1. Circulation Survey Overview OPAL Circ Committee Spring 2016

2. Overview of OPAL Institutions Number of Students Range: 50 - 3500 Average: 1570 Total Library User Population Range: 300 – 14,000* Average: 3310 Total Survey Respondents: 19 Institutions Represented: 13

3. How many staff and student workers do we have in our libraries? LIBRARY Permanent staff Range: 1 - 13 Average:7 Hours/week Range: 40 - 512 Average: 260 DEPARTMENT Permanent Staff Range: 1 - 7 Average: 2 Hours/week Range: 20 -280 Average: 67 STUDENT WORKERS Number Range: 1 -30 Average: 14 Hours/week Range: 10 - 160 Average: 87

4. Terminology: Department Names Circulation (7) Public Services (2) Library (2) Circulation & ILL Director Acquisitions Resource Sharing Interlibrary loan & Serials Access Services ( Circ, Pcirc, & ILL) Tech Services

5. Student Worker Tasks Shelving/shelf-reading: 15 Circulation desk: 13 Basic ILL/document retrieval: 10 Supplies/stocking: 7 Pcirc: 6 Cleaning/daily maintenance: 5 Reference: 3 Displays: 2 Office assistant, special assignments, ordering/invoicing: 1 ea

6. Task Prioritization Primary Tasks 1. Circulation 2. Pcric 3. Student worker tasks 4. ILL 5. Reference 6. Document delivery 7. Collection maintenance 8. Statistics/Reports Secondary Tasks 1. Collection maintenance 2. Statistics and reports 3. Student worker tasks 4. ILL 5. Pcric 6. Document delivery 7. Conference/Presentation

7. Task Delegation Top 5: YES 1. Circulation 2. Collection maintenance 3. Pcric 4. ILL 5. Student workers Top 5: NO 1.Conferences/prese- ntations 2. Statistics/reports 3. Reference 4. Document delivery 5. Student workers

8. Should we continue in person meetings? YES: 11 (61%) NO: 1 (5.5%)NO PREFERENCE: 6 (33%)

9. Would you prefer to attend meetings virtually? YES: 5 (28%) NO: 6 (33%) NO PREFERENCE: 7 (39%)

10. Should we continue the elected positions (secretary, vice chair, chair)? YES: 5 (29%) NO: 3 (17%) NO PREFERENCE: 9 (52%)

11. What additional COIs are you interested in? ILL: 7 Student workers: 10 Stats/Reports: 7 Trainer training: 4 Presenting: 2 Reserves: 4 Stack Maintenance: 4 OTHER SUGGESTION: Pcirc—separate from ILL

12. How should COI Meetings be held? Separate IN PERSON meetings: 1 (8%) Separate VIRTUAL meetings: 9 (75%) Integrate into IN PERSON SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING: 8 (66%) COMMENT: “I could only participate if integrated into current meetings.”