SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
INFORMED CONSENT STATEMENT
Kinds of Reference Services Being Offered at Academic Libraries Survey
You are invited to participate in a research study. The purpose of this study is to determine what kinds of reference services are being offered at academic libraries and if libraries are planning to change the way they offer reference services based on students' behaviors. It also asks if you plan on getting rid of traditional reference services. This is the second version and the response of all academic librarians are invited, even if you took the survey last year.  This survey has been revised; some questions have been dropped, and others shortened.
I want to find if there has been any change of feeling regarding changing the way reference services is done. Last year over 80% of libraries surveyed still did traditional reference over 7 hours a day. And 65% of academic libraries surveyed said that they would never take librarians off the reference desk or that they probably would not. 10 percent said that they have already done so.   It will be greatly appreciated if you can take this survey.  This time the survey results will be made available to all who request it.
Information
                 If you choose to participate in this study, you will be presented with 12 questions.
We estimate that participation in this survey will take less than 10 minutes.
We hope to recruit at least 400 people for participation in this survey. Your participation is greatly appreciated!
Risks
There are no foreseeable risks associated with this study.
Benefits
You will contribute to research that may help to obtain knowledge on the kinds of reference services that are being offered at academic libraries and to maybe consider if it is time to change those services.
Confidentiality
No personally identifying information is maintained in connection with survey results. Your responses are not connected with you in any way. There will be a list of names kept to determine how many e-mails were sent, but there will be no way to correlate the names to the answers given. In other words, this is an anonymous survey.
Contact
If you have questions at any time about the study or the procedures, you may contact the researcher, Dennis Miles, LIB 103, 580-745-2396, or by email at [log in to unmask]
If you feel you have not been treated according to the descriptions in this form, or your rights as a participant in research have been violated during the course of this project, you may contact the chair of the office for the Southeastern Oklahoma State University Human Subjects Research Review Committee, at 580/745-2338, or by e-mail at [log in to unmask]
Participation
Your participation in this study is voluntary. If you decide to participate, you may withdraw from the study at anytime, and you may refuse to answer any question.
Consent
If you would like, please print this page for your records.

HERE IS THE LINK FOR THE SURVEY

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=xQR24oiWmhWOu3lEVc5k4A_3d_3d




Dennis  B. Miles
Systems/Reference Librarian
Henry G. Bennett Memorial Library
Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Durant, OK 74701
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