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 | bslw.com | ac.bslw.com/mars