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ALSNews           Vol. 27           May 30, 1995

Table of Contents


    1. How often do you read ALSNews?
    2. What types of articles do you enjoy the most? (You may select more than
    3. Do you find the Operations Schedule helpful?
    4. How do you find the level of writing?
    5. ALSNews now features 3-4 articles per weekly issue. How does this suit your
    6. Do you read/access the ALS pages on the World Wide Web on a regular basis?
    7. If you answered yes to #6, what type of browser are you using?
    8. Any suggestions for improvements to ALSNews or new types of articles to add?

ALSNEWS READER SURVEY

Judging from the number of subscribers to ALSNews (now over 500), we believe this electronic bulletin is indeed an effective and efficient way to keep you, our readers, up to date on ALS activities. However, we think there is room for improvement, and thus we are actively soliciting feedback in the form of this brief survey so we can tailor ALSNews to our audience.

All we ask is that you take one minute (maybe less if you're quick!) to answer the following questions. Please choose whichever method is easiest for you to return this survey (for a little vocal challenge, try reading the following paragraph out loud in one breath):

If you received this survey by electronic mail, you can either
    a) Send us an e-mail reply which includes this message, inserting an X 
       at the beginning of the appropriate lines to mark your answers and 
       adding your comments; or
    b) Send us an e-mail reply with the number of each question and 
       the letter of your answer(s): 1-A, 2-C,D, etc., plus your comments;
       or
    c) Print out the survey, circle your answers, add your comments, 
       and fax back to ALSNews at (510) 486-7696.

If you are reading this on the World Wide Web, you can use options (b) or (c)
above, or copy the survey into an e-mail message and use option (a) above. Our
e-mail address is alsnews@lbl.gov

1. How often do you read ALSNews?

    A. Every week
    B. At least once a month
    C. Less than once a month

2. What types of articles do you enjoy the most? (You may select more than

one.)
    A. Recent Research Results
    B. New Beamline Updates
    C. Beamline and Instrument R&D
    D. Accelerator Physics News
    E. Techniques (TXRF, for example)
    F. Visiting Researchers
    G. Other (please specify)

3. Do you find the Operations Schedule helpful?

    A. Yes
    B. No

4. How do you find the level of writing?

    A. Just about right
    B. Overly technical
    C. Too simple

5. ALSNews now features 3-4 articles per weekly issue. How does this suit your

needs?
    A. This amount of information works well for me.
    B. This is too much to read every week; I would prefer shorter issues.
    C. I like the current length, but would prefer if ALSNews came out
       every two weeks.

6. Do you read/access the ALS pages on the World Wide Web on a regular basis?

    A. Yes
    B. No

7. If you answered yes to #6, what type of browser are you using?

    A. Netscape
    B. MOSAIC
    C. LYNX
    D. MacWeb
    E. Other (please specify)
    F. Not applicable (I answered no to #6)

8. Any suggestions for improvements to ALSNews or new types of articles to add?


    A. No (it's just wonderful as is)
    B. Yes (Add suggestions here)

Thank you for all your responses (especially if you marked A on question 8!  -
The Editors). We'll go back to regular issues beginning June 6.