A total of 35 participants attended the third course of the summer school. At the end of the week, everyone received a questionnaire. 33 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 Eighth International Summer School on the Digital Library was a success. 94% of the participants indicated they would recommend the course to colleagues in the field, 73% said the course was worth its money and 88% indicated that they will use what they learned in practice.
- "Very good lecturers, good and useful discussions".
- "It is of vital importance for everyone, including publishers, to know about librarian's views, the latest developments of alternatives in publishing, and the changing roles for publishers and (national) libraries. Ignoring to learn about this without loosing out is not possible. Ticer provides a platform for all this".
- "A very good, well-organized course with lectures by experienced, and well-educated people from the information and library field. Next to the good lectures, you have the opportunity to meet your colleagues from all over the world, so you can exchange your experiences and learn from each other".
- "Strongly recommended if you want to stay an expert in the field. Up-to-date and practical information that was highly appreciated".
- "For a teacher in the information field, the summer school course is a great way to be briefed on the latest trends. The lecturers are enthusiastic speakers and all participants bring a lot of valuable experiences".
- "The Ticer course on electronic publishing offered a unique opportunity on the copyright issues and on open archive creation".
- "Ticer is a portal to the state-of-the-art, in the sense that it is initiating you at the key transformations that are taking place at the moment in the e-world. By doing this, Ticer is inviting you to contribute in making the future".
- "This course is a great opportunity to learn and to know much more about new developments, issues and trends about libraries and IT. And also it is a so friendly environment to know about new experiences around the world. I strongly recommend this course because here you not just will be taking advantage of new knowledge, more over, you will be able to be part of an incredible network of experts and share with all of them"!
- "Very extensive course, followed by intensive workshops on critical issues giving an opportunity to library managers who desire to implement digital library initiatives".
All participants could discover the structure in the programme. 21% of the participants thought the programme was overfull and people were confident about the opportunity for discussion. General suggestions on the programme were to pay more attention to end users and to publishing.
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 1 to 5, with 5 being the maximum score. The average score was 4.3.
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 | very useful |
| 8 | 4.7 | extremely good |
| 7 | 4.4 | very clear |
| concluding lecture | 4.4 | motivating |
45% of the participants indicated that a colleague attended a Ticer course in one of the previous years. 27% found the course via the world wide web, via a newsgroup or via a discussion list and 24% received a paper brochure on the summer school via direct mail. Communication between Ticer and the participants was considered 'very good' to 'good' by all of the participants. The combination of e-mail and Ticer's web site to keep participants informed was also considered 'very adequate' to 'adequate' by all of the participants.
Only 48% of the participants used the Tilburg University facilities to read their mail almost every day. Most of these participants agreed that they had plenty of opportunity to read their mail and found the computer facilities at the university 'excellent' or 'good'. Many people indicated that they didn't use the e-mail facilities on purpose to concentrate on the course and to meet other participants and lecturers.
The quality of dinners and lunches was considered 'good' by the majority of the participants. The duration of the lunch breaks were concidered 'very good' to 'good' by almost everyone.
Of the 33 people who filled out the questionnaire, 23 stayed in a hotel near Tilburg University. Participants were very pleased with this hotel. The price quality ratio was considered 'perfect' or 'good', they thought the hotel was situated in a quiet neighbourhood and nobody would rather stay in a hotel in the city centre next time. Everybody would like to stay in this hotel next time again.
Two people stayed in another hotel. The price quality ratio of this hotel was considered 'good' but both of them indicated they would not stay there again a next time and prefer the hotel near Tilburg University.
Five people stayed in a student room and they were confident about this accomodation.
