Category: Studies on Library Trends

(via Dr. Dee Anna Phares, Northern Illinois University) Given the current sociocultural and political landscape, we invite academic library workers with responsibilities related to children’s literature collections in the United States to respond to the Moral Injury: Academic Library Workers in Children’s Literature Spaces survey that seeks to uncover potentially morally injurious events and reveal…

(via Stephanie Luke, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) We are writing to you to invite you to participate in a survey for a research study Inclusive Metadata Practices in Digital Libraries. This study seeks to better understand how institutions approach inclusive description and metadata work within digital library environments. If you currently work with digital library…

(via Eric Prosser, Arizona State University) Arizona State University Library is inviting liaison librarians or subject librarians responsible for any STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) field and who are at least 18 years old to participate in a research study entitled “Exploration and Validation of an Instrument to Measure the Self-Efficacy of STEMM Librarians”….

(via Jennifer Sharkey, Illinois State University) All academic librarians in the United States and Canada are invited to participate in a survey about student success in academic libraries. The research project is an examination and analysis of student success initiatives in academic libraries. The researchers seek to find out how institutions define student success, how…

(via Lee Adams—California State University, East Bay) We are conducting a follow-up online survey to learn what social media platforms librarians are using for professional development or professional networking in library work. We conducted a similar survey one year ago, and we are interested to learn how librarians’ social media use for professional development and/or…

(via Eric Prosser, Arizona State University) Arizona State University Library is inviting liaison librarians or subject librarians responsible for any STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) field and who are at least 18 years old to participate in a research study entitled “Exploration and Validation of an Instrument to Measure the Self-Efficacy of STEMM Librarians.”…

(via Caitlin Stewart, Illinois State University) Given the current sociocultural and political landscape, we invite academic library workers with responsibilities related to children’s literature collections in the United States to respond to the Moral Injury: Academic Library Workers in Children’s Literature Spaces survey that seeks to uncover potentially morally injurious events and reveal the impact…

(via Pete Steadman, Illinois Wesleyan University) This is a reminder that the Ames Library at Illinois Wesleyan University is conducting research about art collections in academic libraries. We are seeking participation in the Art Collection Practices Survey from a variety of academic libraries on different facets of art collection management. These include how the institution…

(via Gina Genova, University of Louisville) Have you worked on systematic reviews or other evidence synthesis projects with health sciences researchers working outside of medicine, such as nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, clinical psychology, pharmacy, public health, or biomedical sciences? You’re invited to participate in a research study (IRB 25.0919) run by Gina Genova (gina.genova@louisville.edu) at…

(via Dr. Dee Anna Phares, Northern Illinois University) Given the current sociocultural and political landscape, we invite academic library workers with responsibilities related to children’s literature collections in the United States to respond to the Moral Injury: Academic Library Workers in Children’s Literature Spaces survey that seeks to uncover potentially morally injurious events and reveal…