Dear Law Librarian:
We at SIMA, Inc. (a law-library services and library-automation
software company headquarted in Northern Virginia) are surveying the
law-librarian community about the use of the Internet in law
libraries. We know how busy you are, and we thank you in advance for
whatever feedback you can provide! Please feel free to answer
whichever questions you can or to expand on any of the above
questions in your response. We are NOT interested in your name or the
name of your employer, and we will NOT use that information.
1. Please identify the TYPE OF LIBRARY in which you work:
Private/Corporate, Government or Academic?
2. HOW MUCH TIME PER DAY do you spend on the Internet, on average?
3. What are the PRIMARY PURPOSES for your use of the Internet?
4. ARE YOU SATISFIED with the results of your use of the Internet?
If not, why not?
5. FIVE YEARS from now, what percentage of your working day do you
think will be spent doing your work on the Internet?
6. Do you view yourself as a THIN CLIENT (in the sense that you are
the end-user without "applications" and you are using the
"server"--the Internet--to obtain information resources)?
7. Is your library a VIRTUAL LIBRARY (i.e., a library with few
printed materials that relies primarily on electronic information
resources) or a TYPICAL LIBRARY with books, serials, etc.? If you
operate a virtual library, please tell us about your operation.
8. Have you been able to obtain information via the Internet that you
COULD NOT OBTAIN FROM ANY OTHER SOURCE? Explain the circumstances
briefly, if you wish.
9. How many E-MAILS do you receive every day? Do you read them, or
delete them, or respond to them?
10. Are you involved in INTERNET TRAINING for staff employees or
professionals in your organization? If so, to what extent?
Thank you very much!
-- Sima Dabirashtiani
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Service Information Management Association (SIMA), Inc.
P.O. Box 248, Springfield, Virginia 22150-0248
Telephone 703-569-0993 // Fax 703-569-5161
E-mail SIMAinc@ibm.net
Web http://users.aol.com/ezale007/simahome.htm
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