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[REVISED] Survey: Examining the Impact of COVID-19 on Archives and Special Collections

  • 1.  [REVISED] Survey: Examining the Impact of COVID-19 on Archives and Special Collections

    Posted Sep 29, 2021 04:01 PM
    *Apologies for cross-references*
     
    Hello,
    NOTEThis is a revised version of the survey "Examining the Impact of COVID-19 on Archives and Special Collections." The survey has been updated to include archivists from multiple kinds of institutions. For those who completed the first survey, I invite you to fill out this new one, as the old answers have been deleted. Again, apologies for the inconvenience.
     
    You are invited to participate in an online survey examining the impact of COVID-19 on archives and special collections. This link will take you directly to the Terms of Consent page. 
    Principal Investigator
    Zachary G. Stein
    Head of Special Collections/Assistant Professor
    Edith Garland Dupré Library
    University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Purpose of Study
    The COVID-19 pandemic required archivists and special collections staff from various institutions to change the ways they worked to accommodate conditions to protect patrons and themselves. The goal of this study is to gauge insight into how archivists adjusted to the pandemic and the effect these adjustments had on their work when returning to their sites. 
    Procedure of Study: Participants will be asked to take a survey on conditions and accommodations adopted when returning to work in the archives. The survey should take roughly 10-20 minutes to complete. Participation is optional and there is no penalty for not completing the survey.
     

    Participants: 

    Participants in this study include directors and heads of archives. Institutions include, but are not limited to academic libraries, public libraries, special libraries, and government archives. Participants should be limited to one director/head per institution.
     
    Privacy and Confidentiality:
    No identifying information will be used. All survey responses will be de-identified so no participant or institution can be personally identified. Only the principal investigator will have access to the dataset; the dataset's existence on the Qualtrics server will be removed one year after the data collection phase.
    Contact:
    For any questions, please contact the principal investigator Zachary G. Stein at zachary.stein@louisiana.edu.
     
    Thank you,
    Zack Stein


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    Zack Stein, MSLIS
    Head of Special Collections/Assistant Professor
    Friends of Edith Garland Dupré Library/LEQSF Regents Professor of Library Science
    Edith Garland Dupré Library
    University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    P.O. Box 40199
    Lafayette, LA 70504
    Phone: (337) 482-6427
    Email: zackstein@louisiana.edu
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