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Using LibQUAL+® to Identify Commonalities in Customer Satisfaction: The Secret to Success?
The document discusses the use of the LIBQUAL+® survey to assess customer satisfaction across multiple universities, highlighting distinct dimensions like information control and the library as a place. Findings reveal statistically significant correlations between overall satisfaction and factors like information control, while also indicating that dissatisfied respondents tend to be more demanding. The research involved a large sample size and examines the satisfaction levels of various groups including students and faculty.
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- 1. Using LibQUAL+® toIdentify Commonalities in Customer Satisfaction: The Secret to Success? Selena Killick Cranfield University Anne van Weerden Utrecht University
- 2. LibQUAL+ Internationally Renown Web based Standardised Expectations & Perceptions LibQUAL+®
- 3. Adequacy and Superiority Adequacy: Calculated by subtracting Minimum from Perceived score. A negative score indicates failing to meet minimum expectations. Superiority: Calculated by subtracting Desired from Perceived score. A positive score indicates exceeding desired expectations. Question 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Adequacy Superiority Minimum Desired Perceived
- 4. Dimensions Affect ofService Empathy Responsiveness Assurance Reliability Information Control Scope of Content Convenience Ease of Navigation Timeliness Equipment Self-Reliance Library as Place Utilitarian Space Symbol Refuge
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- 6. Commonalities in Satisfaction? Information Control Library as Place Affect of Service ? ? ? ? ? ?
- 7. Commonalities in Dissatisfaction? Information Control Library as Place Affect of Service ? ? ? ? ? ?
- 8. Sample Group UtrechtUniversity, Netherlands n = 1,851 (long) Leiden University, Netherlands n = 3,761 (lite) SCONUL Consortium 17 Higher Education Institutions from the UK and Ireland n = 28,208 (lite/long) All surveys conducted Jan-Dec 2012
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- 10. Starting with thecombined data 2012: SCONUL, n = 28208 (mixed) Leiden University n = 3761 (lite) Utrecht University n = 1851 (long) ntot = 33820
- 11. We removed 5717 responses, from library staff, and everyone with inversions anywhere This resulted in a larger bandwith ntemp = 28103
- 12. We also removed 1057 surveys without any answer in one of the sections, not knowing what the respondent might have said about this section in connection with the other two sections nused = 27046 = 80%
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- 14. Neither satisfied nordissatisfied Someone with an average score of 5,2 6,3 7,4 is just .....ok min des perc
- 15. Satisfied Someone withan average score of 6,0 6,2 6,1 can hardly be called satisfied What we looked for is min des perc
- 16. Satisfied Superiority gap> 0 <more than 0> des______________perc perceiving even more than desired xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Adequacy gap > 1 <more than 1> min______________perc perceiving clearly more than minimum
- 17. Dissatisfied Someone withan average score of 5,1 5,0 5,2 can hardly be called dissatisfied What we looked for is min des perc xxxxxxxxx
- 18. Dissatisfied Adequacy gap< 0 <more than 0> perc______________min percieving even less than minimum xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Superiority gap < -1 perc______________<more than 1> des percieving clearly less than desired
- 19. Definitions of satisfied/dissatisfied Satisfied Superiority gap > 0 Adequacy gap > 1 Dissatisfied Adequacy gap < 0 Superiority gap < -1
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- 23. Selecting for PositiveAS scores Adequacy gap > 0 Superiority gap > 1 n = 4135
- 24. Selecting for PositiveLP scores Adequacy gap > 0 Superiority gap > 1 n = 3151
- 25. Selecting for PositiveIC scores Adequacy gap > 0 Superiority gap > 1 n = 2171
- 26. Selecting for NegativeLP scores Adequacy gap < 0 Superiority gap < -1 n = 7367
- 27. Selecting for NegativeIC scores Adequacy gap < 0 Superiority gap < -1 n = 6525
- 28. Selecting for NegativeAS scores Adequacy gap < 0 Superiority gap < -1 n = 3531
- 29. It can beseen that the desired scores of this group are the highest of all Interpreting these scores, they are likely the most demanding group, asking a lot from the personnel
- 30. Next, we wantedto know what the differences were between the Average Respondents (All) and the various roles, Students (Undergraduates) Postgraduates Staff Academic staff (Faculty)
- 31. We expected tofind different outcomes for faculty and students, such as students have a lot to ask, faculty just want their literature quickly
- 32. Surprisingly, the outcomes are always almost the same
- 33. All pos /neg IC pos / neg LP pos / neg AS
- 34. Students pos /neg IC pos / neg LP pos / neg AS
- 35. Postgrads pos /neg IC pos / neg LP pos / neg AS
- 36. Staff pos /neg IC pos / neg LP pos / neg AS
- 37. Faculty pos /neg IC pos / neg LP pos / neg AS
- 38. For certainty...., orjust amazing:
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- 44. Some statistics tosee if our claims are significant
- 45. Made with Statistica Group -1 = not meeting selected criteria: libstaff, inversions, # answers/dim ≠ 3 Group 0 = intermediate IC = red LP = green AS = blue Group 1 = dissatisfied: Group 2 = satisfied: adq gap < 0 xxsup gap > 0 sup gap < -1 xxadq gap > 1
- 46. -1 = excluded,0 = neutral -1 = negative, 2 = positive IC = red LP = green AS = blue
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- 48. Conclusions Statistically significantcorrelations: Satisfaction with Information Control & satisfaction overall Dissatisfaction with Affect of Service & dissatisfaction overall Dissatisfied respondents are also the most demanding Correlation ≠ Causation
- 53. Thank You. SelenaKillick Cranfield University s.a.killick@cranfield.ac.uk Anne van Weerden Utrecht University a.vanweerden@uu.nl