Survey Results
From the end of Dec '07 until mid-Feb '08 we asked students and faculty to complete a survey on our website. Here's what everyone wrote.131 people entered the survey
- 6 faculty members (4.6%); 118 students (90.1%); 2 other (1.5%)
Nursing - 19 (14.5%)
Liberal_Arts - 18 (13.74%)
Dental_Hygiene - 17 (12.98%)
LiberalArtsScience - 16 (12.21%)
Other - 11 (8.4%)
Radiologic - 11 (8.4%)
Education_Teachers - 8 (6.11%)
Accounting - 8 (6.11%)
Business_Administration - 8 (6.11%)
Public_Administration - 5 (3.82%)
Electrical_Engineering - 4 (3.05%)
Civil_Engineering_Science - 3 (2.29%)
Office_Technology - 2 (1.53%)
Community_Health_Education - 1 (0.76%)
How often do you use the library?
| Every Day | Few Times a Week | Few Times a Month | Few Times a Semester | Never |
| 78 (59.54%) | 42 (32.06%) | 9 (6.87%) | 2 (1.53%) | 0 (0%) |
Why do you come to the library?
Study Alone: 105 (80.15%)
Print or Photocopy: 93 (70.99%)
Use Print Journals: 93 (70.99%)
Use the Internet: 90 (68.7%)
Get Help with Research: 85 (64.89%)
Check out a Book: 81 (61.83%)
Check E-Mail: 67 (51.15%)
Study with a Group: 66 (50.38%)
Return a Book: 62 (47.33%)
Find an interesting book to read: 59 (45.04%)
Use materials on Reserve: 56 (42.75%)
Attend a Workshop: 50 (38.17%)
Use a Group Study Room: 48 (36.64%)
Meet with Friends: 47 (35.88%)
Checkout a Laptop: 18 (13.74%)
Users wrote in the following other reasons: meet with the liaison, consultations with librarians, leaf through books in the stacks, work here, work at the Library, sometimes is about get help with research and study alone too.
Users assigned ratings based on the scale: Excellent (4), Good (3), Fair (2), Poor (1) or No Opinion. If they indicated "No Opinion" their response was not included in the average. Their responses follow:
Please rate your experience with library staff and faculty when you:
- Seek Help at the Reference Desk: 3.63 of 126 total responses to this question.
- Attend a Workshop: 3.61 of 98 total responses to this question.
- Check out a Book: 3.55 of 119 total responses to this question.
- Check out a Reserve Item: 3.52 of 108 total responses to this question.
- Library Website: 3.66 of 123 total responses to this question.
- Online databases and journals: 3.54 of 123 total responses to this question.
- Off campus Access to online library resources: 3.45 of 113 total responses to this question.
- Print books and journals: 3.39 of 117 total responses to this question.
- Printing: 3.56 of 126 total responses to this question.
- Hours of Operation: 3.54 of 112 total responses to this question.
- Photocopying: 3.48 of 122 total responses to this question.
- Laptop Loan: 3.44 of 71 total responses to this question.
- I actually enjoy the atmosphere of the lounge setting and wish that that part of the library can be incorporated in other parts of the building. Thank you Ms. Liskin for your amazing persona and knowledge base.
- I believe the Hours of all student services should be extended up to 2 hours for the convenience of the students.
- I am going on my third semester at hostos and have found the staff and the library very helpful and have met my needs when I requested help. The hours, so far, have been convinient.
- More laptop are needed in order to help students.
- I think that the library should stay open a little later than they normally do. SOmetimes the hours are not long enough for groups that want to study later in the evening.
- as faculty I would like to have printing and photocopying facilities
- can you add more photocopy machines, because so many students wait for using
- the hours of operation should be extended in time of vacation.
- i will recomand the library for student at hostos ,who are willing to succeed, especially for new comers.
- The library really surprised be, because even though Hostos is a relatively small school, it has a very complete and well organized library. Thanks for everything!
- The best community college library
- Library staff rocks
- I think we need more print merchine.
- All the staff are very helful and nice.
- I need more printers and photocopying machine
- most the time I always find the good person who came first to ask me if I need help . Thanks to staff library. And I am so glad to be there because I always get some knowledge there.
