Hello all (and apologies for cross-posting),
A final reminder that you are invited to participate in a research study aimed at describing practices, benefits, and challenges associated with student employment and geospatial services in academic libraries. This survey is appropriate for map, geospatial, data, and digital scholarship librarians and any other academic library professionals who:
- Supervised student employees providing geospatial services at their current institution during the 2021-2022 academic year;
- Supervised student employees providing geospatial services at their current institution within the past five years, but not during the 2021-2022 academic year; or
- Have never supervised student employees providing geospatial services at their current institution, but hope to hire students in the future.
The survey consists of multiple choice and open-ended questions and should take approximately 20 minutes to complete. The survey will remain open through May 27, 2022.
To review the study details and access the survey, please click the following link or copy and paste it into your browser:
https://go.osu.edu/sesurvey1
For the purposes of this survey, "geospatial services" is broadly defined, and can include the management and use of print and digital collections of maps and other geospatial information resources; use and support of geospatial data, methods, and technologies for research and teaching; and library-based geospatial education and outreach.
Your participation in this study is voluntary, and you may leave the study at any time without penalty.
If you have questions about the study, you may contact the principal investigator, Joshua Sadvari, Geospatial Information Librarian, The Ohio State University Libraries, by phone: 614-292-5828; or by email: sadvari.1@osu.edu.
If you have questions about your rights as a participant in this study or wish to discuss any other study-related concerns with someone who is not the principal investigator, please call the Office of Responsible Research Practices at Ohio State at: 1-800-678-6251.
Thank you very much for considering to participate in this research study. The information that you provide will be invaluable for developing and enhancing student employment opportunities for library geospatial services, and results will be shared through a published article.
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Joshua Sadvari
Geospatial Information Librarian
The Ohio State University Libraries
sadvari.1@osu.edu------------------------------