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Are User Surveys Fit for Purpose? A Case Study on the Use of a Contingent Valuation Survey at Middle Temple Library

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2020

Renae Satterley  and
Adam Woellhaf
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Abstract

In this article, based on a presentation at the BIALL Annual Conference in 2019, Renae Satterley and Adam Woellhaf discuss the methodology and potential effectiveness of using contingent valuation surveys in law libraries. Their approach is based on the Middle Temple Library's experience of running such a survey in 2018.

Keywords

surveyslaw librariesInn of Court libraries
Type
More Papers from the BIALL Conference 2019
Information
Legal Information Management , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , March 2020 , pp. 22 - 25
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s) 2020. Published by British and Irish Association of Law Librarians

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