Central Florida Library Cooperative

Continuing Education Committee Survey

Question #3

What courses/workshops would you like to see offered for librarians?

There were 342 responses, presented here in ranked order by numbers of requests per broad topic.

For more detail on the numbers of responses, the breakdown by specific topics, and a comparison with the results of an earlier survey conducted by the Florida Library Association's Continuing Education Committee, see:

http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~access/cflcceq3&4

Order

Class Topic(s) Requested

1

 Internet & WWW

2

 Computers

3

 Cataloging

4

 Technology

5

 Management

6

 Online Searching
Reference

7

 Web/Home pages
Library Issues
Service Management/Public Services/Customer Service

8

 Interlibrary Loan

9

 Software

10

 Reference, special subjects

11

 Library Issues: Public

12

 Pedagogy

13

 Marketing
Personnel/Self-Improvement

14

 Collection Development
Electronic Resources
Leadership

15

 Finance/Budgets
Media
Networks, computer/Systems

16

 Copyright
Grant, Proposal & RFP Writing
Special Clientele/Problem Patrons

17

 CD-ROMS & networking
Circulation
Distance Learning
Library Issues: Academic
Library Issues: Special
Union List of Serials

18

 Acquisitions
Database Management & Philosophy
Intellectual Freedom
Legal Issues
Preservation
Safety
Storytelling

Other responses:

Comment No. of Responses
Anything & Everything 3
Advanced Workshops 1
Negative Feedback:

Half day sessions, but slightly cheaper
Less reliance on SOLINET sessions
Internet--maybe already done enough
Not cataloging!
Internet not as helpful--needed elementary; Merlin not working well--dropped Merlin

 5
No Response/No Comment 32
Praise of CFLC programs 24

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