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Kathleen DeLong, a librarian at the University of Alberta, is conducting a survey on the engagement of new library professionals in leadership roles and activities as part of her LIS PhD.

If you're a recently hired librarian (within the last five years), why not take a few minutes to help her out by filling out this quick survey.

Here is some more information from Kathleen:

This is your invitation to participate in a web survey on leadership engagement of new library professionals. The survey is directed to new professionals who have worked for five years or less since graduating with a Masters degree in Librarianship (graduated in years 2000 to 2007). The survey data is being collected for purposes of a study carried out in fulfillment of requirements for the PhD Managerial Leadership in the Information Professions programs at the Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science in Boston, MA.

The short survey (shouldn't take more than 15 minutes) probes various factors associated with leadership engagement of new professionals in Canadian libraries. It is your choice whether or not you wish to participate in the survey, participation is entirely voluntary. You can terminate the survey at any time by closing your browser. There will be no penalty or consequence for doing so.

Responses are anonymous and data will be reported without any identifying characteristics.

This survey has been approved by the Simmons College Institutional Review Board. Although I am professionally affiliated with the University of Alberta, this survey is not related to my work with the University of Alberta Libraries.

If you have any questions or concerns, you can me at kathleen.delong@simmons.edu.

To access the survey, click here

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How Far Would You Go to Promote Your Web Site?

by Jason on Sat 05 Jan 2008 12:45 AM CST

I was looking through my MetaFilter profile - seeing which posts and comments of others that I've favourited and who has favourited posts and comments of mine.

This led me to realise that someone appears to have paid the $5 lifetime membership to create a MetaFilter account simply to have a profile with a single "Favourite" vote for a post of mine and a link back to their own web site which happens to be about the same topic as the question I asked ("Can you pinpoint the single happiest moment in your life?")

Presumably they did this in the hopes of driving traffic to their web site but still, was it even worth $5 to do this considering my question, although it got a few "favourite" votes, is by no means a highly visible question that many people will see?

I guess for some people, sure, it's about the cost of a pint of beer and it's a permanent link in a very targeted spot to promote their web site. Plus I know that whenever I post a link to my blog on MetaFilter in relevant discussions (I've done so in a couple library school related threads), I always get a few ongoing hits because of that.

But still, MetaFilter profiles are a bit more buried than the posts and comments that make up the bulk of the web site so seeing this sock puppet/spammy account connected to a post of mine just seemed really strange to me.

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