A total of 24 participants attended the third course of the summer school. At the end of the week, everyone received a questionnaire. 22 questionnaires were returned. Participants spent a considerable amount of time on the evaluation. A lot of suggestions and comments were given, which were all very valuable for Ticer. We would like to express our gratitude for that!
The third course of the seventh International Summer School on the Digital Library was a success. All participants, except 3 (neutral) indicated they would recommend the summer school to colleagues in the field. 95% of the participants indicated that they will use what they learned in the course when they go back to their libraries. Only 63% said the summer school was worth its money. Considering that partcipants indicated that they were satisfied about the course, a possible reason could be that Florence is an expensive location.
- "You can't afford to miss it if you are moving with the changing times in the provision of information in all sectors of our economies."
- "I appreciated getting concrete evidence of what I had only a general vague feeling about. I have learned much and hope to use it to everyone's advantage."
- "Very convivial and pleasant atmosphere amongst participants."
- "I could not imagine that it could not have run better."
- "Ticer gives me good change and information of how and what is changing now in my business."
81% of the participants could discover the structure in the programme. Only 24% thought the programme was overfull and 29% would like to have more opportunity for discussion. General suggestions on the programme were to pay even more attention to human resources, the end-user perspective, budgetary implications and technical aspects.
In the evaluation, participants could rate a programme item 'extremely good', 'good', 'neutral', 'bad' or 'extremely bad'. With their ratings, we calculated a score from 0 to 5, with 5 being the maximum score. The average score was 4.0.
The following lectures were rated as the best. For privacy reasons, the lecturers are indicated by numbers which correspond with the numbers in the syllabus given to all participants and lecturers.
| Syllabus number | Score | Comments |
| 3 | 4.8 | fascinating |
| 12 | 4.6 | very useful |
| 16 | 4.6 | marvelous |
| 14 | 4.5 | good, lively presentation |
The results of the evaluation are not a reason to change our promotion. All 'distribution channels' for information on the summer school worked satisfactory. 41% of the participants indicated that a colleague attended the summer school in one of the previous years. 23% of the participants first learnt about the summer school on the Internet and 14% of the participants received a paper brochure. Communication between Ticer and the participants was considered 'perfect' to 'good' and the combination of e-mail and Ticer's web site to keep participants informed was considered 'very adequate' to 'adequate'.
67% of the participants read their mail almost every day. 42% of the participants agreed that they had plenty of opportunity to read their mail in the library, 5 participants had no opinion and 6 wanted more time.
The quality of lunches and dinners was considered 'very good' to 'good'. People also liked the duration of the coffee and lunch breaks.
Of the 22 people who filled out the questionnaire, 12 stayed in a hotel, 8 stayed at the National Study Center near the institute and 4 participants stayed somewhere else. Participants were very pleased with the accommodation. The price quality ratio was considered 'perfect' or 'good' by most of them. Most participants agreed on the fact that the rooms were quiet and would like to stay in the same accommodation next time.
