-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Fwd: [RBMS] Help us get the word out to researchers -- survey on discovery and sharing of resources Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 11:04:38 -0400 From: Nancy Kandoian <[log in to unmask]> To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask] Please excuse the cross-posting. Perhaps you know some (or some of you are) researchers who would be willing to participate in the survey described below. Nancy Kandoian MAGIRT/RBMS liaison ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Proffitt,Merrilee* <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Date: Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 6:28 PM Subject: [RBMS] Help us get the word out to researchers -- survey on discovery and sharing of resources To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>, "The Archives & Archivists (A&A) List" <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>, Encoded Archival Description List <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Dear colleagues,____ __ __ I’m writing in hopes that you will help us with an important project, one that I think will be of interest to you.____ __ __ OCLC Research is conducting a survey to help us refresh our understanding of how researchers discover and share information about materials in special collections. Focus groups and user studies carried out by RLG in 2004 helped us build ArchiveGrid, <http://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid> and we are looking for new data to help us improve that system. This survey asks how researchers discover these types of resources, how they share information on how they are used, and other aspects of the research cycle. Our findings and how they relate to ArchiveGrid will be presented at the RBMS conference in June! ____ __ __ The survey will be available at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/W8MKXP9 through May 25th, and includes the chance for those completing it to *win an Amazon gift card*. If you are willing to distribute information about the survey on our behalf to your affiliated researchers, you could use the text below in your email. Thanks in advance for helping us to get the word out to your researchers. I think the information from the survey will be useful to many people, not just to us. ____ __ __ OCLC Research wants to know how researchers (you) use special collections. *Complete this survey and be entered in a chance to win an Amazon Gift Card! ____* __ __ Please visit http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/W8MKXP9 to answer some questions about how you find - and find out about – websites and other research resources. The information you provide will help OCLC Research make it easier to discover materials in special collections. ____ __ __ __ __ Best,____ __ __ Merrilee____ Merrilee Proffitt, Senior Program Officer OCLC Research 777 Mariners Island Blvd Suite 550 San Mateo, CA 94404 USA +1-650-287-2136 <tel:%2B1-650-287-2136>____ Merrilee blogs at hangingtogether.org <http://hangingtogether.org/> Follow me on Twitter @merrileeiam____ __ __