Symposium Survey

The purpose of this survey is to get feedback from YALSA or non-YALSA

members about their Symposium preferences. There are 14 questions in

total and the survey should take about 2-5 minutes to complete. The feedback you give us will help us determine the way in which YALSA will move forward with the planning of future Symposiums.

Please complete the survey by Friday, December 29th 2023 at 11:59 PM CST. Thank you!

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* 1. Are you a YALSA member

Yes

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* 2. If no: Is there a reason you are not a member?

Membership cost

Unaware of YALSA

Not interested

Other (please specify)

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* 3. Are you aware that YALSA hosts an annual Symposium?

Yes

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* 4. Have you ever attended a YALSA Symposium?

Yes (move to question 5)

No (move to question 8)

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* 5. How many Symposiums have you attended?

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* 6. When was the last time you attended the Symposium?

This year

Last year

2-5 years ago

More than 5 years ago

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* 7. Why do you attend the Symposium? Please rank in order of your preference (1 being top, 5 being last)

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* 8. Please specify the "other" in the previous question (question 7)

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* 9. Is there a reason you haven’t attended a Symposium?

Location

Timing

Cost

Large crowd

Lack of support from your library/supervisor

Other (please specify)

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* 10. How important are each of these when considering if you will attend a conference?

	Extremely Important	Very Important	Important	Somewhat Important	Not Important At All
Cost of attendance	Cost of attendance Extremely Important	Cost of attendance Very Important	Cost of attendance Important	Cost of attendance Somewhat Important	Cost of attendance Not Important At All
Distance from where you live	Distance from where you live Extremely Important	Distance from where you live Very Important	Distance from where you live Important	Distance from where you live Somewhat Important	Distance from where you live Not Important At All
Sessions/Workshops offered	Sessions/Workshops offered Extremely Important	Sessions/Workshops offered Very Important	Sessions/Workshops offered Important	Sessions/Workshops offered Somewhat Important	Sessions/Workshops offered Not Important At All
Authors who will be attending	Authors who will be attending Extremely Important	Authors who will be attending Very Important	Authors who will be attending Important	Authors who will be attending Somewhat Important	Authors who will be attending Not Important At All

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* 11. Going forward, would you prefer the event be offered:

Annually

Bi-annually

Attached to another ALA conference

Other (please specify)

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* 12. Going forward, would you prefer the event be offered:

In-person

Virtually

Hybrid

One year in person and the next virtually

Other (please specify)

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* 13. What is the best way to learn about YALSA events and programs?

Email newsletter

YALSA/ALA Website

Social media

Blog post

Word of mouth

Text

Other (please specify)

Symposium Survey