Greetings colleagues,
The Center for Digital Literacy at Syracuse University's School of
Information Studies is conducting a national online survey of U.S. 8th
graders and the library media specialist/teacher-librarians at their
schools. The study measures students' perceived and actual competence in
information and digital literacy, and some other motivational variables
that may impact students' information seeking.
This study is funded by a grant from the Institute for Museum and
Library Services (IMLS).
We are beginning our recruitment process of library media
specialists/teacher-librarians at U.S. public schools, whose expertise
we will require to implement this project with 8th-graders at the school
level. The project involves collaborating with our research team in
implementing an online survey with up to 30 of your school's
8th-graders, local in your school environment. This will occur during
the Spring semester of 2008, the next school year. We will provide full
support for the conduct of the study, including materials, forms,
training, the online survey, and follow-through.
Several benefits exist for participating library/media specialists:
1. Receive aggregate data analytic reports on 8th-graders' digital
literacy, information literacy, and much more.
2. Receive reprints of all articles and publications generated from the
grant.
3. If interested, you can download study data (all anonymous) from the
project website after the study is complete, for further analysis of
your individual school.
4. Receive a gift of $200 in thanks for your efforts in collaborating
with us.
If you think you may be interested in participating, please visit the
following link and fill out our brief, 5-minute online questionnaire.
QUESTIONNAIRE:
http://imls8.syr.edu/survey/index.php?sid=5
This is the start of the screening process for participants. By taking
the questionnaire you are simply indicating your possible interest, and
providing us with some information about yourself. We will follow up
with more details via email and/or regular mail in the next three weeks.
If you have further questions about the study, please email us at:
syr.imls8@gmail.com
We hope to hear from many of you on this list! Thank you so much in
advance for your interest. Please forward this on to other colleagues
who may be interested.
Sincerely,
Ruth V. Small, Ph.D.
Laura J. & L. Douglas Meredith Professor
Director, Center for Digital Literacy
School of Information Studies
Syracuse University
340 Hinds Hall
Syracuse, New York 13244-4100
(315) 443-4511/6144; (315) 443-6886 (fax)
drruth@syr.edu
http://ischool.syr.edu/facstaff/facultymember.asp?id=29
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