An online library satisfaction survey will be underway October 28 – November 11, 2025. Faculty, instructional staff, and graduate student input will help improve services, collections, and spaces in the library. If you receive an invitation to take the survey in your UWM email, please do!
What is the Library Satisfaction Survey?
In spring 2024 UWM Libraries conducted a satisfaction survey to better understand how satisfied undergraduate students are with library services, collections, and spaces. In response to what we heard, we improved quiet study spaces in the library, redesigned the web site, and much more. In fall 2025 UWM Libraries will solicit input from research and instructional staff and graduate students to improve alignment of our services, collections, and spaces to their changing needs. Results from the survey will inform library strategic plans and budget decisions.
FAQs
+Who can participate in the survey?
-Participation is voluntary and by invitation only. All UWM faculty and teaching staff as well as all currently enrolled graduate students will receive an invitation to participate.
+When does the survey begin?
-The survey opens on October 28, 2025 and closes on November 11, 2025.
+How long is the survey?
-The survey should take 10-15 minutes to complete.
+How is participant privacy protected?
– The UWM Libraries Satisfaction Survey is confidential but not anonymous. However, your responses will be kept strictly confidential, analyzed collectively, and reported only in the aggregate. For more information, see UWM Libraries Privacy Information.
+I didn’t receive an invitation; can I still help make the library better?
-Yes! If you are willing to participate in future discussions about improving the libraries, please email Kate Ganski at ganski@uwm.edu.