Geodoc 2012/2013

EDINA undertook a survey of Geodoc users from November 2012 to February 2013. The survey was accessed from a popup when users arrived at the GoGeo homepage and the link was emailed to a group of know users.

5 responses were received, a summary of which is presented here:

Uptake by discipline, role and purpose

Discipline

Respondents selected their discipline from the list shown below; they could select more than one discipline and could specify “Other”. The disciplines specified in under other were put into one of the other disciplines where appropriate.

The majority of respondents were in the Geography and Environment(4) and Architecture and planning (3), one also selected Engineering (1).

Discipline	Number
Agriculture, food, and forestry	0
Architecture and planning	3
Biological sciences	0
Business and management studies	0
Communication and media studies	0
Creative and performing arts	0
Education and research methods	0
Engineering	1
Geography and environment	4
Humanities	0
Law	0
Mathematics and computer science	0
Medicine including dentistry	0
Modern languages and area studies	0
Nursing, midwifery and allied health	0
Physical sciences	0
Psychology	0
Social sciences	0
Veterinary medicine	0
Other	0

Role

A range of roles were represented despite the small sample size.

Role	Number
Student	3
Postgraduate Student	1
Lecturer	1

Purpose

Two of the five respondents used Geodoc to create metadata for teaching; four used it for teaching and learning purposes.

Purpose	Yes	No
Create metadata for data management	2	3
Teaching and learning	4	1

Perceived quality of the service

Recommendation

When users were asked if they would recommend Geodoc, four agreed and 1 neither agreed nor disagreed; no one disagreed.

I would Recommend Geodoc	Number
Strongly agree:	3
Agree:	1
Neither agree nor disagree:	1
Disagree:	0
Strongly disagree:	0

Perceived Ease of Use

Two of the five respondents found Geodoc easy to use, 3 found it neither easy nor difficult to use, none found it difficult or very difficult.

Geodoc is Easy to Use	Number
Very easy:	0
Easy:	2
Neither easy nor difficult:	3
Difficult:	0
Very difficult:	0

Perceived Time Saving

The survey asked if the users work would take longer without Geodoc, all agreed (3) or strongly agreed (2).

Geodoc Saves Time	Number
Strongly agree:	2
Agree:	3
Neither agree nor disagree:	0
Disagree:	0
Strongly disagree:	0

What would happen without Geodoc?

In response to the question ‘What Alternative would you use if Geodoc was not available?’; One said none and 4 did not know, none gave an alternative service.

Would you use an alternative if Geodoc wasn’t available?	Number
No:	2
I don’t know:	3
Other: (Please specify and alternative)	0