(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University) Please join us to learn more about, and engage with, the IMLS (Institute of Museum and Library Services) planning grant. The webinar, titled “”Planning for a Multi-State Workforce Study of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Academic Library Paraprofessionals”, will take place on Monday, December 5, starting at 11:00…
Category: Studies on Library Trends
Call for Participation-SIU Edwardsville Survey on Critical Information Literacy in Academic Libraries: Perceptions and Pushback
(via Simone Williams, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville) Simone Williams, Assistant Professor and Diversity and Engagement Librarian and Elizabeth Kamper, Assistant Professor and Information Literacy Librarian at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, is inviting you to participate in a research study. The goal of this research study is to collect data to determine threat levels to implementing…
Call for Participation: Research Study “Personal Identity of Chronically Ill Health Sciences Library Workers”
(via Anna Ferri, Roseman University of Health Sciences) Dear Current, Former, or Future Library Worker, We are contacting you to request your participation in a research study titled “Personal Identity of Chronically Ill Health Sciences Library Workers”, reviewed and approved as exempt research by the Texas Christian University Institutional Review Board and the University of…
Call for Participation: Survey on Academic Library Services, Including COVID-19 Impact, for Non-Degree-Seeking Older Adults
(via Giovanna Badia, McGill University) My colleague, April Colosimo, and I are interested in learning more about academic library services for non-degree-seeking older adults who are pursuing lifelong learning opportunities. We are also interested in the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on these services. We are looking for survey participants from academic libraries…
Call for Participation: Research Survey on Critical Information Literacy at Academic Institutions
(via Simone Williams, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville) Simone Williams, Assistant Professor and Diversity and Engagement Librarian and Elizabeth Kamper, Assistant Professor and Information Literacy Librarian at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, is inviting you to participate in a research study. The goal of this research study is to collect data to determine threat levels to implementing…
Call for Participation: Research Study on the Use of Design Thinking in Library Settings
(via Sarah Allison, Ball State University) Dear Colleagues, Have you participated in the design thinking process within a library setting? Have you used design thinking for problem-solving needs or remodeling of library spaces? Have you used design thinking to refine your library public services? We are working on exploratory research about how design thinking is…
Call for Participation: Research Survey Measuring Academic Librarians’ Teaching Self-Efficacy Beliefs (Deadline Fri., July 29)
(via David Lemmons, George Mason University) We are writing to ask you to participate in a research survey measuring academic librarians’ teaching self-efficacy beliefs. The purpose of this study is to test a scale for measuring teaching self-efficacy of librarians working in higher education. Any person working in an academic library with teaching responsibilities is…
Call for Participation: Pre-Screening Survey for Study on the Phenomenon of Caring Relations Among Academic Librarians Engaged in Research/Reference Assistance
(via Laureen Cantwell, PhD student at University of Buffalo) Dear academic librarians, My name is Laureen Cantwell, and I am a PhD student in the Information Science program, within the Graduate School of Education, at the University at Buffalo. I am conducting a research study exploring the phenomenon of caring relations among academic librarians engaged…
Reminder: Feasibility Study for Medical/Health Humanities Engagement Within Libraries Still Open
(via Laureen Cantwell-Jurkovic, Colorado Mesa University & Western Colorado Community College) Link to Participate: here The Purpose of this Survey (Protocol: 22-49): In preparing the manuscript for an edited volume about academic librarians and the health humanities, the survey author felt a chapter regarding the feasibility of medical and health humanities engagement for librarians, libraries,…
Call for Survey Participation: Feasibility Study for Medical/Health Humanities Engagement Within Libraries
(via Laureen Cantwell-Jurkovic, Colorado Mesa University & Western Colorado Community College) Link to Participate: click here The Purpose of this Survey (Protocol: 22-49): In preparing the manuscript for an edited volume about academic librarians and the health humanities, the survey author felt a chapter regarding the feasibility of medical and health humanities engagement for librarians, libraries,…