Subject: Survey
From: "Zhu, Lihong" <lzhu2_at_wsu.edu>
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:27:31 -0800
Please excuse for cross-posting
You are invited to participate in an online survey about the role of
paraprofessionals in technical services in academic libraries. This
survey is intended for both professionals and paraprofessionals who are
working in technical services in academic libraries. For this survey, a
professional position is defined as a position requiring a master's
degree in library science/information science or equivalent. A
paraprofessional position is defined as a position not requiring a
master's degree in library science/information science or equivalent.
Typical paraprofessional positions include library associates, library
clerks, library assistants, library technicians, library
paraprofessionals, or library support staff. Paraprofessional positions
could also be management positions, such as unit heads, supervisors, and
coordinators.
For this survey, "technical services" is defined as library functional
areas that are responsible for selecting, acquiring, organizing,
processing, and providing access to library collections in all formats,
as opposed to the delivery of public services. Typical technical
services functional areas include collection development, cataloging,
acquisitions, electronic resources management, physical processing,
serials (print, electronic, microform, tec.), documents, and
preservation. In some libraries, technical services functional areas are
centralized and belong to one unit/department/division; in some
libraries, technical services functional areas are not centralized and
belong to different units/departments/divisions. This survey applies to
both centralized and non-centralized technical services.
Library literature noted that more and more complex duties were assigned
to library paraprofessionals in technical services in academic
libraries. The purpose of this survey is to identify the type of complex
duties assigned to paraprofessionals in technical services in academic
libraries and to what extent paraprofessionals perform library work that
has been considered professional.
Responding to this survey constitutes informed consent to participating
in the research. The survey is voluntary, and you may withdraw from it
at any time. All responses will be kept confidential and anonymous. The
results of this survey are intended for publication.
The survey will remain open until February 18, 2011. It should take
around 30 minutes to complete. Please feel free to forward this survey
to any librarian or staff who is working in technical services in
academic libraries.
To access the online survey, please go to
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PRFNQ5K
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Lihong Zhu, Head
of Technical Services, Washington State University, email: lzhu2_at_wsu.edu.
Thank you for your participation.
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