Results Summary
1. Questionnaire for Special Collections Librarians
1. Can you estimate approximately how many of the faculty of your school include the use of special collections in their undergraduate courses?
 Total Respondents  
 19
(skipped this question)   0
2. If you are able to, please list the faculty and/or courses that use special collections, in case there is a need to follow up with particular questions.
 Total Respondents  
 12
(skipped this question)   7
3. In the workshops yet to be developed and scheduled, what aspect of the use of special collections should the grant address to be most useful to you? Please identify 3 topics you would like to focus on, either from the list below or others of your choosing. Please be as specific as you can.
  Response Percent Response Total
  Finding/identifying special collections (on your campus, in your community, from potential donors, etc.)
 42.1% 8
  Encouraging the use of special collections (tools, techniques, examples, success stories)
 84.2% 16
  Using technology to create special collections (oral histories, digitization of personal letters or documents, databases, etc.)
 52.6% 10
  Other (please specify)
 26.3% 5
Total Respondents   19
(skipped this question)   0
4. Unmet challenges: Are there required courses on your campus that could integrate special collections into their syllabi? Can you identify some of these?
 Total Respondents  
 19
(skipped this question)   0
5. How do you think information about special collections could best be disseminated to your faculty? If you presently disseminate such information, how do you do that successfully? For example, through library tours, personal contact, visits to academic departments, special lectures, special collections websites, etc.) Please identify specifics, if possible.
 Total Respondents  
 19
(skipped this question)   0
6. Have you directed faculty from your school to special collections at other colleges and universities or other resources (local historical societies, web sites, etc.) in the greater Connecticut area?
  Response Percent Response Total
    Yes
 36.8% 7
    No
 63.2% 12
Total Respondents   19
(skipped this question)   0
7. Which of the following issues are of significant concern to you?
  Response Percent Response Total
  Overuse of your library's special collections
 21.1% 4
  Underuse of your library's special collections
 63.2% 12
  Lack of special collections
 15.8% 3
  Other, please specify
 42.1% 8
Total Respondents   19
(skipped this question)   0
8. Do you have any other comments?
 Total Respondents  
 3
(skipped this question)   16