Thanks for your support, you have to sign the consent form prior to starting
the survey. Once the online consent form is agreed, the survey will be accessed.
SURVEY PARTICIPANT CONSENT FORM
Who, What, Why, Where, When
- This important study, entitled “In search of Excellence: Chinese American
Librarians in the 21st Century”, is conducted by Lian Ruan, Director/Head
Librarian, Illinois Fire Service Institute, and Jian Anna Xiong, Assistant
Professor/Government Information Librarian at Southern Illinois University
at Carbondale. Support has been provided partially by the Chinese American
Librarians Association (CALA) Sally C.Tseng Professional Development Grant.
- This research study involves responses to a questionnaire by Chinese American
librarians across the nation.
- The purpose of this study is to help Chinese American's professional development
by enhancing the understanding and further building the knowledge base of
Chinese American Librarianship. Another main purpose of the proposed study
is to provide solid evidence to help CALA achieve it's organizational purpose.
- Chinese American librarians, mainly from the current CALA membership directory,
will be asked to complete a brief questionaire. The questionnaire takes only
15 to 20 minutes to complete online. Once completed, the questionare
will be stored in a secure database. The online version of the questionaire is located at:
http://library.fsi.uiuc.edu/CALAproject/index.html
- After receiving the completed questionnaires, Lian Ruan and Anna Xiong,
principal investigators will analyze data and interprete the findings.
They plan to disseminate the context and purpose of the study, its methods,
findings, limitations, and conclusions by writing research papers and present research findings
at local, regional and national conferences, such as the Joint Conference of Librarians
of Color 2006 (JCLC'06), Annual Conference of the American Library Association (CALA),
etc. They also aim to publish the research results in peer-reviewed
journals such as College and Research Libraries News or Chinese Librarianship: an Electronic International Journal (CLIEJ).
- The major project tasks and milestones are as follows:
- Phase I: Preparation & Setup (June to September 2005)
- Phase II: Collection of Research Data. Follow-up (October 2005-March 2006)
- Phase III: Data Analysis and Research Publication and Presentation (April-June 2006)
Confidentiality
- Your responses will be confidential. The questionnaires are identified
only by I.D. number.
Voluntary
Your participation in this research is voluntary.
You may skip questions or terminate your participationat any time. Your decision to
participate, decline, or withdraw from participation will have no impact on your present
or future relations with the University of Illinois in any way.
Risks and Benifits
There are no risks from participation beyond those that exist in normal daily life.
Although there may not be immediate direct benefits to you, you will be providing
valuable infomation for the field of Chinese American Librarians.
Who to Contact
If you have any questions
about the project, please contact the project staff at:
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Xiuling Nie
Illinois Fire Service Institute
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
11 Gerty Drive
Champaign, IL 61820
Tel: 217 265-6107
Fax: 217 333-8379 or 217 244-6790
Email: xnie2@uiuc.edu
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You may also contact the Institution Research Board (IRB) Office at the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for information about the rights of human subjects
in UIUC-approved research. You may e-mail irb@uiuc.edu or call (217)333-2670
collect, identifying yourself as a research subject.
I HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD THE INFORMATION ABOVE AND CONFIRM THE
FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ON VOLUNTARINESS
- I understand that my participation is entirely voluntary.
- I understand that I may refuse to participate or may discontinue
participation at any time during the project without penalty.
- I understand that I may skip any questions that I don’t wish
to answer.
Please print out a copy of this consent form for your records with e-mail from us acknowledging you have signed the consent form.
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