Quick Reference Guide
When do you survey your LSTA participants?
And what questions do you ask?
Instruction
If you create instruction programs for either the library workforce or the general public, you must survey the participants.
The following are the required questions about outcomes (depending on the audience and type of activity). You can also ask additional survey questions if you desire.
Library workforce
- I learned something by participating in this library activity.
- I feel more confident about what I just learned.
- I intend to apply what I just learned.
- Applying what I learned will help improve library services to the public.
General public
- I learned something by participating in this library activity.
- I feel more confident about what I just learned.
- I intend to apply what I just learned.
- I am more aware of resources and services provided by the library.
- I am more likely to use other library resources and services.
Acquiring or creating content resources
If you use your grant funds to acquire or create content for the general public, you are not required to survey participants.
If you acquire or create content for the library workforce, you must survey participants. The required questions about outcomes are:
- I am satisfied that the resource is meeting library needs.
- Applying the resource will help improve library services to the public.
Planning and evaluation
If you use your grant funds for planning and evaluation for the general public, you are not required to survey participants.
If you are using your grant funds for planning and evaluation for the library workforce, you must survey participants. The required questions about outcomes are:
- I believe the planning and evaluation addresses library needs.
- I am satisfied with the extent to which the plan or evaluation addresses library needs.
- I believe the information from the plan or evaluation will be applied to address library needs.
Procurement
If you are using your grant funds for procurement, either for the general public or the library workforce, you are not required to survey participants.
Response options
The following response options to these questions are required: Strongly Agree, Agree, Neither Agree nor Disagree, Disagree, Strongly Disagree (or Non-response).
You can ask more questions
These required questions are the core areas that need to be covered. However, recipients are free to ask any additional questions that they feel will help measure the program’s success.
