The American Association of Law Libraries has extended the deadline for members to complete the State of the Profession Survey until December 14,  2018.

AALL Members were emailed the survey on November 8th.

“The ultimate objective of the survey is to deliver a report to identify, clarify, and support the value of your individual and collective roles. The survey aims to understand the impact of significant challenges we have faced while shining a bright light on our unflagging commitment to delivering outstanding services to our communities and advancing the legal information profession as a whole.” Learn more about the survey here.

Separate surveys have been created for academic, government, and private/corporate law libraries. AALL has contracted with Association Research, Inc., (ARI) for this project. Be assured that information you provide to ARI will be kept confidential.

Who Should Answer the Survey?

The survey is intended for all AALL members with expertise in law libraries and equivalent organizations–including those who are unemployed and underemployed. The association also seeks to reach others with experience in these settings who are not AALL members. (All individuals in each library should complete their own survey. Director’s and CKO’s have received a longer survey which deals with organizational information such as budgets and staffing.

If you Didn’t Receive a Survey

To request an invitation to participate, please contact ARI at ari@associationresearch.com
with the following subject line: AALL State of the Profession Survey Request.

Questions?

For questions about the survey’s mechanics, please email ari@associationresearch.com. For other questions, contact Director of Content Strategy Megan Mall.

A Tip for Directors Working on the Survey

The survey is rather long. Directors are encouraged to print out the entire survey in PDF so that they can distribute sections of the survey to staff with expertise to respond to the various issues raised in the survey. See illustration below:

 

Please take the time to help this important AALL initiative by taking the time to complete the survey on behalf of yourself.