CHLA-ABSC Survey

Annual Conference

26. Please indicate how often you attend the annual CHLA/ABSC conference:

	Total	Hospital/Long-term Care Personnel	University/Community College Personnel
Every year	39	18	9
Every two or three years	72	34	23
Occasionally	51	26	10
Seldom	48	12	9
Never	81	35	27

27. Please indicate the primary factors influencing your decision whether or not to attend the annual CHLA/ABSC conference.

	Total	Hospital/Long-term Care Personnel	University/Community College Personnel
Conference programming quality	143	65	53
Location – cost of travel	143	67	37
Availability of institutional funding to attend	132	64	35
Continuing education courses being offered	79	32	23
Cost of accommodations	62	39	10
Location – appealing	57	20	20
Amount of time involved	49	25	9
Cost of registration	43	22	11
Other (please specify)	33	9	12
Whether you're participating in the conference yourself.	29	7	15
Time of year	26	12	7
Not applicable	10	8	2
No opinion	6	3	2

28. Please use this space to provide feedback on or suggestions for improvements to the CHLA/ABSC annual conference.

29. Please indicate which other conference(s) you regularly attend (i.e. at least every two years):

Canadian Library Association	20
Medical Library Association	31
Provincial/regional library assoc.	116
Special Libraries Association	17
Not applicable	88
Other	58

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