Questionnaire

for the Science Goes to the Movies Portal of Moving Image Collection (MIC)
The International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) has identified four critical user information needs: Find, Select, Identify and Obtain. Please assist us in determining which directory fields are useful for supporting these core information needs:
1A. FIND A MOVING IMAGE ORGANIZATION -- For Example: You are looking for a television museum in Connecticut. You may search on the keyword "television" limited by organization type ("museum") and organization state/region ("Connecticut")

USE: These fields will be used as search criteria to search the directory database to find moving image organizations.

Example (prototype screen for illustration)
1.Organization name Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
2.Parent organization Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
3.Country where organization resides Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
4.State or region where organization resides Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
5.City where organization resides Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
6.Organization type (e.g., archive, library, television company, etc.) Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
7.Audience the organization serves (e.g. educators, subscribers or members, etc.) Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
8.Services provided to the public (e.g. reference/research; sales; rental, etc.) Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
9.Classes of materials included in the collection (e.g., amateur, animation; interviews; documentaries, etc.) Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
10.Predominant subjects included in the collection (e.g., history, science, etc.) Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
11.General physical formats of the collection (e.g. films; video recordings; audio recordings; digital files) Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
12.Complementary resources collected by the organization, (critiques; memorabilia; photographs and stills, etc.) Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful


1B. FIND A Moving Image Collection -- For Example: You are looking for films on the explosion of the Krakatoa volcano. You can limit your search to organizations that collect films and/or limit your search to organizations that collect science or history materials.

USE: These fields will be used in a collection search, to pre-select collections in the union catalog to search, in order to discover individual resources that meet the user's need.

Example (prototype screen for illustration)

1.Organization Name Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
2.Parent organization name Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
3.Country where organization resides Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
4.State or region where organization resides Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
5.Organization type (e.g., archive, library, television company, etc.) Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
6.Audience the organization serves (e.g. educators, subscribers or members, etc.) Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
7.Classes of materials included in the collection (e.g., amateur, animation; interviews; documentaries, etc.) Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
8.Predominant subjects included in the collection (e.g., history, science, etc.) Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
9.General physical formats of the collection (e.g. films; video recordings; audio recordings; digital files) Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
10.Controlled text indicating whether the organization sells copies of its resources: All titles available for public copy/sale; Some titles available for public copy/sale; No titles available for public copy/sale; Copying and sale of titles restricted to specific audiences Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
11.Controlled text indicating whether the organization loans or rents copies of its resources: All titles available for public loan or rental; Some titles available for public loan or rental; No titles available for public loan or rental; Loan or rental of titles restricted to specific audiences Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful


2. SELECT – Confirm that the record describes the organization most appropriate to the user’s needs based on conformance to important criteria for comparing one organization to others retrieved in a search.

USE: These fields will display in the short listing that displays when multiple records result from a search. These fields will enable the user to quickly select the most useful records among multiple records retrieved in a search

Example (Prototype screen for illustration)

1.Organization name Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
2.Country where organization resides Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
3.State or region where organization resides Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
4.City where organization resides Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
5.Organization type (e.g., archive, library, television company, etc.) Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
6.Audience the organization serves (e.g. educators, subscribers or members, etc.) Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
7.Services provided to the public (e.g. reference/research; sales; rental, etc.) Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
8.Classes of materials included in the collection (e.g., amateur, animation; interviews; documentaries, etc.) Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
9.Predominant subjects included in the collection (e.g., history, science, etc.) Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
10.General physical format of the collection (e.g. films; video recordings; audio recordings; digital files) Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
11.Controlled text indicating whether the organization sells copies of its resources: All titles available for public copy/sale; Some titles available for public copy/sale; No titles available for public copy/sale; Copying and sale of titles restricted to specific audiences Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
12.Controlled text indicating whether the organization loans or rents copies of its resources: All titles available for public loan or rental; Some titles available for public loan or rental; No titles available for public loan or rental; Loan or rental of titles restricted to specific audiences Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful


3. IDENTIFY - Confirm that the records retrieved correspond to the search criteria. The fields used to identify an organization should provide enough information in the record to correctly identify the organization and insure that the record meets the user's information need.

USE: These fields will display in the full record retrieved via a search. The full record is displayed as an organization web page. The most useful fields will display at the top level. Less useful fields will require a single click to access the information

Example (Prototype screen for illustration)

1.Organization Name Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
2.Alternative or variant organization name Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
3.Parent Organization Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
4.Organization's address Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
5.Country where organization resides Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
6.Organization URL Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
7.State or region where organization resides Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
8.City where organization resides Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
9.Audience the organization serves (e.g. educators, subscribers or members, etc.) Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
10.Services provided to the public (e.g. reference/research; sales; rental, etc.) Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
11.Free-text description of restrictions to services Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
12.Controlled text indicating whether the organization sells copies of its resources: All titles available for public copy/sale; Some titles available for public copy/sale; No titles available for public copy/sale; Copying and sale of titles restricted to specific audiences Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
13.Controlled text indicating whether the organization loans or rents copies of its resources: All titles available for public loan or rental; Some titles available for public loan or rental; No titles available for public loan or rental; Loan or rental of titles restricted to specific audiences Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
14.Classes of materials included in the collection (e.g., amateur, animation; interviews; documentaries, etc.) Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
15.Predominant subjects included in the collection (e.g., history, science, etc.) Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
16.Audience the organization serves (e.g. educators, subscribers or members, etc.) Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
17.Free-text collection note to describe collection size, subjects. Etc. Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
18.General physical format of the collection (e.g. films; video recordings; audio recordings; digital files) Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful


4. OBTAIN. Obtain access to a resource from the organization, whether via a streaming video or audio digital file or a physical copy that is purchased, rented or borrowed from an organization.

USE: A user will search for resources in the union catalog. With each resource, information about obtaining resources from the organization will display--either directly below the resource information or as a hyperlink.

Example (Prototype screen for illustration)

1.Organization address Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
2.Organization mailing address Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
3.Controlled text indicating whether the organization sells copies of its resources: All titles available for public copy/sale; Some titles available for public copy/sale; No titles available for public copy/sale; Copying and sale of titles restricted to specific audiences Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
4.Controlled text indicating whether the organization loans or rents copies of its resources: All titles available for public loan or rental; Some titles available for public loan or rental; No titles available for public loan or rental; Loan or rental of titles restricted to specific audiences Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
5.Audience the organization serves (e.g. educators, subscribers or members, etc.) Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
6.Free-text field describing policies and restrictions for obtaining resources Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
7.Primary contact for obtaining resources Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
8.Primary telephone number for obtaining resources Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
9.Primary fax number for obtaining resources Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
10.Primary email address for obtaining resources Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
11.URL for obtaining resources Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful
12.Free-text field for describing complex situations such as multiple third-party providers for selling, renting or distributing resources for the organization Very useful Useful Neutral Less useful Not useful


Now, please indicate information that you think useful for Finding, Selecting, Identifying and Obtaining moving image resources, and thus should be included as directory field, but are not listed above (the most useful one goes first)
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Please tell us a little bit about you and indicate your confidentiality choice in terms of releasing the survery results.
This survey is completed by
Name:
Title:
Institution:
Please check the role that most applied to you:
Teacher: K through grade 5
Teacher: grade 6-8
Teacher: grade 9-12
Moving image archivist
College or university faculty
Elementary school librarian
High school librarian
College or university librarian
Other:
May we contact you for a telephone interview? The interview will last approximately 30 minutes
Yes
No
Preferred method of contact to schedule the interview:
Phone:
Email:
Please indicate how you learned about this survey:
Science Educators' Advisory Board
Science educators' email list:
AMIA-L
MIC project Web site: http://gondolin.rutgers.edu/MIC
MIC evaluation Web site: http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~miceval
Other Web site:
Other Email list:
Other:

 

Confidentiality Options:

The information provided in this survey will be made available through publications and presentations in the following ways:
  1. An analysis of survey results for the Science Educators' Advisory Board, the Library of Congress and the Association of Moving Image Archivists, to develop recommendations for change for the MIC (Moving Image Collection) website and its Science Goes to the Movies Web portal.
  2. Annual reports to the granting agency, the National Science Foundation
  3. Professional/academic publications and presentations about the MIC and Science Goes to the Movies
  4. Press releases and promotional articles about the MIC and Science Goes to the Movies
Information provided from the survey will include aggregated total responses and also direct quotes from free text answers in individual survey instruments. Please indicate your confidentiality choice from the option below. Your confidentiality choice will be followed for all publications and presentations referencing this survey instrument.

 

Confidentiality Choices:
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