A quick note to point out that questions #3 and #5 are the same below. Sorry about that oversight. Question #3 should have been: What is your title or role in the library? The answers you gave reflect departments all across the institution so it does make it difficult to quantify that succinctly. Please ignore #3 for now (since it repeats #5 exactly anyway). -Nate From: bslwac-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:bslwac-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Nate Cothran Sent: Monday, March 3, 2014 10:29 AM To: Backstage Library Works Authority Contol Listserv Subject: [BSLWAC] Backstage - RDA Enrichment Survey Results We put out a survey back in mid-December 2013 with the intent to gather our customers' thoughts regarding RDA Enrichment. Most of our responses came in within a month of the survey posting. We collated those results and I am presenting to you today the findings from that survey. Approximately 90 customers took the time to fill out this survey and we appreciate your comments and participation. At this time, I have refrained from interpreting these results in any way since presenting them here already adds to the length of this email. We hope you enjoy looking through these results! Q1 What type of library do you work in? 61% Academic 23% Public 7% Special 8% Other Q2 What is the size of your library's catalog? 13% Fewer than 100,000 records 23% 100,000 to 250,000 records 15% 250,000 to 500,000 records 17% 500,000 to 1 million records 31% More than 1 million records Q3 How is your library currently using RDA in new materials? 49% Creating RDA catalog records 93% Accepting RDA copy records 27% Adding RDA elements to AACR2 copy records 13% Not actively pursuing RDA Q4 How are you handling hybrid AACR2/RDA in your catalog? 12% Creating our own hybrid AACR2/RDA records 80% Accepting hybrid AACR2/RDA copy records 19% Modifying AACR2 copy records to a hybrid form 7% Re-describing hybrid copy records to RDA rules 30% Not worrying about hybrid records for now Q5 How is your library currently using RDA in new materials? 49% Creating RDA catalog records 93% Accepting RDA copy records 27% Adding RDA elements to AACR2 copy records 13% Not actively pursuing RDA Q6 How do you plan to address existing AACR2 records? 17% Enrich AACR2 records with RDA data to create hybrids 5% Convert AACR2 records to RDA 55% Leave AACR2 records as they are 33% Still deciding what to do Q7 How do you plan to manage a mix of record formats? 77% Operate in a mixed-records catalog for foreseeable future 12% Convert or enrich AACR2 data to RDA rules at some point 24% Still deciding what to do Q8 Do you see significant changes in your library's use of RDA? 23% Yes 52% No 25% Not sure Q9 Are you waiting for particular institutions to transition first? 14% Yes 86% No Q10 Are any of the following factors holding your library back? 32% Gathering consensus on a plan of action 54% Time required to train personnel 35% Time required to reload records 44% Cost of reloading records 34% Other costs of implementation 31% Waiting to see what other institutions do 55% Waiting to see what ILS vendors do 15% Other Q11 Are you interested in exploring automated RDA enrichment? 17% Very interested 18% Moderately interested 23% Slightly interested 14% Not at all interested 28% Not sure yet Q12 What factors would prompt you to move forward with RDA? 50% Consensus at my library on what changes need to be made 54% Catalog consistency; need to clean up mixed records 14% Peer standing (institutional) 7% Peer standing (professional) 47% Enrichment offered by my ILS vendor 43% Enrichment offered by my authority vendor 34% Customization of enrichment service to specify changes 71% Low cost for enrichment service 8% Other Q13 If Backstage offered a discount, would you consider RDA? 2% 3 cents per record 8% 2 cents per record 23% 1 cent per record 47% Only if it were free 30% Not even if it were free; it's too much work on my side Q14 What ILS does your library use? 30% Innovative 26% Sirsi Dynix 20% Ex Libris 24% Other (OCLC, Polaris, Evergreen, VTLS, CARL, etc) Q15 Is your ILS taking advantage of the features of RDA? 38% Yes, our ILS provides a better RDA user experience 35% Our ILS vendor is developing RDA capabilities 16% Our ILS vendor plans to develop RDA capabilities soon 18% No, nothing is happening 1% No, our ILS cannot make use of RDA data currently Q16 Do you expect your library to change ILS within 2 years? 13% Yes 51% No 36% Unsure Q17 What follow-up information would you like to receive? 63% Survey report 62% Updates on development of RDA services 37% Promotional offers (may or may not be published on listserv) 21% RDA enrichment profile to run free sample of batch records 24% No follow-up please; I'll just get my news from the listserv 3% Other Nate Cothran | Vice President, Automation Services Backstage Library Works | Provo, Utah & Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 801.342.5697 | nate@bslw.com <mailto:nate@bslw.com?subject=Automation%20Services%20-%20Inquiry> | bslw.com <http://www.bslw.com/> | ac.bslw.com/mars
