Questions for Library Technician Secondment Participants

Have come up with a series of questions that I'd like answered for my research. If you are a library technician and have participated in secondments and can answer some or all of these questions, please contact me http://alia.org.au/~suthmann or use the comment feature of the blog:

• What benefits did you gain through participating in a secondment?
• What was the application process for your secondment?
• Were you working at a higher level or at the same level? If it was the same level, what was the rationale behind this?
• What challenges did you face during your secondment?
• What challenges did you face after completing your secondment?
• Did your organisation encourage you to participate in secondments? If so, how did they do this?
• Was the secondment internal to the organisation or external?
• In your organisation are there many secondment opportunities for library technicians? If not, why do you think this is so?
• In your organisation are librarians offered more secondment opportunities then library technicians? If so, why?
• Would you return to study if it increased your opportunity at gaining a secondment?
• Have you ever applied for a secondment and was not successful? Do you know why?

If you are interested in the outcomes of my research and think there are some questions that should be asked, please also contact me with your feedback!!