----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Dear ARLIS/NA Members: The Statistics Task Force has been charged with creating a standard suite of statistics that would be useful to the ARLIS/NA membership for documentation, budgeting, program and space planning, ranking/ratings, accreditation, staffing, and fundraising. We are asking for your help in this effort. The Task Force has developed a survey including categories of statistics that may be useful for ARLIS/NA to collect and make available to its members for the purposes stated above. We would be grateful if one person from your library would complete the survey. Ideally, this person would be the person most likely to keep and/or use the statistics. If your library has both a traditional (book,etc.) library and a visual resources library/collection, we ask that you complete two surveys: one for the traditional library and one for the visual resources library/collection. If the library is an art/architecture library/department in a larger library system, the head of the art/architecture library should complete the survey. The person completing the two or more surveys does not have to be the same person; a visual resources professional should complete the survey for the visual resources library/collection. The survey will take approximately 20 to 40 minutes to complete. If you so desire, you may print the survey, complete it offline and then enter the answers online. The deadline for submission is August 18, 2000. The survey is available at the following URL: http://192.41.26.236/statquest/ Thank you for your cooperation and help with this important initiative! The Statistics Task Force: Carol Graney, chair, [log in to unmask] Marilyn Berger, [log in to unmask] Jeanne Brown, [log in to unmask] Mary Galvin, [log in to unmask] Leigh Gates, [log in to unmask] Alison Pinsler Blaine Redemer, [log in to unmask] Kay Teel, [log in to unmask] Carol Graney Director of University Libraries University of the Arts 320 S. Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19102 215-717-6281, 215-717-6287 (fax) [log in to unmask], http://www.uarts.edu __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] Administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner at: [log in to unmask]