Service Priorities Task Force Staff Questionnaire

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We are going to have to make hard choices about the services we offer. In order to make these choices we must set our priorities, figuring out what high impact, effective services the Libraries should offer.

The questions below have been designed to be thought provoking and will help define what public services should be a priority for the MIT Libraries. Stepping outside of your current role in the Libraries, evaluate what services we need to provide to make the MIT Libraries a first class library, now and in the future. Let those services that you feel are most important and crucial for the Libraries to be successful and effective bubble to the top.

If you need help thinking of ideas, feel free to peruse the linked lists below, but don't limit yourself to what you find there.

Creativity Workshop Brainstorming
Service Priorities Task Force List of What Functions We Do Now

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Keep in mind that our service priorities must be in keeping with the Values Statement.


Please place an X in a box if you are not answering the question. We'd like to make sure that we are getting all of your responses.

1. In order to make the MIT Libraries a first class library now, what are the 5 most important services that should be offered?


2. Imagine that the Libraries have suffered budget cutbacks. What 3-5 services are fundamental to serving our users' needs and must be continued no matter what?

3. If the Libraries add more services, in order to free up resources what are 3-5 current services that we should stop offering?

4. Today you are a faculty member/ researcher. What are the top 3 things the Libraries can do to help you succeed?

5. Today you are a student. What are the top 3 things the Libraries can do to help you succeed?

6. If you were designing the Library of the future, what are the 5 most important services the library should provide?

7. If you have other comments or would like to stress any of the above, please use the space below.


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