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The OBS-SIS Membership survey was conducted between January 7 and January 31 2003. We received 50 responses.
The survey polled the membership regarding programming for the annual meeting, scheduling scenarios for business and committee meetings and the relevance of OBS activities and TSLL to our work. The complete results of the survey have been posted to the OBS-SIS website
According to the results, the most relevant and most well attended program at the Annual meeting in Orlando was "The Catalog vs. the Homepage? Best Practices in Connecting to Online Resources". All accepted programs for the 2003 Annual Meeting in Seattle received high marks, a testament to the hard work of Mary Jane Kelsey and the 2002 OBS-SIS Education Committee. The following OBS-SIS sponsored programs will be presented at the Annual Meeting in Seattle:
Suggested programs for the 2004 Annual Meeting in Boston that received the highest ratings were: Is the end of MARC near? Is XML the successor?; Usability testing for OPAC design; How to stay current on the technological front: Survey of issues and resources for study; Technology training-how to get your staff up to speed: Methods and techniques; Update on implementation of integrating resource application for bibliographic utilities and local systems; and Connecting superseded materials with our OPACs. I'll be convening the 2003 OBS-SIS Education Committee soon to develop proposals around these ideas. If you have any suggestions or ideas for programs not covered on the survey please let me know!
OBS asked members if scheduling meetings on the final Wednesday of the annual meeting was a reasonable way to manage OBS/TS meeting conflicts. The response was 37-7 in favor.
TSLL remained the most relevant of OBS activities, with annual meeting programming second, and the OBS-SIS co-sponsored AALL Official Representative to MARBI coming in third. As for TSLL specifically, the top five columns ranked as very relevant were 1) Classification 2) Description and entry 3) Subject headings 4) The Internet and 5) OCLC.
"OBS is the BEST!" This was the typical response to our "How are we doing?" questions. The redesigned OBS-SIS website garnered great reviews. This is a tribute to the hard work of Anne Meyers and the Web Advisory Committee.
Finally a big thank you to everyone who volunteered for a committee or to run for an office! Your willingness to participate and to devote time to our SIS is much appreciated!
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