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9138827a@levels.unisa.edu.au writes:


> I would be very interested in, and would greatly appreciate a response
> from those who are telecommuters, to the following questions. If you
> are not a telecommuter but know of others who are it would be
> appreciated if you could pass this on to them:
>  
>  
> Q1      Does the organisation to which you telecommute provide any
>         library and information services which are accessible to you
>         online? (eg catalogs, reference assistance, databases, literature
>         searches, document delivery services, organisation information
>         such as daily bulletins and administrative gazettes.)
>  
>         If yes:
>  
>         (a) What services are provided?
>         (b) How useful are these services to you?
>  
> Q2      (a)     What is the nature of the organisation to which you
>                 telecommute?
>  
>         (b)     If you sometimes commute physically to your organisation,
>                 how frequently do you do this?
>  
> Q3      What are the particular information needs that you have as a
>         telecommuter?
>  
> Q4      What basic information services do you consider should be
>         provided by an organisation for its telecommuters? (see Q5 for
>         additional and desirable services)
>  
> Q5      What additional information services would you perceive as being
>         highly desirable for an organisation to provide for its
>         telecommuters?
>  
> Q6      Are there any further comments you wish to make regarding the
>         information needs of telecommuters?
>  
> Q7      Would you like a summary of the results of this survey E-mailed
>         to you?
>  
> Respondents can be assured that individuals and organisations will not
> be identified in any report or summary of this survey.
>  
Hello Bronwen

I don't quite fall into the category because I'm self employed but thought
I'd answer anyway. I am a telecommuter in the fact that I get to work from
home and don't have to report to an office every day. My work is in the
construction field where I figure how much lumber it takes to build a house
from a set of blueprints. I do this for several companies as a transparent
behind the scenes person but am considering an offer by my major client
to work exclusively for them and that is where the second part of your
question comes into play. If I do take them up on this one thing I will
ask of them is to install a terminal here so that I can follow the jobs
and thereby make my estimating a little tighter. The above mentioned
Building Supply has a point of sale system with two yards and could supply
this info quite easily. As an aside I regularly use my Fax/modem to give
the on-the-road salesman an extra copy of my work ( which he has a habit
of misplacing ).
A real life example of telecommuting, but not in the strictest sense.
Good luck with your studies

..John Wilkinson