[ILL-L] Survey on trends in document delivery for distance education

[Michele Behr]

For a presentation at the upcoming Off Campus Library Services
Conference we are researching trends in document delivery for
distance learners. We are investigating factors that may impact use
of document delivery services, i.e. level of automation, marketing
efforts, number of electronic journal subscriptions and e-books,
etc.  We have developed a brief survey to gather information from
other institutions which provide document delivery services to their
distance education communities. 

We will be asking for statistics concerning your institution’s
electronic journal subscriptions, numbers of e-book titles, document
delivery statistics for distance education students, and student
enrollment over the past five years. Gathering those statistics
ahead of time or having access to them while you are filling out the
survey may be helpful. 

If you do not have the information to answer a question you may
skip that question. Please answer as many questions as accurately as
you can. 

We estimate that you will need 15-30 minutes to complete the
survey. 

The survey is available here:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=7CV0tkSiaz6HWekmOqadEA_3d_3d


We will be collecting responses until November 21, 2007. 

Your response to this survey will be very valuable to our research,
and we appreciate your participation in sharing this information
with us. 

Please contact us with any questions or comments about this survey.


Sincerely, 

Michele D. Behr
Julie L. Hayward
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI 






Michele D. Behr
Associate Professor
University Libraries, Off Campus Services
2017 Waldo Library 
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5353
michele.behr at wmich.edu
Phone 269-387-5611
Fax: 269-387-5124  
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