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* 1. The Vermont Department of Libraries and the Vermont Judiciary recognize that librarians are faced with reference questions that have their foundations in the law. In an attempt to develop programs that will provide some training to librarians in legal reference, we are asking for your help in identifying those areas or types of questions with which you are asked to assist your patrons. Thus, please take a few minutes to complete this survey. All answers are anonymous.

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Do you provide reference services to your library patrons?

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* 2. In a typical month, how many reference questions are posed by your patrons?

  1-5 6-15 16-40 41-90 91-190 191-440 441-940 941-2000 More than 2000 N/A
Number of Questions in a TYPICAL month:

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* 3. LEGAL REFERENCE questions relate to the law and are any questions which require reference to Federal or State constitutions or statutes, Federal or state Regulations, Federal or State case law, that involve Federal or State court systems, Town ordinances or government, that might ultimately be referred to a lawyer, or that do, or might, require involvement with a governmental entity.

  None 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 more than 9
In a typical month, how many LEGAL REFERENCE QUESTIONS are posed by your patrons? Please check the button that best reflects your experience.

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* 4. Please think about the last six months. Although in a typical month, you might not have any legal reference questions, over the course of six months, you might have a few. If you have not had any legal reference questions at all, please enter 0 this box and skip to the end of the survey (Question 7). Otherwise please continue to Question 5.

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* 5. Please think about the last six months. Below is a list of legal subject areas in which reference questions might fall. For each of the legal issues listed below, please indicate if you have been confronted with a reference question, or reference questions, that dealt with any of these subjects. Please estimate the number of questions posed to you for each category and choose the number by checking the button under the appropriate number. These categories are quite broad, but please attempt to decide which are most applicable to your experience. Please look at all of them before choosing any one. Check "N/A" for those with which you have no experience.

  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 more than 9 N/A
Automobile accidents, automobile insurance, or traffic tickets:
Civil Rights claims:
Contract disputes:
Criminal charges or proceedings:
Debtor – Creditor relations, including bankruptcy:
Divorce or child custody:
DUI:
Education law:
Elder care or law:
Employment disputes, including discrimination, harassment, or termination:
Environmental Law:
Federal Constitution, Statutes, or Regulations:
Federal Court procedures or rules:
Green Mountain Care or Catamount Health:
Harassment:
Immigration:
Insurance claims:
Intellectual property, including copyright:
Internet law, including identity theft:
Landlord-tenant disputes:
Legal forms – Commercial: contracts, deeds, leases or similar:
Legal forms – Family or Healthcare: Living wills, healthcare surrogates, powers of attorney or similar:
Medicare or Medicaid benefits or qualification:
Military law:
Neighbor disputes including disturbances, noise, property boundaries:
Personal injury:
Probate of an estate:
Product liability:
Professional licensing or malpractice:
Real Estate sales or purchases:
Referral to an attorney:
Social Security benefits or qualification, including disability and old-age:
Taxes – Federal: gift, estate, excise or income:
Taxes – State and local: income, property, sales or school:
Town issues—Town charter, Town meeting , Town ordinances:
Unemployment benefits:
Vermont 3 Squares (food stamps):
Vermont Constitution, Statutes or Regulations:
Vermont Court procedures or rules:
Vermont Housing Assistance:
Vermont Reach Up (general assistance):
Vermont Seasonal Fuel Program:
Veterans’ Benefits, including disability and pension:
Wills, Trusts, Estates, including estate planning:
Workers' Compensation:
Zoning, planning or land use regulations:

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