ABOUT YOU
Fullname:
Company:
Email:
1. What is your job title?
2. What are your major responsibilities?
Buying and managing information resources
Managing corporate documents and information
Research
University librarian
Other, please specify:
3. Are you CILIP chartered?
Yes
No
4. Are you a member of:
CILIP
Aslib
SLA
None
Other, please specify:
5. Describe your organisation's activities:
Manufacturing
Scientific development
Technological
Legal
Education
Local/national government
Creative and media
Other, please specify:
6. Is your organisation a:
University
Public sector organisation
Global corporation
Large national corporation
Small/medium enterprise
Other, please specify:
7. Which of the following bands does your salary fall into?
£10,000-19,000
£20,000-30,000
£31,000-45,000
£45,000-55,000
£55,000 +
8. How many people are in your team?
Just me
2-5
5-10
10-20
ABOUT THE INDUSTRY
9. How do you see the information industry at present?
Under threat
Having a good shake out
Changing rapidly for the better
Changing rapidly for the worse
Full of opportunities
This question is supplied by Bureau Van Dijk - sponsor of this survey
10. What or who is creating the greatest challenge?
Economic and budgetary
Google
Government policy
Information Professionals
New technologies
New information types, i.e. blogs and wiki
11. Whose advice do you seek?
Colleagues
Peers in associations
Information industry media
Analysts and consultants
Industry associations
12. Are the industry associations keeping up with change and providing you with the information and skills needed?
Yes
No
Sometimes
Wouldn't know
13. Which of the following concerns you most?
Budget cuts
Dwindling users
Free information
Information quality
Information management policy
14. How would you describe your budget?
Fantastic
Adequate
Poor
15. Does your department receive enough management support?
Absolutely, can't get them out of here
Adequate
Poor
They've never heard of us
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT ISSUES
16. Is your company good at managing information?
Yes
No
OK, but could do better
17. Does your organisation have an information management policy?
Yes
No
Yes, but it's largely ignored
18. Who has the most say over information management issues in your organisation?
Information professionals
IT department
Finance
Board of directors
19. What issues are of most concern, rank them 1 for little, 4 for max:
Document management
Copyright
Born digital information
Poor use of information
ABOUT IWR
20. Do you read IWR mostly in print or online?
Print
Online
21. If online, do you use the IWR website, or an RSS aggregator?
IWR website
RSS aggregator
22. Do you use the website for:
News
Guidance on web resources
Instead of print edition
Online is a resource I can share
23. Should IWR do more news online?
Yes
No
24. If you could suggest one change to IWR what would it be?
25. Which area of the IWR magazine is of most use to you?
News
Opinion
Features
Resources and reviews
26. Do you read IWR to find the latest news on a specific area of information such as STM or reference?
Yes
No
If yes, which specific areas: