Charleston Conference Evaluations
2008

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(1) Please indicate the type of institution or firm with which you are associated:
If other:
(2) How many years have you been in the profession?
(3) How many years have you attended the Charleston Conference?

Please use the following scale to rate the items below:

1=Unacceptable; 2=Poor; 3=Fair; 4= Good; 5=Excellent
(4) Please rate the conference overall: 1     2     3     4     5
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(5) Please rate the conference as a learning experience: 1     2     3     4     5
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(6) a. Did you attend an all day Preconference session on Wednesday? Yes     No    
b. If yes, what session did you attend?
c. If yes, how would you rate the session overall? 1     2     3     4     5
Comments on the All Day Preconference?
(7) a. Did you attend a Preconference session on Wednesday morning? Yes     No    
b. If yes, which session did you attend?
c. If yes, how would you rate the preconference overall? 1     2     3     4     5
Comments on the Morning Preconference?
(8) a. Did you attend a Preconference session on Wednesday afternoon? Yes     No    
b. If yes, which session did you attend?
c. If yes, how would you rate the preconference overall? 1     2     3     4     5
Comments on the afternoon Preconference?
(9) Please rate Thursday’s plenary sessions overall:
a. Standing in a Company of the Dead: Preserving the Past and Forgetting the Future (Derek Law) 1     2     3     4     5    
Did Not Attend
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b. News from the Publishing World (Pat Schroeder) 1     2     3     4     5
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c. Know Logo: Brand, Trust and the Developing Epistemic Instrastructure of Scholarly Communication (Geoff Bilder) 1     2     3     4     5
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d. I Hear the Train A’ Coming – LIVE (Greg Tananbaum, Jim Neal, John Sack) 1     2     3     4     5
Did Not Attend
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(10) a. Which Lively Lunch session did you attend on Thursday from 12:30 – 1:40pm?
b. How would you rate the session overall? 1     2     3     4     5
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(11) Which concurrent session did you attend on Thursday from 2:00 – 2:50 pm?
How would you rate the session overall? 1     2     3     4     5
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(12) a. Which concurrent session did you attend on Thursday from 3:10 – 4:00 pm?
b. How would you rate the session overall? 1     2     3     4     5
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(13) Please rate Thursday afternoon's Plenary Session, Achieving Community Goals in our Decentralized Environment (Schonfeld), overall:
1     2     3     4     5    
Did Not Attend
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(14) Please rate Friday's plenary sessions overall:
a. How Not to Read a Hundred Books? (John Unsworth) 1     2     3     4     5
Did Not Attend
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b.The Second Life of “Hectic” Pace”: Embracing the Network (Andrew Pace) 1     2     3     4     5
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c. Bibliographic Control and the Library of Congress (Deanna Marcum) 1     2     3     4     5
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d. Anti-Social Cataloging (Heidi Hoerman) 1     2     3     4     5
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  e. The Role of the Library in a Fully Googlized World (Anderson, Eaton, Ogburn, Luce) 1     2     3     4     5
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(15) a. Which Lively Lunch did you attend on Friday from 12:50 – 2:00 pm?
  b. How would you rate the session overall? 1     2     3     4     5
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(16) a. Which concurrent session did you attend on Friday from 2:15 – 3:00 pm?
b. How would you rate the session overall? 1     2     3     4     5
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(17) a. Which concurrent session did you attend on Friday from 3:15 – 4:00 pm?
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(18) a. Which concurrent session did you attend on Friday from 4:30 – 5:15 pm?
b. How would you rate the session overall? 1     2     3     4     5
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(19) Please rate the Friday Afternoon Plenary Session, OA Exposed! (Kuester, Schimmer, Luce, van der Stelt, Hoole), overall:
1     2     3     4     5    Did Not Attend
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(20) Please rate Saturday’s plenary sessions overall:
a.Genius at Work:  Top 10 Ideas I Heard (and can copy) at the 28th Annual Charleston Conference (Ferguson) 1     2     3     4     5
Did Not Attend
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b.Converging on Persistence: Steps to an Ecology of Long-Lived Collections (Schottlaender) 1     2     3     4     5
Did Not Attend
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c. Introduction for Innovation Sessions (Sparks) 1     2     3     4     5
Did Not Attend
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(21) a. Which concurrent session did you attend on Saturday from 10:00 – 10:40 am?
b. How would you rate the session overall? 1     2     3     4     5
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(22) a. Which concurrent session did you attend on Saturday from 11:00 – 11:40am?
b. How would you rate the session overall? 1     2     3     4     5
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(23) a. Which session did you attend on Saturday from 11:50 am - 12:30 pm?
b. How would you rate the session overall? 1     2     3     4     5
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(24) Please rate the following Saturday afternoon sessions overall:
a. Hyde Park Corner Sound Off 1     2     3     4     5
Did Not Attend
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b. Rump Session (4:00 - 6:00 pm) 1     2     3     4     5
Did Not Attend
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(25) Please rate the following events overall:
(a) Vendor Showcase 1     2     3     4     5
Did Not Attend
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(b) First Timer’s Reception (Wednesday Night at Embassy Suites) 1     2     3     4     5
Did Not Attend
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(c) Juried Product Development Forums: 1     2     3     4     5
Did Not Attend
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(d) Gala Reception (Thursday Night at SC Aquarium) 1     2     3     4     5
Did Not Attend
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(e) Friday Night Dine Arounds 1     2     3     4     5
Did Not Attend
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(f) Beastly Breakfasts (Saturday Morning, Gold Ballroom) 1     2     3     4     5
Did Not Attend
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(26) Please rate the Conference facilities and amenities:
(a) Meeting Rooms 1     2    3    4    5  
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(b) Refreshments 1     2    3    4    5  
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(c) Transportation/Shuttles 1     2    3    4    5
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(d) Lodging

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1     2    3    4    5  
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(27) Please list your recommendations for future conference topics: Comments:
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Did the conference meet your expectations?

Yes     No  

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(31) What did you like MOST about the conference, and why? Comments:
(32) What did you like LEAST about the conference, and why? Comments:
(33) What would make the Charleston Conference more relevant to you? Comments:
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