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Libraries want to hear from users

Survey could lead to improvements at Dal's five libraries

- February 28, 2007

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Dal's libraries are holding an online survey.  

How can the HÂþ»­ Libraries help you? We wonÕt know until you tell us.

From March 1 to March 23, the libraries are inviting students, faculty and staff to participate in a major survey. Data gathered from the LibQUAL + survey will help improve service, resources and facilities at HÂþ»­Ã•s five library locations: the W.K. Kellogg Health Sciences Library, Killam Memorial Library, Pharmacy Library, Sexton Design & Technology Library and Sir James Dunn Law Library.

Ã’With the libraries, usersÕ expectations are constantly changing,â€� says Tina Usmiani, Communications Officer for HÂþ»­ Libraries. Ã’And we want to keep on top of what those expectations are.â€�

The LibQUAL + survey will be available online, linked from the librariesÕ website at . It poses 22 questions covering three different areas � Affect of Service, Library as Place, Information Control � and should take about 15 minutes to complete.

You could win a prize by completing the survey. Dinner for two at Chives Restaurant and gift certificates from the Halifax Shopping Centre are up for grabs.

HÂþ»­ Libraries last conducted a campus-wide survey in 2005. In response to feedback from the survey, the fourth and fifth floors of the Killam were designated as quiet study zones, a Learning Commons was added to the Sexton Library, more electronic journals were acquired and a virtual tour of the Killam Ã� Ã’Killam Questâ€� Ã� was created.