ACQflash: Research Request: Survey on Checking Online Journal Access - Deadline May 15

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Date: Mon, 04 May 2009 09:13:06 -0700
To: ACQNET-L <acqnet-l_at_lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Research Request: Survey on Checking Online Journal Access - 
Deadline May 15
From: "Andrea Imre" <aimre_at_lib.siu.edu>
Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 10:28:55 -0500

**Please excuse cross-posting****


You are invited to participate in a research study focused on checking 
access to subscribed online journals. Participation is voluntary and 
open to anyone affiliated with a library who deals with maintaining 
access to online journals.

In the past, print issues arrived at the library and the staff had an 
option to keep track of received issues, claim missed issues, and 
generally verify which issues of what subscribed journals were available 
to library users. With online journals many libraries only check online 
journal accessibility in response to problems as they arise. Others have 
decided to create some internal method for systematically checking 
access rather than relying on library users to alert them to problems. 
Our survey gathers data on current library practices and expectations 
about developing standards that may improve library processes. The 
results of this survey will be presented at the NASIG 2009 conference in 
Asheville, NC.

This survey is confidential and the record kept of your survey responses 
does not contain any identifying information about you. It should take 
about 15-20 minutes to complete. Completion of the survey constitutes 
voluntary consent to participate in the study. The survey will close on 
May 15, 2009.

To participate in the survey, click on the following URL: 
http://tinyurl.com/cj4a88 You may leave the survey and clear your 
responses at any time.

If you have any questions about this survey, please contact Kitti Canepi 
(kcanepi_at_lib.siu.edu) or Andrea Imre (aimre_at_lib.siu.edu), Librarians at 
Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Thank you for your participation in this study.


If you do not respond to this survey or return the opt-out message, you 
will be contacted again with this request once during the next 2 weeks. 
If you do not wish to receive a reminder message, please reply to 
aimre_at_lib.siu.edu.

“This project has been reviewed and approved by the SIUC Human Subjects 
Committee. Questions concerning your rights as a participant in this 
research may be addressed to the Committee Chairperson, Office of 
Research Development and Administration, Southern Illinois University, 
Carbondale, IL 62901-4709. Phone (618) 453-44533. Email siuhsc_at_siu.edu.”


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Andrea Imre
Electronic Resources Librarian
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Morris Library
605 Agriculture Dr
Carbondale, IL 62901
hone: 618-453-4339
fax: 618-453-3452
e-mail: aimre_at_lib.siu.edu



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