Interview Protocols provide guidelines for which activity?

• A. Interview Protocols
• B. Focus Group Protocols
• C. Surveys
• D. Collection Assessment Templates

Answer: (A)

Interviewing is guided by interview protocols, which lay out the purpose, consent process, the exact order of questions, prompts for deeper responses, and how responses will be recorded. This structured plan ensures you gather consistent, ethical, and thorough information from each participant, making comparisons meaningful across interviews. In a library context, this helps you collect reliable insights from students, teachers, or patrons about services, programs, or needs. The other activities—focus groups, surveys, or collection evaluations—use different kinds of guides: focus group protocols for group discussions, surveys for standardized questionnaires, and collection assessment templates for evaluating holdings.