| 1. Please tell us about your library. Please complete one survey per library. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | Response Count | ||
 Library Name |  | 100.0% | 37 |
| Survey Completed by | | 100.0% | 37 |
| Your role(s) at this library | | 100.0% | 37 |
| answered question | 37 | ||
| skipped question | 0 | ||
| 1. Please tell us about your library. Please complete one survey per library. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | Response Count | ||
| Library Name | | 100.0% | 37 |
| Survey Completed by | | 100.0% | 37 |
| Your role(s) at this library | | 100.0% | 37 |
| answered question | 37 | ||
| skipped question | 0 | ||
| 2. How often do you do some kind of collection inventory? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | Response Count | ||
| Never - please comment why not | | 8.6% | 3 |
| Ongoing, inventory each location based on a schedule | | 8.6% | 3 |
| Ongoing, inventory a location as staff has time | | 42.9% | 15 |
| Ongoing, work from item status reports rather than by location | | 22.9% | 8 |
| One time complete inventory (i.e. a complete inventory the last weekend of every year) | | 2.9% | 1 |
| Special cases (i.e. moving, insurance valuation) | | 8.6% | 3 |
| Other - please comment | | 5.7% | 2 |
| Comments | 10 | ||
| answered question | 35 | ||
| skipped question | 2 | ||
| 3. What things are most important in your inventory? | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not addressed | Not primary, will address if found | Primary objective | Response Count | |
| Misshelved or out of place items | 0.0% (0) | 64.7% (22) | 35.3% (12) | 34 |
| Missing items | 0.0% (0) | 26.5% (9) | 73.5% (25) | 34 |
| Damaged items | 3.0% (1) | 78.8% (26) | 18.2% (6) | 33 |
| Items not owned by the library | 0.0% (0) | 53.1% (17) | 46.9% (15) | 32 |
| Incorrectly coded (i.e. status, location) items | 0.0% (0) | 69.7% (23) | 30.3% (10) | 33 |
| Uncataloged items | 3.0% (1) | 75.8% (25) | 21.2% (7) | 33 |
| Items to be weeded | 8.6% (3) | 14.3% (5) | 77.1% (27) | 35 |
| Gaps in a particular area of the collection | 5.9% (2) | 35.3% (12) | 58.8% (20) | 34 |
| answered question | 35 | |||
| skipped question | 2 | |||
| 4. How often does your inventory find the following things? | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rarely - one or two a year | Sometimes | Frequently - several in each location | Response Count | |
| Misshelved or out of place items | 3.2% (1) | 64.5% (20) | 32.3% (10) | 31 |
| Missing items | 0.0% (0) | 80.6% (25) | 19.4% (6) | 31 |
| Damaged items | 17.2% (5) | 69.0% (20) | 13.8% (4) | 29 |
| Items not owned by the library | 48.4% (15) | 45.2% (14) | 6.5% (2) | 31 |
| Incorrectly coded (i.e. status, location) items | 29.0% (9) | 64.5% (20) | 6.5% (2) | 31 |
| Uncataloged items | 70.0% (21) | 26.7% (8) | 3.3% (1) | 30 |
| Items to be weeded | 3.3% (1) | 30.0% (9) | 66.7% (20) | 30 |
| Gaps in a particular area of the collection | 13.8% (4) | 69.0% (20) | 17.2% (5) | 29 |
| answered question | 31 | |||
| skipped question | 6 | |||
| 5. Who in the library does inventory? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | Response Count | ||
| Reference staff | | 41.2% | 14 |
| Circ desk staff | | 64.7% | 22 |
| Technical services staff | | 38.2% | 13 |
| Pages | | 20.6% | 7 |
| Staff brought in just to do inventory | | 2.9% | 1 |
| Other | | 41.2% | 14 |
| answered question | 34 | ||
| skipped question | 3 | ||
| 6. Do you have any written procedures that you could share with the task force? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | Response Count | ||
| Yes | | 2.9% | 1 |
| No | | 97.1% | 33 |
| answered question | 34 | ||
| skipped question | 3 | ||
| 7. Do you use special reports for inventory? Can you share examples with the task force? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | Response Count | ||
| Paper shelf lists - created by eiNetwork | | 58.1% | 18 |
| Paper shelf lists - created at the library | | 38.7% | 12 |
| Item Status Reports | | 67.7% | 21 |
| Other - please explain | | 25.8% | 8 |
| answered question | 31 | ||
| skipped question | 6 | ||
| 8. Do you currently use or would you consider purchasing a portable device to scan item information for inventory? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | Response Count | ||
| We currently have a device | | 2.9% | 1 |
| We would consider purchasing a device | | 54.3% | 19 |
| We would not consider purchasing a device for our library | | 2.9% | 1 |
| We would consider a shared purchase with a group libraries | | 40.0% | 14 |
| What make and model of device? | 3 | ||
| answered question | 35 | ||
| skipped question | 2 | ||
| 9. Do you have any requirements from your governing body related to inventory? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | Response Count | ||
| No | | 94.1% | 32 |
| Yes - please explain | | 5.9% | 2 |
| answered question | 34 | ||
| skipped question | 3 | ||
| 10. What information would be most important for an automated inventory system to provide? | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not Useful | Nice to Have | Important | Critical | Response Count | |
| Misshelved or out of place items | 6.3% (2) | 37.5% (12) | 50.0% (16) | 6.3% (2) | 32 |
| Missing items | 0.0% (0) | 2.9% (1) | 82.4% (28) | 14.7% (5) | 34 |
| Damaged items | 18.8% (6) | 62.5% (20) | 18.8% (6) | 0.0% (0) | 32 |
| Items not owned by the library | 2.9% (1) | 29.4% (10) | 50.0% (17) | 17.6% (6) | 34 |
| Incorrectly coded (i.e. status, location) items | 0.0% (0) | 30.3% (10) | 57.6% (19) | 12.1% (4) | 33 |
| Uncataloged items | 15.6% (5) | 50.0% (16) | 25.0% (8) | 9.4% (3) | 32 |
| Items to be weeded | 9.1% (3) | 15.2% (5) | 69.7% (23) | 6.1% (2) | 33 |
| Gaps in a particular area of the collection | 6.3% (2) | 31.3% (10) | 50.0% (16) | 12.5% (4) | 32 |
| Other - please explain | 5 | ||||
| answered question | 34 | ||||
| skipped question | 3 | ||||