From: "Cliff Lynch cliff@cni.org" <CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org>
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Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2020 10:25:58 -0400
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Subject: Ithaka Library Survey
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On Thursday, April 2, Christine Wolff-Eisenberg and Jennifer Fredrick of It=
haka S+R launched the project briefing of our CNI Spring 2020 Virtual Meeti=
ng with a report on the key findings of their 2019 survey of academic libra=
ry leadership; this is part of an almost decade-long series of such surveys=
 that Ithaka has often been very gracious to releasing at CNI meetings. We =
should have the video of this presentation available in the near future and=
 will announce it here. In the interim, the full report is at

https://sr.ithaka.org/publications/ithaka-sr-us-library-survey-2019/

and their slides from the presentation are at

https://www.cni.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Jennifer-Frederick-Ithaka-SR=
-Library-Survey-2019-CNI.pdf

There are a couple of important developments here. The data being reported =
is from late 2019; clearly we are in a different world today, as our presen=
ters emphasized, and while this is a very important "before" dataset, the a=
nswers might be very different today. Ithaka is going to do a follow-on sur=
vey in fall of 2020, and the comparison between the before and after data s=
hould be incredibly important. More details on this to come. While everythi=
ng is very fluid right now, I'm hopeful we might be able to share some resu=
lts from this wok at our December member meeting, which I hope we can condu=
ct (at least mainly)  in person.=20

Also, Ithaka is reaching out to do a student survey in the wake of the pand=
emic. See

https://sr.ithaka.org/our-work/covid-19-student-survey-faqs/

An excerpt:=20

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, colleges and universities across the =
country are grappling with many challenges, including moving instruction on=
line, ensuring that students are supported holistically, and beginning to f=
orecast retention. To provide the real-time information needed by instituti=
onal leaders, Ithaka S+R is launching a new survey of students to enable in=
stitutions to swiftly address these crucial issues.
To help institutions streamline participation, we are able to cover the cos=
ts of the survey for 20 institutions.=A0And, because institutional leaders =
need this vital information as soon as possible, we are prepared to begin s=
urvey fieldwork as early as next week.
The=A0Ithaka S+R COVID-19 Student Survey=A0builds on our extensive work sur=
veying campus communities, including=A0national=A0and=A0institution-specifi=
c=A0surveys of faculty members and students.
If you are interested in fielding this survey in April, please=A0review the=
 survey instrument and learn more about survey implementation steps. If you=
 are committed to moving forward, you can=A0sign up to participate.=A0We ar=
e sensitive to the many challenges you may be facing at this juncture and h=
ave tried to reduce the administrative work to participate in this survey a=
s much as possible. This includes waiving the fee for 20 institutions, a cl=
ick-through participation agreement, a simplified implementation process, a=
nd templates for the invitation and reminder emails for inviting your stude=
nts. If demand for the survey exceeds 20 institutions, the fee for addition=
al four-year colleges and universities will be $4,000 to help defray staff =
and infrastructure costs.


Clifford Lynch
Director, CNI
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