CBHL 2014 Annual Meeting Survey

Please feel free to answer the 18 questions as briefly or in as much detail as you would like. If you want to tag the answers with a single word or phrase like good, satisfactory, needs improvement; that's acceptable. You may skip questions. We are grateful for any additional detail you submit.

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* 1. If you attended the Drop-in LibGuides Tutorial, please comment on its positive and/or negative aspects.
(Tuesday, April 29th 10:00 AM)

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* 2. If you attended one or more of the committee meetings, please comment on your thoughts about the scheduling of the committee meetings. Please feel free to consider this topic in terms of future meetings.
(Tuesday, April 29th 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM)

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* 3. If you attended one or more of the committee meetings, please comment on the facilities, breaks, and snacks provided for the meetings.
(Tuesday April 29th 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM)

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* 4. If you attended one or more of the committee meetings, please comment on the issues discussed at the meeting. Did you feel the content of the meeting was in line with what you consider to be important goals and activities for CBHL?

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* 5. If you attended the Opening Reception, please comment on the food, beverages, space, and time set aside for enjoying each other's company.
(Tuesday April 29th 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)

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* 6. Please comment on the content (exclusive of the business meeting) provided on Wednesday, April 30th. Consider the content in light of your professional development needs. Was the day organized in a way that worked for you? A list of the presentations given is provided below for your convenience. The comment box follows the list.

Keynote Speaker : Frank Robinson, CEO of the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden

Biodiversity Heritage Library Update : Bianca Crowley, BHL Collections Coordinator, Smithsonian

AAG Collections Revealed : Cindy Brown, Manager Horticultural Collections Management and Education--Smithsonian Archives of American Gardens

Summer Reading Program at Chicago Botanic Garden : Leora Siegel, Director, Lenhardt Library

Spirituality : Stinking to High Heaven and Beyond : Kathy Allen, Head of the Andersen Horticultural Library

Digitization Projects : at the Archives of American Gardens : Kelly Crawford, Museum Specialist, Smithsonian Gardens

Soldier, Binder, Painter, Priest : Characters in the Enigmatic "New Orchard" : Bill Musser, Librarian, Robert Becker Memorial Library at Seed Savers

Purposeful Gaming, OCR Correction and Seed & Nursery Catalog Digitization : Marty Schlabach, Food and Agriculture Librarian at Mann Library, Cornell

Community Read: Cross Organizational Programming : David Sleasman, Coordinator Of Library & Information Services, Longwood Gardens

Changing Libraries: Maintaining Viability in the 21st Century : Kathy Bell, Librarian, Tower Hill Botanic Garden

Toward a New Website for CBHL : Celine Arseneault, Botanist Librarian, Montreal Botanic Garden

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* 7. What topics are of interest to you in the context of upcoming CBHL meetings presentations?

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* 8. Please comment on the content (exclusive of the strategic planning session) provided on Thursday, May 1st. Consider the content in light of your professional development needs and related interests. A list of the sites visited is provided below for your convenience. The comment box follows the list.

Tour of house and grounds at Maymount; presentation by Peggy Singlemann on the history of Maymount, but also the horticultural maintenance and collaborative approaches used to achieve some of the maintenance goals.

Tour of the Kent-Valentine House; presentation, and viewing of Catesby collection.

Walk to Jefferson Hotel and time to explore therein.

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* 9. Please comment on the content provided (exclusive of the business meeting) on Friday, May 2nd. Consider the content in light of your professional development needs and related interests. Please keep in mind that the content was amended due to the logistics required by the Richmond Bike Race. A list of the sites visited is provided below for your convenience. The comment box follows the list.

Virginia House, tour of house and grounds.

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, additionally the outdoor sculpture garden and outdoor public space.

Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden exhibitions, displays, and grounds.

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* 10. Please comment on the CBHL Business Meeting sessions. Did the sessions succeed in communicating status of finances and use thereof, changes in structure of committees, the work of the committees, recognition of members through awards and fellowships, etc.? Are there issues that you feel you need to be more informed about?

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* 11. Regarding the business meeting, what topics do you consider the most important to discuss? Did we discuss those topics?

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* 12. Did the brainstorming session on strategic planning work as a platform for promoting your own ideas about the organization's future? What suggestions would you make for brainstorming sessions in the future?

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* 13. Please comment on the introductory LibGuides session provided at the business meeting. In what ways was this session or not helpful?

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* 14. Please comment on the introduction to the new CBHL website at the business meeting. In what ways was this session helpful or not helpful?

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* 15. Please comment on the final presentation of the conference given by Dean Norton, Director of Horticulture, Mount Vernon.

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* 16. Over the course of the days of the meeting, we had everything from a southern style buffet breakfast, buffet lunches, lunches in charming brightly colored bags followed by confections, a buffet dinner, a chance to dine out in Carytown, and cocktails and a sit down dinner on the last evening. Also snacks during meeting breaks. Please comment on the food provided during the meeting. Do you have any suggestions relating to food selection and provision at future meetings?

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* 17. During the off meeting hours, we restored ourselves at the Westin and its bar and restaurant. Please comment on the hotel and its amenities. Do you have any suggestions regarding hotels selected for future meetings?

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* 18. Please comment on your post conference trip experience.

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