{"id":18865,"date":"2026-03-26T19:42:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T19:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/?p=18865"},"modified":"2026-03-26T19:42:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T19:42:04","slug":"call-for-participation-survey-on-academic-libraries-current-practices-for-developing-and-managing-popular-reading-collections-deadline-wed-april-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/call-for-participation-survey-on-academic-libraries-current-practices-for-developing-and-managing-popular-reading-collections-deadline-wed-april-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Participation: Survey on Academic Libraries&#8217; Current Practices for Developing and Managing Popular Reading Collections&#8211;Deadline Wed., April 8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(via Abigail Higgins, Auburn University)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a reminder, you are invited to&nbsp;participate&nbsp;in a survey about academic libraries&#8217; current practices surrounding developing and managing popular reading collections (also called browsing collections or leisure reading collections). Input is&nbsp;sought&nbsp;from academic librarians and library workers within the US, who are involved in or have knowledge of their home institutions&#8217; current popular reading collections (or lack thereof). Data collected from this survey will inform an overview of academic libraries&#8217; stances&nbsp;regarding&nbsp;such&nbsp;collections, and&nbsp;may be shared in professional publications and presentations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Survey participation is completely&nbsp;voluntary, and&nbsp;should take no more than 10-15 minutes. The survey will be open&nbsp;for two more weeks,&nbsp;through&nbsp;<strong>Wednesday, April 8<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This survey has been approved by the Auburn University IRB, STUDY0001159.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Link to survey and full information letter: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/auburn.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_eqEBwLjNXmu2pMO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have questions about the survey or project, please reach out to Abigail Higgins, Instruction and Student Success Librarian at Auburn University Libraries, at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:aeh0159@auburn.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">aeh0159@auburn.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you for your time and consideration!&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(via Abigail Higgins, Auburn University) As a reminder, you are invited to&nbsp;participate&nbsp;in a survey about academic libraries&#8217; current practices surrounding developing and managing popular reading collections (also called browsing collections or leisure reading collections). Input is&nbsp;sought&nbsp;from academic librarians and library workers within the US, who are involved in or have knowledge of their home institutions&#8217;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-calls-and-requests","category-surveys"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18865"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18866,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18865\/revisions\/18866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}