(via Russell Michalak, Goldey-Beacom College) AI is rapidly reshaping library work–not just our tools, but our culture, expectations, and daily professional realities. And yet, we still know very little about how library workers themselves are experiencing this shift. To help fill this gap, Ava Wallace and I are conducting a national survey on how librarians and library staff…
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Call for Participation: Research Survey “Exploring How Academic and Health Sciences Librarians Gain Foundational Skills”–Deadline Wed., Nov. 26
(via Rachel Whitney, Medical University of South Carolina) I am emailing you to invite you to be part of a survey aimed at understanding how academic and health science librarians acquire the foundational skills necessary for their role and to what extent these skills are taught in library and information science (LIS) programs, gained through…
Call for Participation: ACRL Academic Library Trends and Statistics Survey–Deadline Thurs., Jan. 22
(via Anne Craig, CARLI Senior Director) The 2025 ACRL Academic Library Trends and Statistics Survey is now open! The ACRL Survey provides a comprehensive portrait of the impact that academic libraries have across the United States. The data you submit facilitate effective benchmarking, assessment of impact over time, tracking new trends, and demonstration of the…
Call for Participation: Research Survey “Exploring the Education and Self-Training Practices of Information Professionals in Evidence Synthesis Methodologies”–Deadline Wed., Oct. 15
(via Rachel Whitney, Medical University of South Carolina) Thank you to those who have participated! We are still welcoming participation in a research study aimed at understanding how information professionals across disciplines gain evidence synthesis (ES) knowledge and skills. Additional outcomes we hope to evaluate from this survey are the differences between how information professionals…
Call for Participation Extended: ACRL Chapters Council Survey on Potential Resources to Meet Academic Librarians’ Advocacy Needs–New Deadline Mon., Oct. 20
(via Leslin Charles, ACRL Chapters Council Past Chair) The ACRL Chapters Council is working in partnership with the ALA COLA Ecosystem Initiative to better understand the advocacy needs of academic librarians in leveraging their individual ecosystem to develop useful tools that would assist ACRL members in their advocacy efforts. See more details below. Are you…
Call for Participation Extended: Survey on Current Practices for Social Media Management in Academic Libraries–New Deadline Thurs., Oct. 16
(via M. Teresa Doherty, Virginia Commonwealth University) We are pleased to invite library colleagues to complete our survey exploring current practices for social media management for academic libraries. We encourage participation by librarians or other faculty or professionals who are involved in public relations, communications, management, collections, technology, outreach or other work involving social media…
Call for Participation: Survey on Current Credit-Bearing Instruction Practices Within Higher Education–Deadline Fri., Oct. 31
(via Kat Phillips, Penn State University) My name is Kathleen (Kat) Phillips, and I am the Nursing & Allied Health Librarian at Penn State University. As part of my sabbatical research, I am conducting a survey to benchmark current credit-bearing instruction practices within higher education in the United States and Great Britain. Individuals who either…
Call for Participation: Study “Emotional Intelligence in Librarian Leaders’ Management of Others”
I am looking for academic librarians to participate in a pilot study that I am conducting on “Emotional Intelligence in Librarian Leaders’ Management of Others”. The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore how emotional intelligence manifests in the approaches of librarian leaders when managing others, with the goal of informing effective leadership development…
Call for Participation: Study on Experiences and Perspectives of Gen Z Tenure-Track Librarians Working in Academic Libraries
(via Rayla Tokarz—University of Nevada, Reno) A group of academic librarians at the University of Nevada, Reno are doing a research study about the experiences and perspectives of Generation Z (people born in or between 1997 and 2007) tenure-track librarians working in academic libraries. We are interested in hearing your thoughts about working in libraries, career…
Call for Participation: Survey for Academic Library Deans and Directors on Factors Influencing Librarian Salaries
(via Anita Hall, University of Louisville) We are reaching out to Deans and Directors at United States Academic Libraries to seek your participation in a research study “How are academic librarian salaries determined? A survey of factors influencing compensation”. This study, conducted by Anita R. Hall and Melissa Laning at the University of Louisville, is…