My First Books Partner Survey
Thank you for completing this Partner Survey. The information you provided is very valuable and enables the Idaho Commission for Libraries to better assist local libraries to develop services that meet the needs of families and children in communities across the state. The questions ask you about your experiences as a library partner in the My First Books program. Your opinions and feedback are very important to us and provide valuable information about our partnerships and how we can improve the program. Your comments submitted through this online survey will be kept confidential, unless you choose to allow us to share them with your library partner. Thank you for taking time to complete this survey.
1. Please check the statement(s) that describes your business or organization:
Head Start or Early Head Start
Public school
School District Preschool
Private child care provider or preschool
Other
2. How did the families you serve benefit from the My First Books program? (check all that apply.)
Increased knowledge of early literacy skills and how to develop them in their children.
Increased awareness of the importance of parents helping young children develop early literacy skills.
Increased knowledge of library programs available to parents and their children.
Experienced a positive family activity.
Received books to be kept in the home.
Received a free library card.
Other
3. How did your organization or business benefit from the partnership? (check all that apply)
Increased exposure in the community for our programs and/or services.
Provided an additional way for us to help our clients or patrons.
Staff development concerning early literacy development.
Helped us meet a program requirement, such as parent involvement or early literacy component.
Other
4. How long have you been a partner with the library?
Less than 1 year
1-3 years
4-5 years
6-10 years
More than 10 years
5. How would rate the quality of the following?
High Quality
Acceptable
Needs Improvement
Don't Know/Didn't Use
Titles chosen for My First Books this year
The Bookworm Newsletter
Library-sponsored early literacy event for your parents/caregivers (if held this year)
The My First Books calendar provided in the fall to keep track of monthly titles, etc.
Library storytimes/ programming
6. Optional comments about books, The Bookworm, storytimes, or early literacy event (if held this year):
7. If you used any of our Spanish resources, please indicate which you used:
Monthly Bookworms (Spanish version)
Parent letters (translated)
Transcription of book text for non-bilingual books
Parent survey (Spanish version)
Other
8. If Spanish resources were utilized, please provide feedback about how effective they were. We are especially interested to know how effective it is to provide books in English with an accompanying Spanish transcription.
9. How could your partnership with the library be improved? (check all that apply)
No improvement needed.
Better communication between my organization and the library.
Participate in additional programs that help meet the needs of our children and families. (Specify in comments section below)
Other
10. Share any other comments or feedback:
11. Name of your organization (optional):
12. Name of the library you partnered with (optional):
13. Can we share this information with your library partner?
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Yes
No
If you selected "yes" please enter the name of the library you partnered with in Question #12.
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