IMLS Digital Collections and Content
Opening History Evaluation
There are 18 questions in this survey, divided into 4 sections.
About Your Library and Service Community
1. What type of library do you represent?
Choose only one option:
Academic library
Public library
[If “Academic library”]
2. What size is your library, measured by full-time enrollment?
Choose only one option:
Small (serving full-time enrollment under 3k)
Medium (serving full-time enrollment between 3k and 9k)
Large (serving full-time enrollment 10k and above)
[If “Public library”]
2. What size is your library, measured by population served?
Choose only one option:
Small (serving population under 24k)
Medium (serving population 25k-99k)
Large (serving population 100k and above)
3. In what state is your library located? (Choose one.)
Choose only one option:
[dropdown list of states]
4. What groups in your service community are the most frequent users of historical materials?
Please rank order from 1 to 3, with 1 being the most frequent users:
General adults
History enthusiasts
Genealogists
Professionals
Primary and middle school students
High school students
Undergraduate students
Graduate students
K-12 teachers or administrators
College or university faculty
Other (Please specify below)
5. If you chose “Other” above, please list the group(s) below.
Please write your answer here:
6. Please list 5-10 examples of historical topics of interest to your service community at large.
Please write your answer here:
7. Please list one or more digital history resources your library makes available to your service community.
Please write your answer here:
Introduction to Opening History
Opening History is an aggregation of digital U.S. history resources from libraries, museums and archives. Opening History currently provides access to more than 1,000 collections and more than one million items.
Please take a few minutes to review the Opening History main page and the “Browse Collections” options at http://imlsdcc.grainger.uiuc.edu/history/.
8. Compared to other digital history resources you make available, how well does Opening History cover the following areas?
Please choose a response for each area:
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Much Narrower |
Narrower |
About the Same |
Broader |
Much Broader |
Don’t Know |
Geographic regions |
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Range of subject areas |
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Range of types of materials (different kinds of texts, images, etc.) |
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COMMENT BOX
9. Compared to other digital history resources you make available, how would you describe the presentation quality of Opening History?
Please choose only one option:
Much higher quality
Somewhat higher quality
About the same quality
Somewhat lower quality
Much lower quality
Don’t know
COMMENT BOX
10. How
well do you think the browsing categories provided on the main page
match the history interests of your service community at large?
See
http://imlsdcc.grainger.illinois.edu/history/.
Please choose only one option:
Very high match
High match
Medium match
Low match
No match
Don’t know
COMMENT BOX
Exploring Opening History
11.
Please try a couple of searches on topics of interest to your users.
You may search for topics listed in your answer to question #6
above or try related or more specific search terms.
How well does Opening History cover these topic areas?
Please choose only one option:
Very good coverage
Good coverage
Uneven coverage
Basic coverage
Minimal coverage
No coverage
Don’t know
COMMENT BOX
Please take a minute to review this collection record:
http://imlsdcc.grainger.uiuc.edu/history/collections/FullDisplay.asp?cid=2424.
12. The format of this collection record is:
Please choose only one option:
Too complex |
Complex |
Fine, neither complex nor simple |
Simple |
Too simple |
Don’t know |
13. The description of this collection is:
Please choose only one option:
Very clear
Clear
Adequate
Unclear
Very unclear
Don’t know
Please provide any additional comments on the quality or usefulness of the collection record here:
COMMENT BOX
Your General Assessment of Opening History
14. How useful do you think Opening History would be as a research resource for your service community at large?
Please choose only one option:
Extremely useful
Very useful
Useful
Somewhat useful
Not at all useful
Don’t know
COMMENT BOX
15. How valuable do you think Opening History would be to you in providing reference services?
Please choose only one option:
Extremely valuable
Very valuable
Valuable
Somewhat valuable
Not at all valuable
Don’t know
COMMENT BOX
16. What kind of materials could be added to make Opening History more valuable for your service community?
Please type your answer here:
17. What kind of materials could be added to make Opening History more valuable for you in providing reference services?
Please type your answer here:
18. How could the presentation of Opening History be improved? Please feel free to comment on any aspect, including the interface design, organization of content, metadata records, etc.
Please type your answer here:
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