1. Where do you work/study?

		Education: college	(12/107 responses)
		Education: K-12	(5/107 responses)
		Education: university	(61/107 responses)
		Industry / Business	(11/107 responses)
		Other	(18/107 responses)
77.34% of the people who took this survey (99 / 128) answered this question.

Other Responses (18 for this question)
"architecture"
"constructions company"( 2 ) responses
"Education-Institute"
"GeoRef"
"hospitality"( 2 ) responses
"master"
"MBA"
"other"( 8 ) responses
"phytopathologie"

2. What do you do?

		Researcher	(27/100 responses)
		Librarian	(3/100 responses)
		Faculty	(1/100 responses)
		Student	(57/100 responses)
		Teacher	(8/100 responses)
		Other	(4/100 responses)
77.34% of the people who took this survey (99 / 128) answered this question.

Other Responses (4 for this question)
"etds filling"
"other"( 3 ) responses

3. What type of computer are you using?

		Don't know	(1/94 responses)
		Unix-based	(0/94 responses)
		Mac	(3/94 responses)
		PC	(77/94 responses)
		Other	(13/94 responses)
69.53% of the people who took this survey (89 / 128) answered this question.

Other Responses (13 for this question)
"dell"( 2 ) responses
"hp"( 2 ) responses
"labtob"
"laptop"
"other"( 6 ) responses
"sp2"

4. What is the speed/type of connection are you using?

		Slower than 14.4kbps	(1/58 responses)
		14.4 kbps	(6/58 responses)
		28.8 kbps	(0/58 responses)
		36.6 kbps	(1/58 responses)
		56 kbps	(6/58 responses)
		ISDN	(8/58 responses)
		Ethernet	(13/58 responses)
		T1	(1/58 responses)
		Cable modem	(19/58 responses)
		Don't know	(3/58 responses)
45.31% of the people who took this survey (58 / 128) answered this question.

5. Are you familiar with Adobe PDF?

		Yes	(56/59 responses)
		No	(3/59 responses)
46.09% of the people who took this survey (59 / 128) answered this question.

6. Are you familiar with online databases?

		Yes	(43/57 responses)
		No	(14/57 responses)
44.53% of the people who took this survey (57 / 128) answered this question.

7. If you are from a university, does your institution accept electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)?

		No	(9/58 responses)
		Not from a university	(8/58 responses)
		Yes	(41/58 responses)
45.31% of the people who took this survey (58 / 128) answered this question.

8. If your institution does not accept ETDs, do you think it should?

		No opinion	(13/49 responses)
		Yes	(29/49 responses)
		No	(7/49 responses)
38.28% of the people who took this survey (49 / 128) answered this question.

9. Have you ever submitted an ETD?

		No	(46/57 responses)
		Yes	(11/57 responses)
44.53% of the people who took this survey (57 / 128) answered this question.

10. For what purpose are you using this digital library?
Check all that apply.

		Research	(45/66 responses)
		Job related	(5/66 responses)
		Personal interest	(5/66 responses)
		Learning about ETD's	(5/66 responses)
		Other	(6/66 responses)
44.53% of the people who took this survey (57 / 128) answered this question.

Other Responses (6 for this question)
"Assisting students to find good sites to benchmark their projects"
"company"
"for my fial year projct work"
"other"( 3 ) responses

11. Did you download any ETDs?
If so, how many?

		more than 10	(10/57 responses)
		6-10	(2/57 responses)
		3-5	(5/57 responses)
		1-2	(13/57 responses)
		Didn't download any ETDs.	(27/57 responses)
44.53% of the people who took this survey (57 / 128) answered this question.

12. If you downloaded any ETDs, how did you find them?
Please select all that apply.

		Browsed by department	(15/51 responses)
		Browsed by author	(11/51 responses)
		Searched	(25/51 responses)
32.81% of the people who took this survey (42 / 128) answered this question.

13. If you downloaded any ETDs, how easy was it to find what you were looking for?

		Very difficult	(3/48 responses)
		Difficult	(7/48 responses)
		Fairly easy	(22/48 responses)
		Easy	(8/48 responses)
		Very easy	(8/48 responses)
37.5% of the people who took this survey (48 / 128) answered this question.

14. If you searched for an ETD, how fast was the response to your search request?

		Haven't searched	(1/48 responses)
		Very slow	(2/48 responses)
		Slow	(8/48 responses)
		Fairly fast	(13/48 responses)
		Fast	(15/48 responses)
		Very fast	(9/48 responses)
37.5% of the people who took this survey (48 / 128) answered this question.

15. How often do you plan to use Virginia Tech's ETD library?

		Rarely	(9/50 responses)
		Occasionally	(14/50 responses)
		Monthly	(7/50 responses)
		Weekly	(11/50 responses)
		Daily	(9/50 responses)
39.06% of the people who took this survey (50 / 128) answered this question.

16. How often do you plan to use other ETD libraries?

		Occasionally	(11/51 responses)
		Monthly	(5/51 responses)
		Weekly	(13/51 responses)
		Daily	(16/51 responses)
		Rarely	(6/51 responses)
39.84% of the people who took this survey (51 / 128) answered this question.

Additional comments:
Please provide any comments about Virginia Tech's ETDs.

Text Responses (22 for this question)
"Can you make it easier to search by department? Can it be searched by suject?"
"company's etds qwaterly statement filling"
"good!"
"Great service, and I was pleased to locate the thesis I needed via Google."
"houtp"
"i can not find mechanical engineering as a course on the site"
"I wish all Universities would make ETDs available for research and learning."
"its the first used"
"Make sure the results are available to search engines."
"NO" - ( 2 responses)
"nothing to do"
"ok"
"pp exterior characteristic"
"tankyou"
"Thank you for doc"
"Thank you for your database, that very important for me.Because I must to learning about Thesis for Master Degree in Technology Educational at Silpakorn University in Thailand."
"thanks"
"Very good"
"VERY NICE"
"We would like to put a link on our website to your site"
"انااول مرة اعثر على موقعها وارجو ان تسمحو بكشف وافى على البحوث ليتم الاستفادة منها"

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