Hi everyone, I wanted to follow up with the results from the FAST interest survey (I posted to this list in November and December last year). The survey closed on 15 December 2017. That survey was developed by representatives of five research libraries - Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, and Yale - to gauge interest in the current features of OCLC's FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) and potential enhancements.
We received 586 responses to the survey. The "FAST Five" have prepared the attached report summarizing the results, conclusions, and next steps. It will be posted on the same lists as the original survey link was posted, so you may see copies of the report on other lists you subscribe to.
Many thanks to all of you who responded to the survey!
Posted on behalf of the FAST Five:
Brown (Boaz Nadav-Manes) Columbia (Kate Harcourt) Cornell (Jim LeBlanc) Harvard (Scott Wicks) Yale (Marty Kurth)
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From: Proffitt,Merrilee Sent: Monday, December 11, 2017 10:27 AM To: 'Wikimedia & GLAM collaboration [Public]' glam@lists.wikimedia.org; 'Discussion list for the Wikidata project.' wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org; 'Wikimedia & Libraries' libraries@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: RE: FAST Interest Survey
A final reminder! This survey wraps up on Friday.
Colleagues -
Five Research Libraries - Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard and Yale - along with OCLC colleagues have created a survey to gauge interest in the current features of OCLC's FASThttp://www.oclc.org/research/themes/data-science/fast.html (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) and potential enhancements. We'd like as many responses as possible--even from those who are not using FAST! Please share this link with anyone you know who applies subject terminology to metadata.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Next_Steps_for_FAST We've beta-tested the survey, and it takes 5-15 minutes to complete. You will likely see the survey on other lists that you subscribe to. Kate Harcourt at Columbia has volunteered to serve as coordinator for the survey, so please direct any questions about it to her at harcourt@columbia.edumailto:harcourt@columbia.edu
The deadline for responses is 15 December 2017. Thank you
Posted on behalf of:
Kate Harcourt Marty Kurth Jim LeBlanc Boaz Nadav Manes Scott Wicks --
Merrilee Proffitt
OCLC * Senior Program Officer, OCLC Research
155 Bovet Rd, Suite 500, San Mateo, CA 94402
T +1-650-287-2136
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