Reminder to small libraries who want to participate in the survey. Deadline is April. 12.
[https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs148/1102224452826/img/567.png] Survey on Collection Care in Small Theological and Religious Studies Libraries and Organizations REMINDER - Complete by April 12, 2014 The American Theological Library Association, the Association of Jewish Libraries, and the Catholic Library Association are conducting a web-based survey to assess current preservation activities and future needs for small theological and religious studies libraries and organizations. The project partners will use the survey results to inform plans for potential future grant funding and to expand and enhance educational services for theological and religious studies libraries and organizations. To those who have completed the survey already and shared it with other libraries - THANK YOU. We have had an excellent response to the survey so far, and want to encourage as many institutions as possible to complete the survey before the April 12 deadline. Please complete this 20-25 minute survey or forward it to the appropriate staff member for completion. Your comments and opinions are vital, regardless of the current state of your institution's preservation program. For the purposes of this survey, participants should work in what they consider a small library, archive, or research collection, and: * be part of a formal or established institution (i.e., not a personal collection) * have a library, archive, or other research collection that is primarily religious and/or theological materials * have religious or theological historical or rare materials as part of the library, archive, or research collection * have at least one contact person (volunteer or salaried; full-time or part-time) responsible for the care/management of the research collection The survey is available at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RZKD8CX<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001D8qchkiEZcGY99rWPsFluwGG1lscMfre31AXkpZCKNVfKcnOxIM_Wc9I3OCY_tmBnR9Zx7aVAf8JDa2oiQYcdp4QnePKriPdp-f764g9qQwNNILoqAd0meHGy9PY9nUH>. A PDF version of the survey is available<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001D8qchkiEZcGY99rWPsFluwGG1lscMfre31AXkpZCKNVfKcnOxIM_Wc9I3OCY_tmBnR9Zx7aVAf_f9UzWE0X3JSmzPjDtaLOyt2O-asHLB46wcIP0kARd5n4JHh7KGibE9L3yjlVoXCNBctArwJLF5R2y6zLbbinxtNebNrd-d_ZFlYMFVPngjEV16pyOkQSz6ta4Y0nCf4bNZh8bMZVlu3ynZEfZYQvR> for download. Please submit the survey online. Remember that by completing the survey, you will be entered into a random drawing for one of 25 $100 Amazon gift certificates. Certificate recipients will be randomly selected from all those who complete the survey. Recipients of the certificates will be selected at the conclusion of the survey. Please complete the survey by April 12, 2014. Each institution should submit only one response to the survey so that the voice of every institution is heard equally. To protect the confidentiality of your responses, all questionnaires will be tabulated by independent research consultants, and findings will only be reported in the aggregate. If you have any questions, please contact Tom Clareson at tom.clare...@lyrasis.org<mailto:tom.clare...@lyrasis.org> or Liz Bishoff at liz.bish...@gmail.com<mailto:liz.bish...@gmail.com>. Thank you for participating in this survey.
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