Three weeks remain for school librarians to participate in the research survey: “School Librarians Employing Social Media for Professional Learning: A Comparative Analysis of Platform and User Factors.” The survey will close February 28th.
Thank you to the organizations and school librarians who have participated so far:
· School librarian organization from 19 states
o Alabama, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Virginia
· Participants from 4 countries
o United Kingdom, China, Australia, Canada
· 447 individual participants
I am honored to be part of this active body of educators. School librarians are extraordinary!
Please consider a second request to your members.
The number of participants currently reaches the minimum number for statistical power. However, I’d like to match the power in other educational surveys with 750-1000 participants.
To participate, please send the following Qualtrics survey link to your members through your official media channels: https://fsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9Hqpe6aAmNMSs86
This study is approved by the Florida State University review board and the subsequent journal articles will add to the literature on our specialized population. This study is a follow-up to a 2021 study published in AASL’s School Library Research: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1296873.pdf .
This study will provide practical results for individual social media users and for community leaders. Topics include activities performed in specific platforms and motives/barriers school librarians perceive as influencing their choices.
I appreciate your time and I am so proud of our community!
Thank you,
Michelle Cates
Florida State University, Palm Beach County Schools, MEd, MA LIS, NPTS
Hi Ms. Johnson,
Thank you very much for CASL’s participation! I'm excited to contribute a sizable school librarian study to the social media literature. We are missing.
Appreciatively,
Michelle Cates
Dear leaders of CASL,
Please support school librarian research. This is a second request for your organization to participate in a school librarian study. I am a veteran school librarian researching how school librarians use social media for professional learning.
Will your organization please participate? To participate, send the following Qualtrics survey link to your members through your official organization media channels (e.g., email, newsletter, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Google+): https://fsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9Hqpe6aAmNMSs86
Currently, six state organizations such as yours and almost 200 school librarians have participated. The goal is 1000 participants from all US regions. Here is the current representation:
· US South – 20%
· US Northeast – 46%
· Midwest – 19%
· West – 12%
· Other – 4%
This study will provide practical results for individual social media users and for community leaders. Topics include activities performed in specific platforms and motives/barriers school librarians perceive as influencing their choices.
The results will benefit the school library profession in several ways. First, very few empirical studies in social media focus on school librarians. As our professional role is unique on campus, our population deserves focused attention.
The survey will close February 28th.
This study is approved by the Florida State University review board and the subsequent journal articles will add to the literature on our specialized population. This study is a follow-up to a 2021 study published in AASL’s School Library Research: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1296873.pdf .
Attached is the study information sheet. Please respond to this email with questions and the answer about your organization’s participation.
I appreciate your time, and I hope your organization will contribute to our national data set.
Thank you,
Michelle Cates
Florida State University, Palm Beach County Schools, MA LIS, MEd, NBCT
From: Michelle Cates
Sent: Friday, January 7, 2022 5:17 AM
To: President@ctcasl.org <President@ctcasl.org>
Subject: Request: A School Librarian Survey of Our Social Media UseDear leaders of CASL (Connecticut Association of School Librarians),
Will you please distribute an online survey to your members? I am a veteran school librarian researching how school librarians use social media for professional learning.
To participate, please send the following Qualtrics survey link to your members 3-7 times through your official organization media channels: https://fsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9Hqpe6aAmNMSs86
The survey will be open until February 28th.
This study is approved by the Florida State University review board and the subsequent journal articles will add to the literature on our specialized population. This study is a follow-up to a 2021 study published in AASL’s School Library Research: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1296873.pdf .
The original study sampled from Florida’s professional organization, like yours. Now I wish to expand the sample nationally. Will your organization please participate?
Please use your official social media channels: e.g., email, newsletter, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Google+. You may choose whichever combination is convenient or one method with multiple posts on different days.
This survey will benefit the school library profession in several ways. First, very few empirical studies in social media focus on school librarians. As our professional role is unique on campus, our population deserves focused attention.
In addition, this study will provide practical results for individual social media users and for community leaders. Topics include activities performed in specific platforms and motives/barriers school librarians perceive as influencing their choices.
Attached is the study information sheet. Please respond to this email with questions and the answer about your organization’s participation.
I appreciate your time, and I hope your organization will contribute to our national data set.
Thank you,
Michelle Cates
Florida State University, Palm Beach County Schools, MEd, MA LIS, NPTS