1. Did the Summer Institute with David Seaman live up to your expectations?

-- Exceeded them.

-- Yes - I would like a follow up.

-- That and more

-- More than met my expectations - very thorough & comprehensive as well as detailed for application quickly at our institution.

-- Yes

-- It was an excellent course.

-- Absolutely

-- Yes, it's a lot of information in one week.

-- Yes. Thought the progression (day-by-day) was just right for most of us who could not jump directly into XML coding and for providing the framework for much broader issues.

-- Yes

-- Yes! It helped me to "get over the hump" of the initial learning curve.

-- Yes

-- Yes

-- Yes - I knew the topic didn't quite fit my needs, but I was pleased to find that even the "irrelevant" stuff was interesting.

2. What did you like best about the Institute?

-- The instructor

-- Large Coverage

-- David's enthusiasm, and the fact that he could translate his expertise so we all could follow him.

-- The mix of lecture and hands-on

-- Excellent, clear explanations of complex concepts

-- Meeting other people who do the same kind of work & hearing about Mr. Seaman's experiences.

-- Focus on practical issues.

-- Hands-on with a real project-created file.

-- Hands-on practice combined with the conceptual overview.

-- The hands-on experience.

-- David is an excellent instructor, knowledgeable and approachable.

3. How could the course have been improved?

-- Maybe slightly more material on imaging could have been provided.

-- Handouts.

-- Make sure everyone had acces to a full-size computer; had a hard time working with the notebook.

-- I could have used a little time to "catch up" here and there - not a real problem, however.

-- I understand that it is difficult to meet the needs of such a variety of students, but the class was a little slow & didn't cover as much as I had hoped. Maybe there could be an advanced class in the future?

-- More time for practical application.

-- It would need to be longer!

-- Air-conditioning :^)

-- More hands-on at the beginning of the week.

-- Having more time & support for the hands-on activities - rushed at the end; one or two "monitors" in the room to help?

4. Were the social events worthwhile? Enjoyable?

-- Yes, very enjoyable.

-- Kings Landing lovely. Thank you! (As a vegetarian, I hope you don't mind my missing the BBQ)

-- Wonderful, not too structured, but enough.

-- Certainly - King's Landing trip was an excellent ice breaker & valuable learning experience. Dinner at Alan's was exceptionally welcoming and delicious.

-- Yes. Yes.

-- Yes! The barbeque was amazing.

-- Only went to lunches/bbq -- but worthwhile and enjoyable.

-- Yes + yes!

-- Yes, particularly the King's Landing trip

-- Yes. A good chance to break the ice, follow up on class info.

-- Yes - low key but giving some sense of community.

-- It is very well organized, and really enjoyable.

5. Any other comments you would like to add?

-- Lunches became boring -- more buffest or "build-your-own"

-- Wonder if the course could travel?

-- I want to send all my librarians & archivists to this course, even the ones who don't work on digitization projects, just so they would understand what we're trying to do & why it's important.

-- Truly excellent! Thank you so much.

-- There was a bit of dichotomy in the class between those with a technological, and a little library background, and those of a library and little technological background. Not bad, it worked well, but if you're ever redesigining the course you may wish to focus it.