Evaluation Summary, SDLA Spring Forum, Rapid City, April 20, 2005    
Ratings on a scale of 1 to 5 (5 is highest) 25 evaluations
  1 2 3 4 5   Average Total Responses
Topics were interesting 8 16 4.7 24
Session(s) right length 2 8 13 4.5 23
Learned something relevant to my work 1 7 14 4.6 22
Facilities adequate 1 4 18 4.7 23
   
Totals 0 0 4 27 61      
Written Comments  
Which session(s) did you find most interesting/useful? (some gave 2 answers)
Using media x x x = 3
school/public cooperation x = 1
netLibrary/state resources x x x x x x x = 7
webpage development x = 1
Library Issues Update x = 1
Troubleshooting Computers x = 1
Small Libraries/Big Problems x x x x x x = 6
Using Volunteers x = 1
Photo Digitization x x x x = 4
Center for the Book x x = 2
All interesting = 6
 
Which session(s) did you find least interesting/useful?
Using media x x = 2
school/public cooperation x x = 2
netLibrary/state resources   = 0
webpage development x = 1
Library Issues Update  = 0
Troubleshooting Computers  = 0
Small Libraries/Big Problems x  = 1
Using Volunteers x x = 2
Photo Digitization x  = 1
Center for the Book = 0
No answer or "all interesting = 16
Should SDLA make the Spring Forum an annual event?
Overwhelmingly "yes"
Do you usually attend the SDLA annual conference in the fall?
Yes = 10         No = 7              When in my area = 5
Comments
Web page design needed more time
RCPL did a fantastic job of hosting
Some sessions needed to be longer - netlibrary, 
Upstairs room was noisy
Excellent conference - small "bugs" to work out. Sturgis offered to host in 2007
Very hospitable and friendly, useful topics and great timing for event. The annual conference draws all librarians together, but often times, not all libraries are able to go. This allows everyone an affordable, local "mini conference". I saw lots of new faces!
Perhaps fewer sessions so each could be attended
Fantastic. RCP staff did a great job!
Good lunch - versatile presenters - volunteer presenters should have stood up
This was very well organized, nice people at RCPL. Great job!
Very well organized - great staff - good workers
Wonderful hospitality - Thanks
Troubleshooting could have been longer
nice to be invited
The lunch was great. Thank you to our hosts
Library issues update was especially good
A list of questions (topic sentences) would have been helpful to me to prepare for the session
I found out about this forum thru a forward from the Nebraska Library Org. that Ed Hughes sent.
Thank you for including out of state libraries. It makes so much sense to share ideas in our area and I would certainly attend another in the fall!
Lunch - captive - great idea! I didn't have to go out to find a place to eat then new parking and on time for the 1:00 session.