December 2006 - Illinois Library Association

Survey Says!
No,
we haven’t become the Family Feud, but the October 16
ILA Reporter survey generated more than 260 responses* in
a three-week period. Eight questions were posed and members
were asked, when responding, to refer to the last issue,
i.e., October 2006 ILA Reporter.
The ILA Reporter has changed dramatically in the last
ten years, but in that same period of time, we have never
surveyed members about the publication. The survey’s
purpose was to generate recommendations on how to
improve the publication’s content. Overall, members were
extremely generous in responding to the survey and offered
many helpful critical observations and recommendations
to improve the Reporter. In this admittedly small and
biased (probably both the most dedicated and most
opinionated members) survey, the most consistent
universal comment, however, did not address the issue
of the publication’s content, but its appearance. Members
want better, more attractive covers and they want a more
colorful publication.
The more detailed results, tabulated by SurveyMonkey.com,
revealed the following, along with the following abstracted
comments on how to improve the ILA Reporter. The number
one answer to each question is in bold.
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