You are being invited to participate in a research project conducted by Ruth Kitchin Tillman, Digital Collections Librarian, University of Notre Dame. This survey gathers basic and broad information about patterns of faculty self-deposit, or the lack thereof, in institutional repositories at institutions of higher education in the United States. The survey will be available through July 8, 2016. This survey is open to anyone at an institution of higher education in the United States self-identifying as responsible in some way for bringing content into an institutional repository or otherwise involved in handling metrics of an institutional repository. The total number of participants will depend on responses to the survey.
This is a virtual, multi-location study. This study will ask respondents basic information about their institution and repository, information about self-deposit (including whether it is possible in their repository), and information about satisfaction with levels of self-deposit in the repository, whether they have developed alternative ingest methods, and whether outreach is currently being conducted to faculty members. The survey should take 5-20 minutes to complete. Respondents are asked to take the survey only once. https://nd.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_eRToVvYaUtbLHSt While participating in a study carries the risk of a loss of confidentiality, the investigator has minimized risk by not collecting IP or other personally identifiable information. Questions about institutional affiliation are optional. While you will not directly benefit from participation, your participation may help the investigator understand trends in faculty self-deposit in institutional repositories. As the resulting data will be shared through publication, your participation may also help the field understand patterns which will allow for the development of better practices in creating and promoting institutional repositories. The results of this study may be published in professional journals. It may also be used for educational purposes or for professional presentations. However, no individual respondent will be identified. Your participation in this project is anonymous. The survey will not be collecting any personally identifying information, however, the first section contains optional identifying institutional information. These identifying fields are entirely optional and will be used for deduplication. Once deduplication has been performed, the identifying fields will be removed from the Qualtrics site. They will not be exported, saved, shared with any other researcher, or published. If you have any questions, you may contact Ruth Kitchin Tillman at rtill...@nd.edu or 574-631-6067. If you have questions about your rights as a research participant, please contact the University of Notre Dame Institutional Review Board (IRB), Notre Dame Research Compliance, ( complia...@nd.edu), phone (574-631-1461), IRB Number: FWA 00002462. Your participation is voluntary and you may refuse to participate or withdraw at any time. You may refuse to answer all but 3-4 core questions (the number depends in part on your responses) and still complete the survey. You may refuse to answer the core questions and withdraw from the survey without penalty. There are no costs and there is no compensation for participating in this survey. This survey is intended to be taken by persons 18 years of age or older. By taking the survey, you agree that you are 18 years of age or older. -- Ruth Kitchin Tillman Digital Collections Librarian Hesburgh Libraries 113 Hesburgh Library o: 574-631-6067 e: rtill...@nd.edu
