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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Recruitment for Youth Services Librarian Focus Group on Social Services in Public Libraries

  • 1.  Recruitment for Youth Services Librarian Focus Group on Social Services in Public Libraries

    Posted Mar 25, 2024 12:37 PM
    Are you a public librarian with responsibilities in youth services? You are invited to participate in an online focus group aimed at U.S. public youth services librarians. The purpose of the focus group is to examine the disposition of public librarians on changes to their professional scope of practice in the face of the expanding trend of placing social workers in public libraries to support community social services information needs, perform outreach, and engage in other activities that have previously fallen to public librarians as part of their job. 

    The research is being conducted by Dr. Melissa Gross and Dr. Don Latham from Florida State University.

    The focus groups will be conducted in Zoom on April 11 & 12 at 3PM EST and will last approximately one hour. You will receive a $50 gift card for participation. If you are interested in participating, please respond using this link: https://fsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8D2Mfj1darLi3KC  

    Participation in the focus group is voluntary. You have the right to not participate in this study. We will make a recording of the focus group. In order to participate, you must agree to be recorded. In reporting the focus group findings, we will not reveal your name or your identity.

    The study is funded in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and has been approved by the Florida State University Institutional Review Board. Focus group data will be used to write research papers and make conference presentations. We will collect, transmit, store, and access electronic files in computer systems with password, encryption, or other authentication protection. All data will be kept confidential to the extent allowed by law. After the transcripts are received and cleaned, the recordings will be deleted. Any personally identifying information will be removed from the transcripts, which will be stored in the FSU  DigiNole Research Repository after the project ends.


    If you have any questions about this study, now or in the future, please contact:


    Dr. Melissa Gross
    School of Information
    Florida State University
    850-644-5775

     
    You can also contact the Florida State University Human Subjects Office at 850-644-7900 or at humansubjects@fsu.edu.  


    Brittany Baum
    PhD Candidate & RA
    School of Information
    Florida State University