A total of 40 participants attended the first course of the summer school. At the end of the week, everyone received a questionnaire. 36 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 second course of the sixth International Summer School on the Digital Library was a success. All participants, except 4 (neutral) indicated they would recommend the summer school to colleagues in the field. 83% said the summer school was worth its money. 94% of the participants indicated that they will use what they learned in the course when they go back to their libraries.
- "Extremely good because of vivid presentations with interactive elements. Kept you alert!"
- "Thank you very much for the wonderful week with all the great lecturers and an inspiring program."
- "Thank you for a most interesting and well-organised week!"
- "Go on! Good lectures and documentation! Good social arrangements (becoming one group, having lunch and dinner together)! Good personalised support!"
- "A very good thing was, that many of the lecturers stayed with us and we had the opportunity to meet and discuss with them on coffee and lunch breaks. This is something special - you don't get this opportunity usually at conferences."
- "The organisation was perfect. Very attentive!"
86% of the participants could discover the structure in the programme. Only 23% thought the programme was overfull and 39% would like to have more opportunity for discussion. General suggestions on the programme were to pay even more attention to human resource management, pedagogy, personalisation and practical 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 3.8.
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 |
| 4 | 4.7 | inspiring |
| 3 | 4.6 | very good quality of presentation |
| 11 | 4.5 | star lecturer! |
| 10 | 4.4 | very interesting |
The results of the evaluation are not a reason to change our promotion. All 'distribution channels' for information on the summer school worked satisfactory. 39% of the participants first learnt about the summer school on the Internet. 33% of the participants indicated that a colleague attended the summer school in one of the previous years and 28% of the participants received a paper brochure. Communication between Ticer and the participants was considered 'very good' to 'good' and the combination of e-mail and Ticer's web site to keep participants informed was considered 'very adequate' to 'adequate' by all participants.
Only 35% of the participants read their mail almost every day. Most participants agreed that they had plenty of opportunity to read their mail in the library, 4 participants had no opinion and 8 wanted more time. 48% of the participants found the computer facilities at the university 'excellent', 6 had no opinion and 8 didn't think the facilities were excellent.
The quality of lunches and dinners was considered good. People also liked the duration of the coffee and lunch breaks.
Of the 36 people who filled out the questionnaire, 17 stayed in a hotel near Tilburg University. Participants were very pleased with this hotel. The price quality ratio was considered 'perfect' or 'good' by all of them. Only one participant did not find the hotel quiet, and only one would rather stay in a hotel in the city centre next time.
4 participants stayed at another hotel approximately 5 km from Tilburg University. The found the price quality ratio 'good', except one (neutral). Two participants thought the hotel was quit noisy, but no one would rather stay in another hotel in the city centre next time.
Of the 36 people who filled out the questionnaire, 8 stayed in the student apartments. The price quality ratio of the student apartments was considered 'good' by all participants. One participant indicated that the student apartment was not clean. 2 people indicated they would stay there again a next time, 1 person did not know, and 3 persons would rather stay in a hotel next time.
