Survey Methods

摘要

We received responses either through the institutional survey or individuals representing 43 of the 57 LIS schools in the United States and Canada and from 1,768 (33.3%) of the reported 5,317 LIS graduates. Thirty-nine of those schools polled their graduates, with Michigan and Western Ontario sending in compilations in summary form and Iowa providing its own survey data. Arizona, Emporia State, Long Island, and North Carolina at Chapel Hill provided only the institutional data.rnSchools were given the choice of responding by paper or electronic survey, with most choosing the e-format. Some graduates and schools submitted incomplete information, rendering certain data unusable. For schools that did not complete the institutional survey, data was taken from graduate surveys and thus is not a full representation of all graduating classes.