Surveys are an essential way to collect data about library services, programming, and community needs. But many libraries struggle to fully realize their surveys’ potential to collect high quality data. Good survey design is an artform that can be developed through practice. With a focus on design and development principles and hands-on exercises creating surveys for various library needs, new and seasoned survey designers will walk away more confident and capable to field their next survey.
Scheduled Dates
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September 17, 2026, 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Registation closes Sep 15, 2026 8:30am CT |
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Learning objectives for this session may include:
- Understand the value of good survey design for library research and evaluation
- Recognize the principles of good survey design and apply those principles to example survey items
- Understand the basics of survey design, from initial question development to cognitive interviewing and piloting
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Session Duration
This course consists of one 2-hour session.
Contact Hours
2
Instructor(s)
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Kawanna M. Bright (PhD, MLIS) is Associate Professor of Library Science at East Carolina University. Dr. Bright has a doctorate in Research Methods & Statistics (2018, University of Denver) and an MLIS (2003, University of Washington). She teaches courses on research methodology, community engagement, technology for library studies, leadership and management in libraries, academic librarianship, and collection development. Her current research focuses on library assessment, the application of research methods in LIS, and the liaison librarian role in academic libraries.