17. It has been said by some that the day of the bookmobile is over. Technology, such as the internet, improved roads and proliferation of library branch buildings has made the bookmobile obsolete. Do you agree with this perspective?
If not, what value(s) do you see in continuing to provide bookmobile services?
18. If money were no object, how would you make your bookmobile and its service better? Explain why you would make these specific changes.
Dear Bookmobile Staff Member:
I don’t have to tell you how important bookmobiles are. You spend every day seeing the appreciative faces, the happy smiles and hearing the grateful thank you’s from the people you serve. However, many people are surprised that bookmobiles are still being used and are unaware of their daily impact.
I’m a graduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and as I have studied, I have realized how little current information there is available concerning bookmobiles. The most recent book was published in 1990 and most books date from the 1970's or earlier. It is for this reason that I chose bookmobiles as the topic for my final research Master’s Paper. My research is designed to ask you- the experts- for your opinions about bookmobile service. And I’m sending this request in the hope that you might help in my research.
To participate in the study, you will click on the link below to go to Survey Monkey, and to fill out the survey form. Clicking on the link connotes your consent to be a participant in this study. This questionnaire is composed of questions addressing bookmobiles and your views regarding your current position, and the services bookmobiles provide, and some questions (demographic) used to describe the
respondents in this study. Completion of the questionnaire should take no longer than 30 minutes. You are free to answer or not answer any particular question and have no obligation to complete answering the questions once you begin.
Your participation is anonymous. You are asked not to put any personally identifying information on the questionnaire. All data obtained in this study will be reported as group data. No individual can be or will be identified. We plan on publishing the results of this research as well as communicating these results to the professional associations in library science. The only persons who will have access to these data are the investigators named on this letter.
We do not anticipate any risks should you participate in this study nor any personal benefits from being involved with it. However, there will be professional benefit from this study, as the information we obtain will be communicated to the profession through publication in the literature, presentation at professional meetings and directly disseminated to the professional associations. There is no cost to you or financial benefit for your participation.
You may contact us with any questions at my email ([email protected]) or that of my faculty advisor, Dr. Brian Sturm ([email protected]).
All research on human volunteers is reviewed by a committee that works to protect your rights and welfare. If you have questions or concerns about your rights as a research subject you may contact, anonymously if you wish, the Institutional Review Board at 919-966-3113 or by email to [email protected].
Thank you for considering participation in this study. We hope that we can share your views with the greater professional community and use your response to help shape professional practice. If you are willing to participate in this research study, please click on the following survey link:
Sincerely,
Kathy Fain Dr. Brian Sturm
Dear Bookmobile Staff Member:
Thank you so much to everyone who has participated in my survey so far. I am extremely encouraged by so many responses. If you haven’t taken part yet, will you consider doing so?
Your voice and opinions are important and I would greatly value your input. Please respond by October 26, 2007 as I will have to close the survey at 5:00 pm on that date so that I have time to analyze the results and write the Master’s paper. If you missed my first letter, let me tell you about myself and what I am doing; the link to the survey is at the bottom of this email.
I’m a graduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and as I have studied, I have realized how little current information there is available concerning bookmobiles. The most recent book was published in 1990 and most books date from the 1970's or earlier. It is for this reason that I chose bookmobiles as the topic for my final research Master’s Paper. My research is designed to ask you- the experts- for your opinions about bookmobile service. And I’m sending this request in the hope that you might help in my research.
To participate in the study, you will click on the link below to go to Survey Monkey, and to fill out the survey form. Clicking on the link connotes your consent to be a participant in this study. This questionnaire is composed of questions addressing bookmobiles and your views regarding your current position, and the services bookmobiles provide, and some questions (demographic) used to describe the
respondents in this study. Completion of the questionnaire should take no longer than 30 minutes. You are free to answer or not answer any particular question and have no obligation to complete answering the questions once you begin.
Your participation is anonymous. You are asked not to put any personally identifying information on the questionnaire. All data obtained in this study will be reported as group data. No individual can be or will be identified. We plan on publishing the results of this research as well as communicating these results to the professional associations in library science. The only persons who will have access to these data are the investigators named on this letter.
We do not anticipate any risks should you participate in this study nor any personal benefits from being involved with it. However, there will be professional benefit from this study, as the information we obtain will be communicated to the profession through publication in the literature, presentation at professional meetings and directly disseminated to the professional associations. There is no cost to you or financial benefit for your participation.
You may contact us with any questions at my email ([email protected]) or that of my faculty advisor, Dr. Brian Sturm ([email protected]).
All research on human volunteers is reviewed by a committee that works to protect your rights and welfare. If you have questions or concerns about your rights as a research subject you may contact, anonymously if you wish, the Institutional Review Board at 919-966-3113 or by email to [email protected].
Thank you for considering participation in this study. We hope that we can share your views with the greater professional community and use your response to help shape professional practice. If you are willing to participate in this research study, please click on the following survey link:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=aKsgbro2YYvyl39fZma6dA_3d_3d
Sincerely,
Kathy Fain Dr. Brian Sturm