Enquiry completion rate
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This document contains data on enquiry completion rates from 76 library services in 2016-2017. It provides details on the number of information requests (2,887,244) and customer service requests (3,891,352). Additionally, it includes a sample tally sheet tracking enquiries completed on the same day, referred, or not completed for categories like general subjects, authors/titles, local studies, and more. Library patrons are entitled to free basic reference services under the Library Act 1939, including assistance locating information.
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- 1. Enquiry completion rate data Ellen Forsyth 9 May 2019
- 2. Library Act 1939 No 40 Section 10 e Free basic reference services to members Any person who is a member of the library is entitled to be provided free of charge with basic reference services (being any service classified by guidelines issued by the Council as a basic reference service), including assistance in locating information and sources of information.
- 3. 2007 3,690,788 Information requests 2012 5,343,777 Information requests
- 4. 2016/2017 enquiry completion rate data • 76 library services provided data • Information requests • 2,887,244 • Customer service requests • 3,891,352
- 5. Enquiry completion tally sheet Library service Date Information requests Information requests completed same day Inter-branch supply Referred (ILLs, reserves) Not completed General subject 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 36 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Author/title 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 36 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 Readers’ advisory 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 36 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Local studies (LS) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Genealogy or Family History 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Community Information (CI) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Literacy / ESL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Community Languages (CALD) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Technology instruction (TI) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Other requests 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Subtotals for information requests Total information requests Customer service requests Customer service requests completed same day Referred Not completed Technology assistance (TA) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 36 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 13 14 15 16 13 14 15 16 Administrative 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Directional 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Other 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Subtotals for customer service requests Total customer service requests Enquiry completion rate totals Completed same day Inter-branch Referred Not completed
- 6. Information requests • General subject • Author/title • Readers’ advisory • Local studies (LS) • Genealogy or Family History • Community Information (CI) • Literacy / ESL • Community Languages (CALD) • Technology instruction (TI) • Other requests
- 7. Customer service requests • Technology assistance (TA) • Administrative • Directional • Other
- 8. Tally Sheet Totals Information Requests Completed on same day Branch Delivery Referred (RSV, ILL, etc) Other General Subject 77 0 7 1 Author/Title 99 22 17 11 Readers' Advisory 17 0 0 0 Local studies (LS) 1 0 0 0 Genealogy or Family History 0 0 0 0 Community Information (CI) 17 0 0 0 Literacy / ESL 1 0 0 0 Community Languages (CALD) 2 0 0 0 Technology instruction (TI) 43 0 1 0 Other requests 8 0 0 0 Information Requests Subtotals 265 22 25 12 Customer Service Requests Completed on same day Branch Delivery Referred (RSV, ILL, etc) Other Technology Assistance 134 0 2 Administrative 253 0 2 Directional 34 0 0 Other requests 8 1 0 Customer Service Requests Subtotals 429 1 4 Mon 4-02-19 TOTALS 694 22 26 16 Monday 4-Feb-19Location01
- 9. Location01 SUMMARY Information Requests Completed on same day Branch Delivery Referred (RSV, ILL, etc) Other General Subject 401 36 25 9 Author/Title 541 89 46 39 Readers' Advisory 126 2 1 0 Local studies (LS) 8 0 0 1 Genealogy or Family History 4 0 0 1 Community Information (CI) 37 0 0 1 Literacy / ESL 3 0 0 0 Community Languages (CALD) 7 0 1 0 Technology instruction (TI) 241 0 1 0 Other requests 55 0 1 0 Information Requests Subtotals 1423 127 75 51 Customer Service Requests Completed on same day Branch Delivery Referred (RSV, ILL, etc) Other Technology Assistance 1052 4 5 Administrative 1468 5 4 Directional 284 0 0 Other requests 94 1 0 Customer Service Requests Subtotals 2898 10 9 SUMMARY TOTALS 4321 127 85 60
- 10. Administrative requests • Circulation duties other than loaning or returning (for example following up reservations, new/replacement library card, changing patron membership details, renewals) • Event or activity bookings
- 11. Location01 SUMMARY Information Requests Completed on same day Branch Delivery Referred (RSV, ILL, etc) Other General Subject 401 36 25 9 Author/Title 541 89 46 39 Readers' Advisory 126 2 1 0 Local studies (LS) 8 0 0 1 Genealogy or Family History 4 0 0 1 Community Information (CI) 37 0 0 1 Literacy / ESL 3 0 0 0 Community Languages (CALD) 7 0 1 0 Technology instruction (TI) 241 0 1 0 Other requests 55 0 1 0 Information Requests Subtotals 1423 127 75 51 Customer Service Requests Completed on same day Branch Delivery Referred (RSV, ILL, etc) Other Technology Assistance 1052 4 5 Administrative 1468 5 4 Directional 284 0 0 Other requests 94 1 0 Customer Service Requests Subtotals 2898 10 9 SUMMARY TOTALS 4321 127 85 60
- 13. 2016/2017 enquiry completion rate data • 76 library services provided data • Information requests • 2,887,244 • Customer service requests • 3,891,352
Editor's Notes
- Hands up who helps collect enquiry complete rate data at their libraries? If you are not sure, hopefully the next few minutes will help you decide The statistics should be being recorded in your library this week.
- A free basic reference service is part of what public libraries are required to provide as part of their compliance with the Library Act this includes things covered in the enquiry completion rate
- So, going back to the past…
- Describe this slide – this is the most recent data which we have, and covers the 76 library services which collected and provided this data. There are 89 library services in NSW. Note prior to the last couple of year we did not collect the customer service requests
- This is the current collecting sheet, and as you can see there is a lot of information which is not recorded state wide but which is useful locally, and which I would like to do a one of collection of As this is hard to read on this screen I have the information broken down on the next two slides
- There are definitions – on a page on the website – have a look at this – even if you think you are familiar with it This shows the information requests – and you can change these to track local information as well The reasons this detail is here is to help you better understand how your library is being used to provide reference and information services.
- These are the customer service requests, again broken down by category.
- So – thanks to Sutherland, Richmond Upper Clarence and Coffs Harbour for providing data for this test. Thanks to Bruce Morgan at Parramatta who is working on these spread sheets which will be available for the August collecting This shows one day of data from three libraries – for local planning it is helpful to be able to see the data – location by location, so you know the different kind of enquiries at different branches or different service points, and the spreadsheet also tallies it up for a system wide total
- This shows the total for one week. I know this is hard to read – I have made the text bigger and made it bold, but please persist with me on this, please feel free to stand up and walk closer so you can read this Any comments – from this data – about one third of service assistance is information requests and two thirds are customer service requests, however about one third of the total is administrative – which is slightly higher than the state wide data I showed you earlier This summary is for a weeks worth of data – from three libraries – so what questions are raised? Can we shift the administrative requests by improving some processes. In case you are wondering what administrative requests are
- So…they are crucial
- So maybe the administrative is a lot of membership – with this number being so high, I would be investigating this further to find out exactly what makes up the administrative requests So what else comes up as questions? Keep it in mind tis shows data for one week ??????? I think the number of local studies and family history assistance is low – so did people miss counting this? Does local studies need a promotion? – or is it all really easy to find online What questions do you have from this data? ??????? Pause - ask Possible esl/literacy/cald also low – so do staff need training so that they are more aware of this, does there need to be better signs so people know they can ask – and note I say better not more signs – maybe there are so many signs people are overwhelmed? Maybe there really aren’t many enquiries in these communities. ???? What other questions do you have from this data? ??????? Pause - ask These more detailed spread sheets will be available from the August collection so that it is easier for you to do this analysis locally. As a one off, in August, I would you like you to send me your completed spreadsheets with one week of data entered in them, as I would like to look at a state wide snapshot of this data, to see the information and customer service totals but also how these are broken down for one week. For August I would like a copy of the spread sheets, once you have entered all your local data, so that I can see the state wide picture, for one week so that state wide we can see how many local studies enquiries there were, how many community information and so on.
- I don’t expect you to be able to read this sheet. This is kind of what the completed sheets should look like when you send them in - and the blank versions of these will be online in August, thanks to Bruce at Parramatta, and I will be sending a reminder about this. As this will be the first time these sheets are available, me doing a state wide collection of this data will be a way to encourage all of you to use these sheets locally.
- Back to this total – what will the next total look like, and how are these numbers distributed by different kinds of questions?