LibQUAL+
The Working Group has overseen the participation of SCONUL libraries in the worldwide annual LibQUAL+ survey. In 2005, seventeen SCONUL libraries took part in LibQUAL+, with several of these participating for the second or third time. SCONUL has obtained a reduced participation fee for member libraries and has obtained additional questions in the standard LibQUAL+ questionnaire.
LibQUAL+ has been popular with most SCONUL libraries who have participated. It has several advantages, including ease of analysis (it is all done for you as part of the LibQUAL+ service), standard and detailed outputs and the benchmarking of results against other HE libraries. As it is a standard annual survey for HE libraries in several countries, then there is, obviously, no opportunity for local customisation of the survey. Further information on LibQUAL+ is available at:
http://vamp.diglib.shrivenham.cranfield.ac.uk/quality/libqual
If you have any further queries on SCONUL participation in LibQUAL+, your Working Group contact is:
Selena Killick
Research and Development Officer
Barrington Library
Cranfield Defence and Security
Cranfield University
Defence Academy of the United Kingdom
Shrivenham
WILTS SN6 8LA
E-mail: s.a.killick@cranfield.ac.uk
Tel: +44(0)1793-785561