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Survey on non-formal and informal learning activities in public libraries across Europe

September 2016


Survey Created: May 06, 2016 – Survey Ended: July 15, 2016

453

Total Responses:

Sample Size (minimum response necessary to provide valid results):

1413

Complete Responses:

425


A. NON-FORMAL LEARNING ACTIVITIES AT YOUR LIBRARY

A0. Does your library provide non-formal learning activities?

Answered: 1,413 Skipped: 0

81,67% [1,154]

18,33% [259]


A1. How many trainees did your library train through non-formal training in 2015?

Please provide an exact number of trained trainees. If you don’t count trained trainees or you for any other reason are

unable to provide an exact number, please, provide an estimated number of trained trainees per month. Please fill in the

corresponding option (ONLY ONE).

Answered: 590 Skipped: 823

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A2. Thinking about your library’s main target groups in non-formal training, which of the following age

groups were your library’s priorities in 2015?

Please rank in order of 1-4 where 1 is the age group for which your library organised most of your non-formal

training events and 4 the least.


#1 29,7%

#4 22%

#2 25,3%

#3 23%


A3. From this list of social groups - what were your library’s main target groups in non-formal training in

2015? Please mark where applicable.


65,59% [387]

44,07% [260]

7,97% [47]

28,64% [169]

50,68% [299]

19,15% [113]


A4. How many non-formal training events did your library provide in 2015?

Please provide an exact number of non-formal training events that were provided to a group of people and/or

individually. If you didn’t have events in one of the first two options please insert “0”. Total number of events is the sum of

first two options.


Average: 183 Total 92,681

[506]


[506]


[506]


A5. How many non-formal training events did your library provide in partnerships in 2015?

Please provide an exact number of training events. If you didn’t have events in one of the first three options

please insert “0”. Total number of events is the sum of first three options



A6. Who were your library’s main partners in non-formal training in 2015?


28,66% [145]

32,21% [163]

58,89% [298]

27,27% [138]

34,19% [173]

16,01% [81]

13,04% [66]

9,29% [47]

18,97% [96]

12,25% [62]

7,51% [38]

16,60% [84]

12,65% [64]

9,88% [50]

23,52% [119]

5,34% [27]

8,50% [43]

7,71% [39]

35,57% [180]

9,68% [49]


A7. Does your library or partner organisation issue certificates, diplomas or titles attesting that

individuals acquired a set of learning outcomes (knowledge, know-how, skills and/or competences) at

the end of non-formal training programs that your library provided in 2015?


30,89% [505]

69,11% [505]


A8. Certificates, diplomas or titles and/or the certification process at your library

Answered: 133* Skipped: 1,280

See Annex 1.

(For information only)


A9. Short description of the most important non-formal training event that your library delivered and that

was a success in 2015

Answered: 424 * Skipped: 989

See Annex 2.



http://www.eblida.org/Activities/KIC/libA4EU/annex1.pdf





A10. Does your library have separate staff for planning and delivery of non-formal training activities at

your library?

Please provide information in full time equivalents.


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Chart with average data

A11. What was your library’s actual budget spending to plan and deliver non-formal training activities in

2015?

Please provide budget spending information in EUR



A12. Thinking of specific learning objectives of your library’s non-formal training projects and/or

programs, which of the following categories of educational offer are applicable to what your library

provided in 2015? Please mark where applicable.

Answered: 461

Skipped: 952


B. INFORMAL LEARNING ACTIVITIES AT YOUR LIBRARY B0. Does your library provide informal learning activities?


82,58% [564]

17,42% [119]


B1. How many library visitors (registered and/or not registered users) did your library assist or consult through informal

learning events in 2015? Please provide an exact number of assisted/consulted library visitors. If you don’t count

assisted/consulted library visitors or you for any other reason are unable to provide an exact number, please, provide an estimated

number of assisted/consulted library visitors per month. Please fill in the corresponding option (only one)!



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B2. Thinking of the main groups of people that were assisted or consulted at your library through informal

learning events in 2015, which of the following age groups were assisted/consulted the most? Please rank the

options below from 1-4 where the 1 is the age group that was assisted/consulted the most and 4 the least.


#3 24,3%

#4 21,2%

#1 28,8%

#2 25,6%


B3. From this list of social groups – which were the main groups of people that were assisted or

consulted at your library through informal learning events in 2015? Please mark where applicable.


79,80% [348]

60,46% [289]

15,27% [73]

36,61% [175]

62,13% [297]

22,59% [108]


B4. How many informal learning events did your library provide in 2015?

Please provide an exact number of informal learning events? If you didn’t have events in one of the first two

options please insert “0”. Total number of total events is the sum of first two options.



B5. Thinking about the topics covered by your library staff during informal learning events at your

library, which of the following categories were covered by your library in 2015?

Please mark all applicable categories



B6. How many other events were held in 2015 in your library (that were not explicitly designed as

training events) at which individuals could learn?

Please provide an exact number of events


83

87

67

65

51

57

57

33

18

Nil

Less than 10:

Between 10 to 20:

Between 21-50:

Between 51-100:

Between 101-200:

Between 200-500:

Between 501-1,000:

More than 1,001:


B7. How many participants attended events (that were not explicitly designed as training events) in 2015?

Please provide an exact number of participants. If you are unable to provide an exact number of participants,

please, provide an estimated number of participants per month.

Please fill in the corresponding option (ONLY ONE).



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C. IMPACT OF NON-FORMAL AND INFORMAL LEARNING ACTIVITIES C1. Please describe what you think are the main benefits for your library users and local community from non-

formal and informal learning activities at your library. What is an impact of your library’s non-formal and informal

learning activities on users’ lives?

See Annex 4.






C2. Please indicate what impact your library’s non-formal and informal learning activities have on your local community

in the listed areas.

Please mark one answer in each line using a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 means “Very low impact” and 5 means “Very high impact”



C3. What is the level of access to non-formal and informal learning activities in your community?

Please mark one answer in each line



D. DEMOGRAPHICS D1. Country:



D2. Administrative region in your country

See Annex D2.




http://www.eblida.org/Activities/KIC/libA4EU/annexd2.pdf


D3. Library is located in:


79,91% [362]

20,09% [91]


D4. What is the number of staff in your library (in full-time equivalents)?


See Annex 5.

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160

Nil

Less than 10:

Between 10 to 20:

Between 21-50:

Between 51-100:

Between 101-200:

Between 200-500:

Between 501-1,000:

More than 1,001:



D5. What is the number of inhabitants in the community that your library serves?


See Annex 6.

0 50 100 150 200 250

Less than 5,000

5,001-10,000

10,001-20,000

20,001-30,000

30,001-40,000

40,001-50,000

50,001-100,000

More than 100,000



D6. What is the number of registered users in 2015?


See Annex 7.

0 20 40 60 80 100 120

Less than 500

501 to 1,000

1,001 to 2,000

2,001 to 5,000

5,001 to 10,000

10,001 to 15,000

15,001 to 20,000

20,001 to 50,000

50,001 to 100,000

100,001 to 200,000

More than 200,000


Annex 7.pdf


D7. What is the number of library visits in 2015?


See Annex 8.

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160

Less than 5,000

5,001 to 10,000

10,001 to 50,000

50,001 to 100,000

100,001 to 500,000

500,001 to 1,000000

1,000.001 to 3,000.000

More than 3,000.001



D8. We may use examples of non-formal and informal learning activities that you provided in our

advocacy work

See Annex 9.

Answered: 302 Skipped: 1,111

D9. If you have any other comments, questions or suggestions related to this research, please, write them here!

See Annex 10.

Answered: 88 Skipped: 1,3150

Annex 9.pdf


Annex 9.pdf

Annex 9.pdf


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