National Trails E-Library Survey

1. With which trail organization, association or club are you affiliated?

With which trail organization, association or club are you affiliated?

2. Do you think there is a need for a national trail information repository?

Do you think there is a need for a national trail information repository? Yes

Maybe

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3. If your answer to Question 2 is “Yes,” how important would it be for the repository to do the following:

	Very Important	Important	Unimportant
Make it easy to find and obtain trail information with very little effort?	*If your answer to Question 2 is “Yes,” how important would it be for the repository to do the following: Make it easy to find and obtain trail information with very little effort? Very Important	Make it easy to find and obtain trail information with very little effort? Important	Make it easy to find and obtain trail information with very little effort? Unimportant
Make information available to a worldwide audience?	Make information available to a worldwide audience? Very Important	Make information available to a worldwide audience? Important	Make information available to a worldwide audience? Unimportant
Make available types of materials that have not been made available through the traditional publishing process, including large datasets and media formats such as audio, video and graphic images?	Make available types of materials that have not been made available through the traditional publishing process, including large datasets and media formats such as audio, video and graphic images? Very Important	Make available types of materials that have not been made available through the traditional publishing process, including large datasets and media formats such as audio, video and graphic images? Important	Make available types of materials that have not been made available through the traditional publishing process, including large datasets and media formats such as audio, video and graphic images? Unimportant
Provide information in an easy, downloadable format?	Provide information in an easy, downloadable format? Very Important	Provide information in an easy, downloadable format? Important	Provide information in an easy, downloadable format? Unimportant
Provide long-term preservation of digital trails information?	Provide long-term preservation of digital trails information? Very Important	Provide long-term preservation of digital trails information? Important	Provide long-term preservation of digital trails information? Unimportant

4. If your answer to Question 2 is “Yes,” how willing would you be to do the following:

	Very willing	Willing	Unwilling	Willing under certain circumstances (please specify in Comments box)
Support the idea of a national trail information repository if it were established at an institution such as Fleming College or Trent University in Ontario?	*If your answer to Question 2 is “Yes,” how willing would you be to do the following: Support the idea of a national trail information repository if it were established at an institution such as Fleming College or Trent University in Ontario? Very willing	Support the idea of a national trail information repository if it were established at an institution such as Fleming College or Trent University in Ontario? Willing	Support the idea of a national trail information repository if it were established at an institution such as Fleming College or Trent University in Ontario? Unwilling	Support the idea of a national trail information repository if it were established at an institution such as Fleming College or Trent University in Ontario? Willing under certain circumstances (please specify in Comments box)
Contribute information to a national trail information repository if it were established at Fleming College or Trent University in Ontario?	Contribute information to a national trail information repository if it were established at Fleming College or Trent University in Ontario? Very willing	Contribute information to a national trail information repository if it were established at Fleming College or Trent University in Ontario? Willing	Contribute information to a national trail information repository if it were established at Fleming College or Trent University in Ontario? Unwilling	Contribute information to a national trail information repository if it were established at Fleming College or Trent University in Ontario? Willing under certain circumstances (please specify in Comments box)
Obtain information from a national trail information repository if it were established at Fleming College or Trent University?	Obtain information from a national trail information repository if it were established at Fleming College or Trent University? Very willing	Obtain information from a national trail information repository if it were established at Fleming College or Trent University? Willing	Obtain information from a national trail information repository if it were established at Fleming College or Trent University? Unwilling	Obtain information from a national trail information repository if it were established at Fleming College or Trent University? Willing under certain circumstances (please specify in Comments box)

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5. Would you be willing to pay a user fee? If "Yes," would you prefer to

Would you be willing to pay a user fee? If "Yes," would you prefer to Pay an annual membership fee for unlimited access.

Pay a per document fee to view documents.

Purchase credits for limited access.

Not willing to pay any fee.

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6. How do you distribute trail information?

How do you distribute trail information? Do not distribute information.

Post on our trail website.

Send by email.

Mail out copies.

Other (please specify)

7. Do you share your information with anyone who requests it, or do you just share with members of your organization?

Do you share your information with anyone who requests it, or do you just share with members of your organization? Share with everyone.

Share with members only.

8. Would you have any of the following concerns about submitting information to a national trail information repository?

	Yes	No
I am concerned with the cost or time involved.	*Would you have any of the following concerns about submitting information to a national trail information repository? I am concerned with the cost or time involved. Yes	I am concerned with the cost or time involved. No
I am concerned with the risk of patentability of my ideas or plans.	I am concerned with the risk of patentability of my ideas or plans. Yes	I am concerned with the risk of patentability of my ideas or plans. No
I am uncomfortable using electronic resources, e.g. word processors, internet or email.	I am uncomfortable using electronic resources, e.g. word processors, internet or email. Yes	I am uncomfortable using electronic resources, e.g. word processors, internet or email. No
I am concerned with submitting information that has not been subjected to a formal review policy or other quality control process.	I am concerned with submitting information that has not been subjected to a formal review policy or other quality control process. Yes	I am concerned with submitting information that has not been subjected to a formal review policy or other quality control process. No

Other (please specify)

9. How do you get most of your information about planning, design, construction, operation, management etc. of trails?

How do you get most of your information about planning, design, construction, operation, management etc. of trails? Newspapers

Websites

Personal contacts

Membership

Training courses

Conferences

Other (please specify)

10. Do these information sources meet all of your needs?

	Yes	No
Newspapers	*Do these information sources meet all of your needs? Newspapers Yes	Newspapers No
Websites	Websites Yes	Websites No
Personal contacts	Personal contacts Yes	Personal contacts No
Membership	Membership Yes	Membership No
Training courses	Training courses Yes	Training courses No
Conferences	Conferences Yes	Conferences No

Other (please specify)

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