Dear Faculty: We need your help. Please use this form to provide us with the information we need to evaluate our collections, our services and whether we are meeting your needs.

Based on your Library visit today, please answer the following questions.

• Today, were you looking for:
  Information (in books, articles, magazines, journals, newspapers, encyclopedias, videos, Internet, databases, etc.) for an assignment.

  What was the subject?

  A specific book, article magazine, journal, newspaper, encyclopedia, video, etc., for which you already knew the title.

  What was the title?

Both

Please list subject and title below.

• Did you find what you were looking for?

yes

no

• How often do you use the one of the OLC's collections?
  weekly
  monthly
  rarely
  never
• How often do you use the one of the OLC's Online Reference Web Page?
  weekly
  monthly
  rarely
  never
• Do you have a library card?
  yes
  no
  don't know how or where to get a library card
• Do you hold your library card as a:

  Adjunct

  Full Time
• Which OLC collection do you use most often?

Eagle Nest

East Wakpamni

He Sapa

Lacreek

Nursing

Pass Creek

Pahin Sinte

Pejuta Haka

Pine Ridge

Piya Wiconi

White Clay

Wounded Knee

• How would you describe the quantity of the information you find in the OLC collections?

too little

too much

the right amount for my needs

• Generally, when looking for information in the OLC Online Reference Web Page or the collections, do you find information that you need?

yes

no

partially

• If you answered "no" or "partially", indicate the most common reason.

Couldn't find any information

Information I needed was checked out or not available (e.g. missing, overdue, not on the shelf)

Other, specify below

• When you find information, how would you characterize it?

current

too old

just right

• Do you find information in the area of your interest that is culturally relavant?

yes

no

Other, specify below

• Please feel free to recommend any materials that you feel are culturally relavant.

• How would you describe the quantity of the information you find on the web page?

too little

too much

the right amount for my needs

• How would you describe the quality of the information you find in the library?

too difficult or too scholarly

appropriate level

too easy or too popular

• What is your most common use of the library?

class assignments

personal interests

job related interests

to study

no opinion

• Do you feel that the library is open long enough to meet your needs?

yes

no

no opinion

• Do you feel comfortable asking for assistance in the library?

yes

no

no opinion

• If no, why not?

I like to help myself

The staff is too busy

I don't know who or where the staff is

Other, specify below

• How would you rate the library's online electronic card catalog?

easy to use

neither easy nor difficult

difficult to use

• How would you rate the electronic indexes of magazines and journals, i.e., the databases.

easy to use

neither easy nor difficult

difficult to use

• In general, how would you rate Oglala Lakota College's library services?

Excellent

Good

Fair

Poor

• Have you invited the librarian to your class for a library workshop as part of your coursework as a student?

yes

no

• Did you find it helpful?

yes

no

• If not, please add suggestions below?

• How well is YOUR course/discipline served by the Library?
Excellent
Good
Fair
Poor
Not used
• Do you:

require

recommend

use of Library resource.

neither

• Do you:

require

recommend

the independent exploration of the Library resources.

neither

• Do you recommend Library Services to other faculty?
yes
no
• If no, why?
• If you would like us to answer any questions, please submit your name and email address in the box below.

If you have any questions, suggestions or requests please email: Michelle May- LRC Director

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