{"id":19285,"date":"2026-10-27T15:42:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T15:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/?p=19285"},"modified":"2026-10-27T15:42:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T15:42:43","slug":"call-for-participation-all-medical-health-sciences-librarians-your-input-is-needed-on-our-national-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/call-for-participation-all-medical-health-sciences-librarians-your-input-is-needed-on-our-national-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Participation: All Medical &amp; Health Sciences Librarians! Your Input is Needed on our National Survey!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Via ACRL listserv<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You are invited to participate in a crucial national research study conducted at the Medical University of South Carolina focused on Medical and Health Sciences (M\/HS) librarians in the United States and U.S. territories. Participation is voluntary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The goal of this project is twofold:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1) To gain an accurate representation of the total number of M\/HS librarians who hold professional positions in the U.S.<br>2)To understand the proportion of these librarians who identify as Hispanic\/Latinx.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You are eligible if you currently hold a professional M\/HS librarian position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Survey details:<\/strong><br>IRB number Pro00147369<br>Anonymous online survey<br>36 questions | 10 minutes<br>Open until November 6, 2026, at 11:59 PM EDT<br>Survey link: <a href=\"https:\/\/redcap.musc.edu\/surveys\/?s=EXY99NRXMMJLRXA8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Medical and Health Sciences Librarian Workforce Survey<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You may skip any question and stop at any time without penalty. No identifying information will be collected; responses will be analyzed in aggregate. As with any online survey, there is minimal risk of confidentiality loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Submitting the survey indicates your understanding of the study and willingness to participate.<br>Questions?<br>Jessica Diaz, MLIS, <a href=\"mailto:jed305@musc.edu\">jed305@musc.edu<\/a><br>Sandra Yvette Desjardins, PhD, MLS, <a href=\"mailto:desjardinss@uthscsa.edu\">desjardinss@uthscsa.edu<\/a>Thank you for helping advance an accurate and equitable understanding of the M\/HS library profession.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Via ACRL listserv You are invited to participate in a crucial national research study conducted at the Medical University of South Carolina focused on Medical and Health Sciences (M\/HS) librarians in the United States and U.S. territories. Participation is voluntary. The goal of this project is twofold: 1) To gain an accurate representation of the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-calls-and-requests","category-surveys"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19285","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\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19285"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19286,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19285\/revisions\/19286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}