%0 Journal Article
%T Assessment on the Go: Surveying Students With an iPad
%A Jennifer L. Jones
%A Bryan Sinclair
%J Journal of Library Innovation
%D 2011
%I Western New York Library Resources Council
%X Ongoing assessment in academic libraries, particularly the measurement of student perceptions, preferences, and satisfaction, can be a challenge to schedule and execute. This paper describes a pilot project at Georgia State University Library that combined assessment with the portability of the tablet computer. A tablet computer--in this case, Apple¡¯s iPad--loaded with survey software became a digital clipboard with the added benefit of automatic data compilation. Subjects were surveyed quickly in the library buildings, maximizing convenience for both subjects and researchers alike. The result was a model that other libraries, as well as campus student services divisions and classroom instructors, can easily adopt. Methodology, benefits, lessons learned, and ideas for future projects are discussed.
%K academic libraries
%K assessment
%K surveys
%K user satisfaction
%K tablet computers
%K Apple iPad
%U http://www.libraryinnovation.org/article/view/134