CPL Long Range Planning Survey Part 2

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* 1. What are your hobbies or interests? Check all that apply

Board or card games

Video or computer games

STEM Projects

Writing or Poetry

Outdoor sports

Crafts, knitting, sewing, art

Video editing

Chess

Cooking

Music

Coding

Book Clubs

Online book clubs

Other (please specify)

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* 2. If you have not visited the library in the last year, which of the following reasons describes why? Mark all that may apply.

Don’t need to use it

Too far from my home

Don’t have transportation

Don’t have a library card

I use the library at my school/college

I use a neighboring public library

I don’t know what the library has to offer me

I get all the information I need elsewhere

I get the information I need from the Internet

The library is only for children

In the past I did not find what I needed

The library would not have what I needed

I do not need a library

I do not like to read

Nothing happens there I like

I cannot get there

I work after school

I am not allowed

My friends do not go there

I buy my books

Unfriendly past service

Inconvenient hours

No time

Other (please specify)

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* 3. What are your main reasons for using the library? Check as many that apply:

To borrow bestsellers

To borrow fiction books

To get information or to do research

To use the children’s area

To borrow video games

To use the copy machine

To use the fax machine

To borrow nonfiction books

To use a computer

To use the Internet/WIFI

To print

To attend children’s programs

To get tax forms

To get certain legal forms

To attend meetings

To attend programs

To meet friend’s/business associates

To find a quiet place to work

To borrow audiobooks

To use notary services

To job search/make resume

Use Ancestry.com

To do genealogy/local history research

Other (please specify)

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* 4. Did you find what you were looking for on your last visit to the library?

Yes

Partly

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* 5. Check all statements below which explain why you did not find what you were looking for at the library.

Item was checked out

Library had no material on the subject

I could not find the material

I don’t know how to use the computer

Staff could not find the material

Library material was out of date

Other (please specify)

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* 6. Are you aware we have materials for blind or low vision customers?

Yes

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* 7. Are you aware the library offers a free delivery service of library materials for homebound customers?

Yes

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* 8. During the past year, have you: (check all that apply)

Checked out books

Checked out large print books

Check out audiobooks

Requested an interlibrary loan

Read magazines or newspapers

Used the community Information board

Used the local history and genealogy collection

Used the local history collection online

Obtained tax forms

Checked out CDs

Checked out DVDs

Asked for help finding information

Used the copy machine

Used a library computer

Other (please specify)

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* 9. Do you have a passion, interest, or expertise in a subject that you would like to share with others as a program at the library? If so, please indicate below topics of programs that you could present. Put a phone number or email address, if you are willing to be contacted about this idea.

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* 10. How frequently do you visit the Library’s website?

Daily

Several times a week

Several times a month

Once a month

A couple times during the year

Never