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March 9, 2011 by Gary Price

Results: Questions About Libraries From BBC/British Library "Gaining Knowledge" Online Survey + Take March Survey

March 9, 2011 by Gary Price

The March 2011 “Growing Knowledge” online survey from the  BBC and British Library is now online.
What is Growing Knowledge?
Growing Knowledge websites are at BBC Online and the British Library. Growing Knowledge is also an exhibition at the British Library where you can carry out research using innovative technologies at specially designed multimedia workstations.
Here are results from past  “Gaining Knowledge” surveys that mention libraries and librarians.
Direct to Question/Answer Archive
From September 2010
+ The British Library Should Include Social Media Material In Their Collection If Enough People Recommend It
+ Are Library Catalogues Obsolete Since We Now Have Web Search?
From October 2010
+ Libraries Should Have Networking Rooms
From January 2010
+ Crowdsourcing-Asking Questions Via Social Media-Is Quicker and Better Than Asking a Librarian
+ Libraries are Going to Become Less Relevant To My Work and Funding Should Be Used to Improve Online Offerings.
+ The British Library Should Embrace Social Media.
Direct to Question/Answer Archive
The March survey can be completed in just a couple of minutes. Three of the four questions deal with social media while he other deals with peer-reviewed publishing.
Direct to Survey Web Site/Take Survey
Gaining Knowledge Twitter Stream
Hat Tip and Thanks: @ndalyrose

Filed under: Funding, Libraries, Publishing

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About Gary Price

Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.

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