RESULTS OF
2012 DLI CONTACTS SURVEY
DLI National Training
June 2, 2014
Presenter: Jane Fry
Carleton University, Ottawa
OBJECTIVES
Background of the Survey
What is the 2012 DLI Contacts Survey
Includes why, when, who, and how
Results analyzed
Background of respondents
DLI products and services
Nationally
Comfort and knowledge level using different DLI
products
By length of years as a DLI contact
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BACKGROUND OF THE SURVEY
Why?
The DLI Education Committee (EC) wants to survey
their contacts on a regular basis
To determine
the effectiveness of current services
training by DLI with an eye to the future
Previous surveys conducted in 2000 and 2008
Changes at StatCan/DLI, and evolution in DLI
program
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WHY (CONT’D)
Changing research data landscape
Growth of data portals
Open data
Emphasis on statistical and spatial literacies
Increase in work with undergraduate students
Opportunity for participating institutions
to provide anonymous feedback
on the DLI program
on the training needs of member institutions
to reflect on their own local services
THE BACKGROUND (CONT’D)
How?
Email sent to all DLI contacts on May 29th, 2012
The contacts were encouraged to forward the survey to their
designates
On-line survey
Invitation to participate contained
instructions
link to the survey
Reminders were sent out
June 7th and June 11th
Survey closed June 19, 2012
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HOW (CONT’D)
Started with the questionnaire from 2008
DLI Education Committee edited it
Responses from questionnaires
coded and put into SPSS by University of Northern
British Columbia’s Survey Research Centre (SRC).
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THE BACKGROUND (CONT’D)
Responses: n = 93
72 contacts
out of a possible 75 (66 universities, 9 colleges)
21 designates
Language
English: 83%
French: 17%
*Note: the following results will be for the contacts only.
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THE RESPONDENTS
Size of Institution (Total FTE students) (percentages)
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FTE Students %
< 5,000 28
5,000 - 9,999 18
10,000 - 14,999 10
15,000 - 19,999 16
20,000 - 29,999 13
30,000 or more 15
THE RESPONDENTS (CONT’D)
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THE RESPONDENTS (CONT’D)
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Atlantic
16%
Quebec
19% Ontario
33%
West
32%
Region of DLI Contact (percentages)
DLI PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
Q24: How often do you access any of the
following DLI products and services?
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DLI PRODUCTS AND SERVICES (CONT’D)
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Weekly or more
47%
Monthly
27%
Quarterly or less
26%
Frequency of Accessing DLI Website
(percentages)
DLI PRODUCTS AND SERVICES (CONT’D)
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That’s it for DLI products and services !
We’re ready to move on to
your Comfort and Knowledge level for different
services and duties
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COMFORT AND KNOWLEDGE LEVEL
Q44: On a scale of one to five, where ONE
represents NO Comfort or Knowledge At all,
and a FIVE represents VERY Comfortable or
Knowledgeable, how do you evaluate your
knowledge or comfort on the following aspects?
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COMFORT AND KNOWLEDGE LEVEL (CONT’D)
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COMMENTS - COMFORT AND KNOWLEDGE
Being the DLI contact (for over 10 years) is only a small part of my workload. I feel more comfortable in general but always need some time to “dig in” to the products.
I receive few questions so don’t feel comfortable in my knowledge. That is why regular regional training is important.
There is low interest in the administration as to whether statistical services or provided or not. I find there is a big demand for it – more than I am actually capable of providing.
This is a “learn by doing” experience. That experience will one day become expertise, but it’s a long road. The more advice and help given, the better.
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SUMMING UP
We learned the background of the 2012 DLI Contacts Survey
We saw
The background of the contacts
National results for the contacts’ use of DLI products and
services
Contacts’ comfort or knowledge level with different DLI
products analyzed by length of years as DLI contact
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SUMMING UP
Almost half of us access the DLI website weekly or more
Just over half of us access the DLI Survival Guide less than 4
times a year
Most of us know our survey acronyms
The vast majority of us read the DLI list daily
Our comfort and knowledge level increases with years as DLI
contact
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
As a side note: this presentation was done as a Virtual
Internship while doing my MLIS my supervisor was Siobhan Hanratty (UNB)
my thanks for all her help, comments and suggestions
Thanks to all of you for filling in the survey!
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QUESTIONS, SUGGESTIONS, ...
Contact Information:
Jane Fry
Data Specialist
MacOdrum Library
Carleton University
Thank you
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