(via Nicole Swanson, CARLI) CARLI is collecting information on how member libraries have changed for the better and worse as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Please take a few minutes to answer the brief Illinois Library Transformations Survey. To access the survey, please go here. Personnel in various roles at your library may participate. We hope for…
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Reminder: RUSA STARS Seeking Feedback on Guidelines for Resource Sharing Operations Management (Deadline Fri., March 4)
(via Jennifer Young, East Tennessee State University) This is a reminder that the ALA RUSA STARS (Sharing and Transforming Access to Resources Section) Codes, Guidelines, and Technical Standards Committee desires your feedback concerning the Guidelines for Resource Sharing Operations Management. The document seeks to make recommendations regarding the qualifications needed for Resource Sharing Managers. If you…
Call for Participation: IACRL DEI Committee Survey on Making Illinois Academic Libraries More Inclusive (Responses Anonymous)
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee Co-Chair) The IACRL Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee wants to assist the IACRL (Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries) community in its endeavors to make academic libraries in Illinois diverse, equitable, and inclusive, but we can best do that when we fully understand the needs of…
Call for Participation: Survey on the Role of COVID-19 in Burnout Among Health Information Professionals
(via Angela Spencer, Saint Louis University) We invite you to take our survey on the role of COVID-19 in burnout among health information professionals. This survey is a follow up to our burnout project presented at the 2019 Medical Library Association Annual Meeting and is based on the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory. The survey was adapted…
Call for Participation: Survey on Managing Exhibits Online During COVID-19 (Deadline Thurs., Feb. 10)
(via Pam Hackbart-Dean, University of Illinois Chicago) The University of Illinois Chicago and Southern Illinois University Carbondale are conducting a research survey of archivists, librarians, and museum curators to understand how online exhibits are being used and managed to support institutional and programmatic missions. The aim of this survey is to investigate current policies and…
Reminder: RAILS Seeking Member Feedback on E-News Content
(via Dan Bostrom, RAILS) The RAILS E-News is our main mode of communication with our members. It’s packed with information for all types and sizes of libraries, and for multiple levels of staff. We publish it weekly with news from RAILS, our member libraries, other library institutions, and the greater library world. We want to…
Call for Participation: Survey on Virtual Reference in Medical and Health Sciences Librarianship During COVID-19
(via Kay Strahan, University of Tennessee Health Science Center) We invite all medical and health sciences librarians to participate in a research study including a survey about virtual reference. We are investigating how virtual reference services have changed during the time of COVID-19. How health sciences librarians are utilizing virtual reference services including chat/instant messaging,…
Call for Participation: Survey on Professional Association Membership Diversity, Recruitment, and Retention (Deadline Wed., Feb. 9)
(via Laura Wright, Tulane University) Tulane University, University of Michigan, and University of Washington are conducting a research survey of the information professional community to find out what motivates professional association membership, including membership in the Medical Library Association. The insight you provide will help us to better recommend strategies to improve association membership diversity,…
Call for Participation: Survey to Plan ALA RUSA STARS Licensing & Legislation Committee’s Licensing 101 Workshop
(via Joshua Zeller, Mount St. Joseph University) The ALA RUSA STARS Licensing & Legislation Committee is currently in the process of planning its free spring 2022 workshop, which will have the broad theme of “licensing 101,” and be free to all attendees. We would be grateful if you could take a few minutes to fill…
Reminder: Survey on Collegiality and Its Impact on Academic Libraries Closes Fri., Jan. 14
(via Shin Freedman, Framingham State University) This is a friendly reminder that you are invited to a research survey on collegiality. Thank you for those who completed the survey. If you have not done so, the link is here. I am conducting a research study on collegiality and its impact on academic library workplaces. The survey will take…