ___ Occasionally ___ Never I received training in this activity (fill in all that apply): ___ no training whatsoever ___ 3 or fewer credit hours in library school. Name of school: _____ ___ between 3 and 12 credit hours in library school. Name of school: _____ ___ more than 12 credit hours in library school. Name of school: _____ ___ on-the-job training. Number of hours of training: _____ ___ Additional post-MLS formal training. Describe: _____ ___ Other training. Please describe: _____ ACTIVITY 3 - TEACHING A NON-LIBRARY-RELATED ACADEMIC SUBJECT I perform this activity ___ On a regular basis ___ Occasionally ___ Never I received training in this activity (check all that apply): ___ no training whatsoever ___ 3 or fewer credit hours in library school. Name of school: _____ ___ between 3 and 12 credit hours in library school. Name of school: _____ ___ more than 12 credit hours in library school. Name of school: _____ ___ on-the-job training. Number of hours of training: _____ ___ Additional post-MLS formal training. Describe: _____ ___ Other training. Please describe: _____ 2. Approximately how much time do you spend performing services outside the responsibilities listed in your job description? Please put a number in the blank beside the term that most closely reflect this allotment of time. ___ hours per week ___ hours per month ___ hours per year ___ Other (Please explain) 3. On the average, how many additional hours do you spend per week perfoming job duties or work-related activities beyond the standard 40 hours (e.g. committee work, more examples) ___ hours per week 4. Have you been assigned or have you volunteered to work on a project for which you had not previously received training or education? (e.g. implementing electronic journals, designing a new class or credit course, "re-engineering" a department, etc.) ___ yes ___ no 5. Has your job description been rewritten as the result of projects you have undertaken or new responsibilities you have assumed? ___ yes ___ no 6. If you have undertaken a large project or assumed new resonsibilities since you first took your current position, were any of your original duties reassigned to a different position? ___ yes ___ no 7. Is your position a tenure-track faculty position? ___ yes ___ no Part 2 - For former librarians. 1. What is your current job title/description (be specific; e.g. Information broker, Marketing Director, Technology trainer) 2. What were your job titles/descriptions in your previous library employment? (list all your library jobs) 3. Did your skills as a serials librarian contribute to your being hired in your current position? ___ Yes, definitely ___ Somewhat ___ Not at all 4. In what ways is your current job similar and not similar to working with serials in libraries? Similarities: Dissimilarities: 5. What personal and professional characteristics or skills have contributed to your succes in both serials work and your current position? 6. Why did you decide to change careers? 7. How did you find your current position? ___ Employment agency ___ Listserv (including job listservs or more general listservs that also contain job postings) ___ Employment website ___ Library print publications ___ None of the above (please identify how you became aware of your current position) 8. Would you consider working in serials in a library in the future? ___ yes ___ no ___ maybe 9. Which career has been more rewarding to you? ___ working in a library ___ working outside the library ___ both the same Thank you for completing the NASIG alternative careers survey! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------