Greetings!
Thank you to everyone who has already participated in our survey! If you have not yet participated, we would like to invite you to consider taking our short survey that focuses on the education and experiences of new professionals who teach with primary sources.
The purpose of this study is to learn more about the training, if any, those who teach with primary sources receive formally in grad programs or informally through mentoring, workshops, etc. Anticipated benefits of this study include greater insight into the background and needs of new archival professionals in regards to pedagogical training.
Anyone over the age of 18 who is a new library or archives professional (<5 years in the field) is eligible to participate. If you decide to participate, you will be asked to answer approximately 25 multiple choice and free-response questions, which should take about 15 minutes to complete. Please do not put any information in your response that could be used to identify you. The informed consent and survey are available at https://towson.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9FYnjm8mvfa5rQW.
The survey will be live until mid-April 2026. If you have any questions, please contact the Principal Investigator, Ashley Todd-Diaz (atodddiaz@towson.edu).
Sincerely,
Ashley Todd-Diaz (atodddiaz@towson.edu)
Abigail Nye (anye@uwm.edu)
Josue Hurtado (josue.hurtado@temple.edu)
Lindsay Anderberg (landerberg@nyu.edu)
Morgen MacIntosh Hodgetts (MMACINTO@depaul.edu)
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Ashley Todd-Diaz
Assistant University Librarian for Special Collections and University Archives
Towson University
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