Libraries that Responded to the Survey and Summary of Survey Results
Libraries that Responded
| Argosy University-Chicago | Illinois State Library | Newberry Library |
| Aurora University | Illinois Valley Community College | North Central College |
| Benedictine University | John Wood Community College | Northeastern Illinois University |
| Black Hawk College | Joliet Junior College | Northwestern University |
| Blackburn College | Judson College | Olivet Nazarene University |
| Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing | Kankakee Community College | Olney Central College |
| Catholic Theological Union | Kishwaukee College | Principia College |
| Christian Life College | Knowledge Systems Institute | Quincy University |
| College of DuPage | Knox College | Rend Lake College |
| College of Lake County | Lake Forest College | Robert Morris College |
| Columbia College | Lake Land College | Rock Valley College |
| Danville Area Community College Library | Lewis University | Rockford College |
| DePaul University | Lexington College | Rush University |
| DePaul University College of Law | Lincoln Land Community College | Sauk Valley Community College |
| Dominican University | Lincoln Trail College | Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville |
| Eastern Illinois University | Lutheran School of Theology | Spoon River College |
| East-West University | McHenry County College | St. John's College of Nursing |
| Eureka College | McKendree College | Trinity Christian College |
| Frontier Community College | Midwest College of Oriental Medicine | University of Illinois at Chicago |
| Governors State University | Millikin University | University of Illinois at Springfield |
| Harold Washington College | Monmouth College | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Illinois Baptist College | Moraine Valley Community College | Waubonsee Community College |
| Illinois Central College | National-Louis University | Wilbur Wright College |
| Illinois College |
Summary of Survey Results
| Survey Question Number | Library Tools Task Force Survey -- Summarized Results | ||||||||||
| Section 1: Your Institution | |||||||||||
| 1. | Institional Contact Information | ||||||||||
| Do you currently have in place. | Yes | No | Not Sure | Skipped the Question | Vendor | Open Source | In-house | Skipped the Question | Products Listed on Survey | Responses | |
| Section 2: Your Library Systems Profile | |||||||||||
| 2a. | Integrated Library System | 66 | 6 | 3 | 6 | Endeavor's Voyager | 40 | ||||
| Ex Libris's ALEPH | 0 | ||||||||||
| III Millenium | 6 | ||||||||||
| SirsiDynix Horizon | 7 | ||||||||||
| SirsiDynix Unicorn | 3 | ||||||||||
| Other | 7 | ||||||||||
| Skipped the Question | 14 | ||||||||||
| 2b. | ILL Management System | 35 | 34 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 37 | OCLC's ILLiad | 22 |
| Perkins' CLIO | 8 | ||||||||||
| Other | 5 | ||||||||||
| Skipped the Question | 44 | ||||||||||
| 2c. | Digital Objects Management System | 8 | 58 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 68 | dimema's CONTENTdm | 7 |
| Endeavor's ENCompass | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ex Libris's DigiTool | 0 | ||||||||||
| SirsiDynix's Horizon Digital Library | 1 | ||||||||||
| SirsiDynix's Hyperion | 1 | ||||||||||
| Other | 2 | ||||||||||
| Skipped the Question | 69 | ||||||||||
| 2d. | Instructional Tools | 35 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 5 | 12 | 36 | 11 products | 24 |
| Skipped the Question | 53 | ||||||||||
| 2e. | Institutional Repository System | 5 | 61 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 72 | DSpace | 3 |
| Fedora | 0 | ||||||||||
| Other | 2 | ||||||||||
| Skipped the Question | 72 | ||||||||||
| 2f. | Federated Search System | 28 | 37 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 47 | Ex Libris's MetaLib | 1 |
| WebFeat's WebFeat | 23 | ||||||||||
| Other | 2 | ||||||||||
| Skipped the Question | 51 | ||||||||||
| 2g. | Link Resolver System | 38 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 38 | Dynix's Horizon Link Resolver | 0 |
| Endeavor's LInkFinder Plus | 1 | ||||||||||
| Ex Libris's SFX | 25 | ||||||||||
| Serial Solutions' Article Linker | 9 | ||||||||||
| Sirsi's Sirsi Resolver | 0 | ||||||||||
| Other | 4 | ||||||||||
| Skipped the Question | 39 | ||||||||||
| 2h. | E-Reserves | 27 | 43 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 49 | 8 products | 20 |
| Skipped the Question | 57 | ||||||||||
| 2i. | Electronic Resource Management | 8 | 59 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 66 | Endeavor's Meridian | 0 |
| Ex Libris's Verde | 0 | ||||||||||
| Innovative's ERM | 0 | ||||||||||
| Other | 2 products | ||||||||||
| Skipped the Question | 66 | ||||||||||
| 2j. | Virtual Reference Tools | 33 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 43 | 35 products | 26 |
| Skipped the Question | 51 | ||||||||||
| 2k. | Course Management System | 45 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 31 | BlackBoard | 26 |
| WebCT | 15 | ||||||||||
| Other | 10 | ||||||||||
| Skipped the Question | 32 | ||||||||||
| 2l. | Other Software | 12 | 60 | 5 | 18 products | 12 | |||||
| Skipped the Question | 65 | ||||||||||
| Section 3: Programming Resource and Computing Infrastructure Available at Your Library | |||||||||||
| 3a. | Programmers | Number | Responses | ||||||||
| Full-time | 29 | 63 | |||||||||
| Part-time | 15.5 | 56 | |||||||||
| Skipped the Question | 11 | ||||||||||
| 3b. | Programming as part of the job | ||||||||||
| Full-time | 31 | 62 | |||||||||
| Part-time | 15.5 | 56 | |||||||||
| Skipped the Question | 10 | ||||||||||
| 3c. | List the programming languages | 42 | |||||||||
| Skipped the Question | 35 | ||||||||||
| 3d. | Hire non-library staff for special programming? | Yes | No | Not Sure | Skipped the Question | ||||||
| 16 | 50 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||
| If yes, how do you handle problems after implementation? | Responses | Skipped the Question | |||||||||
| 15 | 62 | ||||||||||
| 3e. | Campus IT provide programming services? | Yes | No | Not Sure | Skipped the Question | ||||||
| 40 | 31 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| Are IT services provided free of charge? | Yes | No | Not Sure | Skipped the Question | |||||||
| 32 | 4 | 1 | 40 | ||||||||
| How does IT handle problems after implementation? | Responses | Skipped the Question | |||||||||
| 35 | 42 | ||||||||||
| 3f. | Do library staff manage any in-house servers? | Yes | No | Not Sure | Skipped the Question | ||||||
| 17 | 54 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| Please describe the servers | Responses | Skipped the Question | |||||||||
| 14 | 63 | ||||||||||
| Section 4: Locally-Developed Tools Your Library Is Willing To Share With CARLI | |||||||||||
| 4a. | Does your library use any locally-developed tools? | Yes | No | Not Sure | Skipped the Question | ||||||
| 9 | 53 | 9 | 6 | ||||||||
| Responses | Skipped the Question | ||||||||||
| Please describe the first tool | 10 | ||||||||||
| 4b. | Please describe the second tool | 6 | |||||||||
| 4c. | Please describe the third tool | 4 | |||||||||
| 4d. | Other comments | 14 | 63 | ||||||||