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Section 3 - Respondent Details
We ask all respondents to fill in this section.
Please tick all that apply
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Are you?
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What is your age?
- Under 16
- 16 - 20
- 21 - 34
- 35 - 44
- 45 - 54
- 55 - 64
- 65 or over
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Where do you live?
- United Kingdom (go to 30a)
- European Union (go to 30b)
- Other (go to 30c)
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Where in the UK do you live?
- Wales
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- London
- South and South East
- East Anglia
- South West
- East Midlands
- West Midlands
- North/Borders
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- North West
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Where in the EU do you live?
- Austria
- Belgium
- Denmark
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Republic of Ireland
- Italy
- Luxembourg
- Portugal
- Spain
- Sweden
- The Netherlands
- Other
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If not UK/EC, which region do you live in?
- Other European
- North America
- Africa
- Asia
- Australasia (Oceania)
- Central America
- South America
- Other
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What is your current working status?
- Working full time
- Working part time
- Undergraduate
- Postgraduate
- House person
- Unemployed
- Retired
- Other
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In which professional sector do you work?
- Commerce/business
- Science/technology
- Healthcare/medicine
- Legal/social
- Arts/humanities
- Library/Information
- Higher education
- Other education sector
- British Library staff member
- Other (please specify)
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If you use, or may in future use, British Library
services, what is your area or subject of interest?
- Commerce/business
- Science/technology
- Healthcare/medicine
- Legal/social sciences
- Arts/humanities
- Library/information science
- Other
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Are you responding to this survey:
- On behalf of an organisation - please state
which
The Library Association
- As an individual
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Which of the following British Library services
do you use?
- Reading Rooms
- Loan/photocopy services
- Bibliographic services
- Reference and information services
- Exhibitions
- Events
- Training courses
- The British Library website
- Other - please specify
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Having read the proposals put forth in this
survey, overall do you support the British Library's proposed new strategic
directions?
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The British
Library will be finalising its strategy as a result of this survey. Do you wish
to make any other comments? Please continue on a separate sheet if necessary. |
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The British
Library needs to focus its activities within the Government Agenda. The theme
of social inclusion runs through this document. However, there is no recognition
of the need to operate within a knowledge economy. There is nothing with regard
to the contribution The Library could make to the economic prosperity of the
UK. |
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The vision
statement mentions the 'virtual bookshelf - at work, at school, at college,
at home' but does not mention 'the community'. Public libraries and other community
agencies could greatly assist the British Library to become more accessible.
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The British
Library is keen to open up a more direct relationship with their many users
through 'virtual' services. There will be a need to explore how public library
services and British library services can operate effectively alongside and
between each other, for example, by resolving the issue of electronic signatures. |
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There
is a lack of awareness within the library profession in the UK of the purpose,
aims and objectives of the British Library. We were surprised by this lack of
understanding, but would suggest that it carries a message for the British Library.
The Library Association would welcome working with the British Library on a
strategy to improve communication throughout the profession. |
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The strategy
document does not outline a coherent mechanism for taking the views of service
users, and non-users, into account. Evaluation methods should be participative
and clearly defined. |
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This is a public consultation exercise. As such,
your unattributed comments may be made public unless you make clear in responding
that you want them to remain confidential. Would you be willing for your unattributed
comments to be made public?
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Thank you for taking the time to complete this
survey. Please tick any of the options that apply:
* I would like to be kept informed about the
British Library and its future developments
* I would like to be entered into the prize draw
to win a £20 voucher for books and music from Amazon.co.uk
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What is
your name? |
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Kathy
Ennis
Professional Adviser, Academic and Research Libraries
The Library Association |
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Please
provide a mailing address if you have answered YES to either part of question
39.
Address 7 Ridgmount Street, London
Postcode WC1E 7AE |
