(via Dr. Ashley Todd-Diaz, Towson University) Thank you to everyone who has participated in my survey thus far! If you haven’t yet, I would like to invite you to consider participating in a short survey that focuses on the leadership emergence of librarians and archivists. Librarians and archivists share many professional values, priorities, and education. However, research has shown there…
Category: Studies on Library Trends
Call for Participation: Research Study on Workflows of Academic Library eBook Textbook Affordability Initiatives Involving the Use of Assigned Materials Data (Lists) and Library-Licensed eBooks–Deadline Fri., Nov. 17
(via Rachel Scott, Illinois State University) We invite library personnel at post-secondary education institutions in the United States to participate in a research study on the workflows of academic library eBook textbook affordability initiatives involving the use of assigned materials data (lists) and library-licensed eBooks. Information from this study will be shared with other libraries…
Call for Participation: Survey on Accessibility Services and Support in Small and Rural Academic Library Environments–Deadline Sun., Nov. 5
(via Deborah Tritt Harmon, University of South Carolina Aiken) My name is Robert Amerson. I’m a librarian at the University of South Carolina Aiken, and I hope this email finds you well. Currently, Deborah Tritt Harmon and I are working on a study focusing on accessibility services and support in small and rural academic library…
Reminder: Survey for Association of Mental Health Librarians on Needs of Those Interested in Professional Associations, Along with Mental Health Information Resources and Sharing, Closes Sun., Oct. 8
(via Perry Weidling, student at Simmons College GSLIS) Thanks to everyone who has already responded! This is the last call for a survey being conducting as part of an environmental scan for the Association of Mental Health Librarians (AMHL). The survey aims to help us better understand a) the needs of those interested in professional associations…
Call for Participation: Survey on STEM Librarians Who Do Not Have a STEM Degree
(via Kelly Durkin Ruth, United States Naval Academy) Are you a STEM librarian without a STEM degree? If so, you’re invited to participate in a study designed to capture the experiences and perspectives of STEM librarians without STEM degrees in their own words. Participation involves taking one screening survey and completing one interview. The survey…
Call for Participation: Survey on Library Managers’ Perceptions of, and Actions to Promote, Employees’ Mental Well-Being
(via Christina Holm, Kennesaw State University) I am conducting a survey regarding library managers’ perceptions of employee mental well-being and the actions that library managers take to promote that well-being. The intention of this research is to document the ways that managers conceptualize the workplace mental well-being of their supervisees. I hope that you will consider…
Call for Participation: Study on the Information-Related Experiences of People Who Have Experienced Long COVID
(via Beth St. Jean, University of Maryland College of Information Studies) We’re conducting a study to investigate the information-related experiences of people who have experienced long COVID. Our goal for conducting this study is to learn how we can improve people’s information-related experiences during future pandemics, epidemics, and personal health crises. We are currently looking…
Call for Participation: Survey on How Librarians or Information Professionals Currently Support Basic or Life Science Researchers
(via Stephanie Schulte, The Ohio State University) Greetings: Our team seeks to better understand how librarians or information professionals currently support basic or life science researchers. We are interested in learning more about your role with this community. Specifically, we are interested in learning if having a background in basic/life science improves your role, what…
Reminder: Survey on Document Delivery Best Practices in U.S. Academic Libraries Closes Fri., Aug. 11
(via Rosemary Humphrey, Kennesaw State University) Researchers at Kennesaw State University Library System and Clemson University Libraries would like to invite US academic library personnel to take part in research regarding document delivery best practices among libraries in the United States. The online survey provided below is part of a research study to evaluate document…
Call for Participation: Survey on Open Pedagogy in Academic Library Instruction–Deadline Wed., Aug. 9
(via Elena Azadbakht–University of Nevada, Reno) We would like to invite all current academic librarians who provide information literacy instruction and/or support open education in any capacity at a higher education institution in the United States or Canada to participate in a study to assess knowledge and support of open pedagogy. Fellow librarians at the…