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
