Inspiration, Innovation & Information for school libraries and
learning. Online surveys and polls enable you to conduct
research and gather feedback that is valuable to inform the
development of the school library and to hear what your users
have to say. Such surveys can also be a useful advocacy tool in
the form of gathering and disseminating information. Have you
used online surveys to gather suggestions from staff and
students about their recommendations for the collection? How
about a poll to find students’ favourite places to read? Certain
information gathered can also be used as evidence for reporting
on specific issues within the library’s annual report. For a
very comprehensive run down on survey and polling tools take a
look at the Webtools4u2use site. PollDaddy is a great tool if
you want to embed a quick poll into your school library wiki or
blog. I have used Survey Monkey and Zoomerang and have found
them both equally easy to use and effective for carrying out
short surveys. flickr image from: dou