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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.

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Survey About Student Workers Enrolled in Master's Programs in Library and Information Science

  • 1.  Survey About Student Workers Enrolled in Master's Programs in Library and Information Science

    Posted Oct 20, 2025 08:59 PM

    My apologies for the cross-posting. Please feel free to share this announcement with current LIS students within your organizations and networks. Thank you in advance for your assistance.

    Warmest regards,
    Aaron

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    Researchers at the University of Maryland are conducting a survey on library and archives student workers who are enrolled in Master's programs in library and information science. The survey is measuring their perceptions of how student jobs are preparing LIS students for a professional career in libraries or archives.

    This survey will take approximately 15 minutes to complete.

    In order to take the survey, you must:

    • Be at least 18 years old

    • Be currently enrolled in an American Library Association-accredited Master's program at a university located in the United States (including Puerto Rico) or Canada

    • Currently have at least one job in a library or archive that requires you to be a student in order to be in your job role

      • Examples of student jobs include: hourly student worker, graduate assistantship, internship, fellowship, apprenticeship, practicum, field study, co-op program, or work-study program 

    • NOT currently have one full-time job (35-40 hours per work week) in a library or archive that can be held by non-students

    Survey link: https://umdsurvey.umd.edu/jfe/form/SV_8oFRbf7nkIcZtWK 

    Please fill out this survey before November 21, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. Hawaii-Aleutian time.

    This survey has been approved by the University of Maryland's Institutional Review Board under project number 2367228-1.

    If you have any questions, please contact:

    Andrea Schuba

    aschuba@umd.edu

    301-405-9067

    Or

    Franklin Ofsthun

    ofsthun@umd.edu

    301-738-6226

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    Aaron M. Wilson
    He/Him/His
    Serials/Government Information Cataloging Librarian
    University of Maryland, College Park
    2025 Emerging Leader
    2022 Spectrum LIRT Scholar
    Co-Chair, GODORT Education Committee (2025-2026)
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