Melvyl Staff Survey

Library staff uses Melvyl for a variety of purposes-as a bibliographic database in which to check citations (not necessarily to get the work from the shelf), as a cataloging, acquisitions, and collection development tool, etc. This survey is intended to uncover some of the "hidden' tasks for which staff uses the current Melvyl database, and as much as possible, to ensure that these functions are available in the new Melvyl-t Aleph-based catalog.

(Your campus catalog may offer other features other than those in Melvyl, but please answer the following questions with only the Melvyl Cat and PE databases in mind.)

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1) The following functions in Melvyl are:

	Very Important	Somewhat Important	Not Very Important
1.1) Check PE for holdings information
1.2) Check notes for serials
1.3) Check numbered series information
1.4) Check other campus' holdings for monographs
1.5) Check other campus' holdings for serials
1.6) Bibliographic verification: Author
1.7) Bibliographic verification: Author/title
1.8) Bibliographic verification: Author/date
1.9) Bibliographic verification: Title/date
1.10) Check MARC records
1.11) Check CALLS list
1.12) Truncate for abbreviated journals titles (e.g., brit#, jou# add#)
1.13) Search for exact title
1.14) Search for exact periodical
1.15) Search for exact periodicals in quotes
1.16) Search for corporate name
1.17) Search for corporate name and date
1.18) Search by series
1.19) Display more than one selected field at a time (e.g., d ti su)
1.20) Use to assess rarity of a work
1.21) Use for campus camparison of holdings (e.g., subject or keyword at campus and date) to assess evolving campus program strengths

2) How often do you use Melvyl specifically to verify a bibliographic citation (rather than to find a book to check out?)

Daily   Once a week   Once a month   Rarely   Never   n/a

3) In general, when conducting a catalog search, do you use your local catalog (e.g., Orion, CruzCat, Galen II, Pathfinder...) first or to Melvyl first?

Own catalog   Melvyl

4) For what other functions do you use the Melvyl Catalog and Periodicals Titles databases that you are concerned about losing with the new catalog?

5) Campus affiliation

Berkeley   Davis   Irvine   Los Angeles   Riverside   San Diego   San Francisco   Santa Barbara   Santa Cruz   Other (please specify)

If you selected other please specify:

6) Your Library Department (choose as many as apply)

Main Library   Branch Library   Circulation   Collection Development   Reference/Instruction   Special Collections   Systems   Technical Services: Acquisitions   Technical Services: Cataloging   Technical Services: Monographic cataloging/processing   Technical Services: Serials   Technical Services: Other   Interlibrary Services

7) How long have you worked for UC

1-3 years   4-6 years   7-10 years   11-15 years   more than 15 years

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Thank you for your participation in this survey.