LIS 610 Informal Library Use Survey Form

1. Gender: _______


2. Age:
   ___ Under 18    ___ 18 to 29     ___ 30 to 39     ___ 40 to 49     ___ 50 to 59     ___ 60 to 69     ___ 70+


3. Education level completed: _______________


4. ___ Have computer     ___ Have modem     ___ Use e-mail     ___ Use Web


5. Hobbies (How do you like to spend your time?):



6. Time spent reading weekly:


7. Types of materials you typically read (non-fiction, fiction, magazines, romance, etc.):



8. Why do you read (purposes)?



9. Types of information needs you recall from the past year:
   
   • Have you needed any information recently, needed to know something? Find out something?
   
   
   • What was/is it?
   
   
   • For what purpose (school, work, family, curiosity, enjoyment, etc.)?
   
   
   • Did you ever get the information you needed?
   
   
   • How?
   
   
   • Where did the information come from (own collection, library, friend, co-worker, online, other)?


10. Where do you go first when you need information or an answer to a question?



11. Number of times you went to the library last year? Type of library you usually visit? Visit library online?



12. Reasons for going to the library (school work, pleasure, helpful answers, kids' programs, other)?



13. Reasons for not going (inconvenient, parking, unfriendly, other)?



14. What would make you want to go to the library?