2010 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference

A big thank you to all of the participants in last week’s EDUCAUSE session.  More than 100 attended our session, “Reshaping Information Services for Students of the iGeneration: Evidence and Insights from the MISO Survey.”  The session provided an overview of how frequently students use our resources and services, how important they consider them, and how satisfied they are.  We also shared three “stories” that provided a deeper look into our students, seeing how some services will “cross over” each other in importance in the coming years, how class year differences between students are being amplified or even reversed by the larger trend toward direct access, and how service attributes – especially friendliness – inform overall student satisfaction with our services.

Slides from the presentation are now available.

Upcoming Presentations: Library Assessment Conference, EDUCAUSE 2010

The MISO Survey team will be presenting twice in October.  Our first presentation, “Reshaping Information Services for Students of the iGeneration: Evidence and Insights from the MISO Survey,” will be at the 2010 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference in Anaheim, California, October 12-15.

Our second presentation, “Analyzing the MISO Data: Broader Perspectives on Library and Computing Trends,” will be at the Library Assessment Conference, which takes place in Baltimore, Maryland October 25-27.  The conference is sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries, the University of Virginia Library, and the University of Washington Libraries.

NITLE Camp 2010

Neal Baker presented at NITLE Camp 2010.  His presentation was entitled “The
 MISO 
Survey: Assessing
 Library 
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Computing Services 
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Higher 
Education.”

Download the presentation slides.

2010 Survey Response Rates

In 2010, the MISO Survey’s response rates for each campus population were quite good.  The student response rate, in particular, was far better than in past years.

Students

Faculty and staff

Response trends

Over the Survey’s 5 year lifespan, faculty and staff response rates have been consistently high.  Since 2008, we’ve achieved a marked increase in the response rate for students.

NITLE Summit 2010

Join MISO Survey team members David Consiglio, Laurie Allen, Amy Bryant, and Kevin Creamer at NITLE Summit 2010.  The group’s presentation, “Changing Faculty and Student Expectations: Evidence and Insights from the MISO Survey” takes place at 9:00 AM on Friday, March 26.

Download the presentation slides.