March 18, 2025

Helpful Tip - Public Library Survey

As we continue together through this exciting adventure we call the Annual Public Library Survey, I’ve discovered something that I wanted to share.

Has this happened to you? You’ve made changes to your data and/or moved numbers around, but when you re-verified your survey, it stubbornly continued to throw red Edit Check Failure messages at you and be completely annoying?

If/when this happens:
•    Log out of the survey.
•    Go get a cup of your favorite beverage.
•    Log back in.
•    Re-verify your survey.

95% of the time, the survey just needed a moment to finish its computations.

It’s very much like the IT Help Desk suggestion of “Turn it off and turn it back on again.” It may not be a cure-all, but it is worth trying. 😊 (If it doesn’t help, please give me a call, or send me an email.)

GOOD NEWS
As of today, about a third of NH’s public libraries have finished the survey!  
HUZZAH, HURRAY, WOO HOO! Thank you, folks!   

Everyone else, stay strong and persevere. You can do this. Gathering this data really is helpful to NH libraries and is more important than ever.  

The survey due date is April 30. Please contact me if you have questions or if you would like to work through the survey together. We can schedule a time to talk/meet.  

I’m here for you!

Most sincerely,
Jennifer M. Finch, MSLIS
Reference Librarian and State Data Coordinator
New Hampshire State Library
N.H. Department of Natural & Cultural Resources
20 Park St.
Concord, NH 03301
Office: 603-271-2060
Ref Desk: 603-271-2144
Jennifer.M.Finch@dncr.nh.gov

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