Comments on: ACE consultation on libraries enters next phase while DCMS Inquiry delays results https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2012/09/ace-consultation-on-libraries-enters-next-phase-while-dcms-inquiry-delays-results.html What's happening to your library? Fri, 28 Sep 2012 22:03:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: zoopla the house price judge https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2012/09/ace-consultation-on-libraries-enters-next-phase-while-dcms-inquiry-delays-results.html#comment-5504 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 18:36:25 +0000 http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/?p=2398#comment-5504 this is an outrageous survey. It is self selecting. It is not using a sample to get a representative view of the population as a whole.

If this was a robust piece of research it would be a telephone questionnaire, perhaps supplemented by these mysterious workshops, done on the basis of a sample that takes account of the whole population. It is not. It is a survey of those who can be bothered to do the questionnaire. By definition, almost, those already in the debate who run websites, write to the papers, etc.

This is not research. I repeat THIS IS NOT RESEARCH.

]]> By: jodi https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2012/09/ace-consultation-on-libraries-enters-next-phase-while-dcms-inquiry-delays-results.html#comment-5503 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 14:12:06 +0000 http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/?p=2398#comment-5503 The public should demand off line access to the consultation. It is vital that all voices are heard, especially these, as they are often the most frequent users. Shame on the Arts Council for not including ALL library users regardless of digital access.

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