SRRT (Social Responsibilities Round Table)

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The Social Responsibilities Round Table works to make ALA more democratic and to establish progressive priorities not only for the Association, but also for the entire profession. Concern for human and economic rights was an important element in the founding of SRRT and remains an urgent concern today. SRRT believes that libraries and librarians must recognize and help solve social problems and inequities in order to carry out their mandate to work for the common good and bolster democracy.

Learn more about SRRT on the ALA website.

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Survey for disabled library workers/library workers with disabilities

  • 1.  Survey for disabled library workers/library workers with disabilities

    Posted Feb 04, 2019 01:50 PM
    Good morning/afternoon,

    Are you a current or recent library worker over the age of 18 who identifies as disabled or as a person with a disability/chronic illness?

    If so, you are invited to participate in an online research survey titled DisService: Disabled library staff and service expectations, which will be included in the larger publication edited by Veronica Arellano Douglas and Joanna Gadsby, Deconstructing Service in Libraries: Intersections of Identities and Expectations.

    The survey will take approximately 25-35 minutes to complete and must be completed in one sitting or your responses will not be recorded. Your participation is voluntary.

    The study aims to answer the following questions:
    • How does the current ethos of service in libraries affect Disabled people/people with disabilities who work in libraries (henceforth referred to as Disabled Library Workers or "DLW's")?
    • How does the intersection of other identities (i.e. race, sexual orientation, gender identity, etc.) affect a DLW's experience with the ethos of service in the workplace?
    • Does the type of library (e.g. public, academic, special, government, etc.) significantly affect a DLW's experience?
    • Does the type of role (e.g. public vs. technical services) significantly affect a DLW's experience?

    The goal of this study is to bring to light issues of organizational justice for library workers with disabilities and explore how change agents may use this study to promote organizational justice.

    If you have any questions about the survey, you can contact Kelsey George, MLIS at 702-895-2106 or kelsey.george@unlv.edu

    For questions about your rights as a research participant; or if you have questions, complaints, or concerns about the research, you may contact The Office of Research Integrity-Human Subjects office at (702) 895-2794 or irb@unlv.edu.

    If you wish to participate, please click the following link: https://unlv.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9tRzFojFB4p013D

    The survey will be available until March 4th, 12:00 am PST.

    Please feel free to share the survey.

    Thank you for your time!

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    Kelsey George
    Cataloging & Metadata Strategies Librarian
    University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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