Focus Group Invitation for Public Library Workers

This focus group is part of our ongoing partnership with the Public Library Association.
We are looking for public library workers to participate in virtual focus groups this spring. We’re looking for both paraprofessional and professional library workers. Would you or anyone on your staff be interested in participating?
The purpose of the research is to understand better the challenges and rewards of providing health information in public libraries. We are interested in library workers’ questions, experiences, concerns and success stories – it’s all useful to us!
The focus groups will happen by telephone and will last 1.5 hours; we are scheduling on all days of the week except Sundays. Audio tapes will be made of the groups, and only members of the study team will transcribe these audiotapes. No individual person or library will be identified in the transcripts or publications; individual speakers will be referred to as, for example, “Reference Assistant Kansas-1.” Participation will last approximately 1.5 hours. As a token of our appreciation, each participant will receive an Amazon gift card worth $25 (which can be donated to your library if employees are not permitted to be compensated).
If you can help us by participating, thank you!
To Sign Up, Please contact Catherine directly.
Catherine Arnott Smith
Preferred contact: Email: [e-mail]
Office phone: [phone]
Associate Professor,
The Information School
University of Wisconsin-Madiso...

Source: The Cornflower - March 2, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Bobbi Newman Tags: Public Libraries Source Type: news