Dear folks, over on the Evergreen blog, http://evergreen-ils.org/blog , I just posted about the soon-to-close 2008 Perceptions Survey, produced by library-automation industry pundit Marshall Breeding. I'm repeating it here for those who don't follow the Evergreen blog.
The survey is here: http://www.librarytechnology.org/blog.pl?ThreadID=91 Marshall's 2007 survey <http://www.librarytechnology.org/perceptions2007.pl>received "a total of 1,779 individuals from 47 different countries." That's a good start, but the new survey would benefit from higher turnout. While the latest survey doesn't mention a due date, a conversation with Marshall indicated that he would be *closing out the survey by mid-January* (as in, two more weeks), so don't let this slide. A strength of Marshall's survey is that it probes perceptions and attitudes — not simply the opaque body count of who's using what, but the satisfaction levels with products and services. This means that the Perceptions survey can reach below the surface and pull up trends that may not be visible — such as libraries that may not be in a position to migrate to a new ILS today or tomorrow, especially if they are distracted by the train wreck of our current economy, *but are strongly considering open source software in the future*. Happy New Year to all of us in the Evergreen community! May our forests grow! -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. "The Evergreen Experts" | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | E-Mail/AIM: [email protected] | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
