[yscon] Heads Up: End of Summer Survey about Use/Value of CSLP Materials and Membership

[Rockwell, Jasmine K]

Hi all,

What I am going to do is add the CSLP questions to my own survey. Yes, it will be a little longer this year but I do plan to let my libraries know that we are adding some questions on behalf of CSLP and it won't be like this every year. Tessa did mention that we could do this in her email.

Best,
Jasmine


From: yscon [mailto:yscon-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Greta Bergquist
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2018 6:04 PM
To: Staci Shaw <Staci.Shaw at libraries.idaho.gov>; Schmidt, Tessa M. DPI <Tessa.Schmidt at dpi.wi.gov>; YSCON (yscon at listsmart.osl.state.or.us) <yscon at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>; 'statereps at cslpreads.org' <statereps at cslpreads.org>
Subject: Re: [yscon] Heads Up: End of Summer Survey about Use/Value of CSLP Materials and Membership

Hi everybody,

I'd like to agree with Staci, everything she said is true for us in Oregon as well. We ask for so many surveys and for us the public library survey required by the IMLS is also happening in July, it's a beast. In our case, many of the people doing the IMLS survey are also running summer reading programs and they are surveyed out, so I'd really like to make sure we ask them for data that will be utilized strategically and transparently. Our state hasn't always been good about this and we are trying to be more transparent and clear about how we're using the data we collect.

Given that, I'd like to ask the following:

Can we get a preview of survey questions?

Can the statistics committee clarify what it means by "membership and product value"? From the description, it sounds like this is a survey for CSLP. In that case, can CSLP host the survey? We could send folks to the CSLP site instead of emailing a link.

Additionally, a best practice in data collection is sharing the results. I would like the data to be shared with the group, not just if someone asks for it.


Greta B

Greta Bergquist
Youth Services Consultant
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From: yscon [mailto:yscon-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Schmidt, Tessa M. DPI
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2018 1:51 PM
To: YSCON (yscon at listsmart.osl.state.or.us<mailto:yscon at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>) <yscon at listsmart.osl.state.or.us<mailto:yscon at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>>; 'statereps at cslpreads.org' <statereps at cslpreads.org<mailto:statereps at cslpreads.org>>
Subject: [yscon] Heads Up: End of Summer Survey about Use/Value of CSLP Materials and Membership
Importance: High

*apologies for duplicate messages*

Dear State Youth Services Consultants and/or CSLP State* Reps,

The CSLP Statistics Committee wants to give you a heads up about a survey that will be issued at the end of Summer 2018.

Specifically:

  *   The audience for the survey is public library staff who use (or elect not to use) CSLP materials through membership in CSLP; NOT state reps-we want input of people "in the field"
  *   The survey will be conducted online; all we ask is for you to share the link and encourage library staff in your state to participate
  *   The survey can be shared along with or separate from any existing end-of-summer surveys that you or your state conduct
  *   Survey responses will be used, in addition to future focus group and other input solicitations, to inform recommendations from the CSLP Statistics Committee to the CSLP Board regarding membership and product value
  *   Ideally, survey results will indicate state and national patterns. The committee will share state-specific data with yscon/state reps by request.

Wondering from where this initiative came? Please review the "Going Forward" section of our committee's report at the CSLP Annual Meeting in April 2018, below my signature.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me directly.

Thanks in advance for your cooperation!

Tessa Michaelson Schmidt
CSLP Statistics Committee Chair
Public Library Youth and Inclusive Services Consultant
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
(608) 267-5077
tessa.schmidt at dpi.wi.gov<mailto:tessa.schmidt at dpi.wi.gov>



Statistics Committee Report
CSLP Annual Meeting 2018

>From the final section:

Going Forward
Statistics and summer library programs are complicated, and this committee is diligently making slow and steady progress. From our work this past year, we see all of these pieces feeding into a larger and critical conversation about the membership structure and costs.  If LSTA funds go away, or if individual libraries casually flip from CSLP to iRead simply based on theme or cost, it behooves us to better examine the direct and indirect benefits of membership to groups and individuals. These issues also related to the Board's request for a more formal examination of how the manual is used and valued, which is a task yet-to-be taken on by this committee. Our committee is currently considering if it is time to develop, or redevelop, a formal "how do you use CSLP" survey?

*Inclusive of territories
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