Latitudes Readership Survey


We would appreciate your response to the following questions to help us evaluate our newsletter, Latitudes. Please photocopy for others in your institution as needed. If you have questions or comments, please contact Beryl Glitz, PSR ML (800) 338-7657 or (310)825-1200.

1. Please rank the usefulness of Latitudes features:
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2. What should be the length of the longest article?...........................
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3. What additional topics would you like to see covered in Latitudes? Indicate if you think this should be a regular column.
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4. I have visited Latitudes on the World Wide Web (WWW).
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5. If you have visited the Latitudes Web site, please answer the following:
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a) Was Latitudes on the Web easy to search?
b) Should it include more images and photographs, if available?
c) Should it duplicate the print? .

d) Other comments or suggestions _________________________________________________________
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6. If you have not visited Latitudes Web site, was it because of any of the following:
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a) You didn't know it was available?
b) You didn't have Web access
c) You didn't know where it was or how to find it
d) You had no time to visit it

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7. Now that Latitudes is available on the Web, do you still wish to receive a print copy?

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8. General comments about Latitudes.
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Thank you for taking the time to complete the survey. Please return the survey no later than December 31, 1996 to:

Latitudes Survey
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Latitudes, November/December 1996 -- Vol. 5, Number 6