The survey closes this Friday, December 5. Please respond and tell our funding authority what your thoughts are.
Thanks. Laurie Laurie Mahaffey, Deputy Director Central Texas Library System, Inc. 1005 West 41st Street Austin, Texas 78756 www.ctls.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] 512-583-0704 x18 800-262-4431 x18 > Subject: Systems Outcomes Survey for 2008 - focus on consulting activities ************* > The Texas State Library & Archives Commission requests your assistance in describing the benefits to Texans of the Texas Library Systems grant program. We have launched a survey that asks you to answer how the consulting advice and information provided through system staff have helped you to do your job better and how this has benefited your patrons. We expect that the survey will take less than 30 minutes to complete. > > The survey will be open for responses from Wednesday, November 12th -Friday, December 5, 2008. > > Please follow this link to reach the survey: > http://txstatelibrary.system-outcomes-survey-fy2008.sgizmo.com <http://txstatelibrary.system-outcomes-survey-fy2008.sgizmo.com/> > > > The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is the federal agency that provides funding for the Texas Library Systems grant program through the Library Services & Technology Act (LSTA). IMLS has asked that we capture data describing the outcomes of grant-funded programs that they can use in support of funding requests for the LSTA program and to show the benefit to citizens of the use of these funds. > > We are launching the survey this year to augment our efforts in collecting information on other grant-funded activities, such as continuing education workshops and the Technical Assistance Negotiated Grant (TANG) program. This information will be included in our annual report to IMLS that the Commission is required to file. We appreciate your assistance. If you have any questions about the survey, please feel free to contact the staff member below with any questions: > > Chris Jowaisas > Grant Administrator, Library System & Technical Assistance Negotiated > Grant Library Development Division Texas State Library & Archives > Commission > > 800.252.9386 (in Texas) > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
