Academic libraries have always needed to be responsive to changes in emerging technology over time. Adopting or integrating new library technologies requires librarians to acquire and develop proficiency in new skills. In recent decades as academic libraries have continued to become ever more digitized, this has resulted in a growing need for librarians to gain new technological skills. This qualitative study will use focus groups of academic librarians to explore what current technological shifts academic librarians are experiencing, what skills are most needed to navigate those changes, and how academic librarians are gaining those new skills. This study aims to gain insight into current factors impacting technology in academic library contexts like the continued impacts of Covid-19 and AI, factors unaccounted for in the existing literature. The results of this study will be of interest to current and future academic librarians, library administrators, and LIS educators.

This study aims to explore the frequency of AI use among school professionals, perceived guidance about use of AI, and perceptions of risks and benefits of AI.

This study will collect information from colorectal surgeons throughout the United States with regard to their access to pelvic exenteration surgery for their patients with rectal cancer. We will assess their personal comfort with performing the procedure as well as their perceived access to colleagues who can provide the procedure. We will also assess educational and support needs amongst colorectal surgeons with regard to pelvic exenteration.

This study aims to understand how archaeologists keep records of their discoveries and artifacts. The goal is to discover the best ways to teach archaeologists about organizing and saving information relevant to their excavations. The study considers examples from the past and present and will rely on discussions with specialists and the analysis of the "Work Digital / Think Archive" guidebook made jointly by DigVentures and the Archaeological Archives Forum. The goal is to spread the word about the efforts happening now to set up the best frameworks and workflows for archaeologists to handle their digital data and create intentional standards for preserving their findings.

We are studying a patient's own opinion of their scar and the symptoms that their scar causes them alongside photographs of the scar to assess wound healing.

The purpose of this research study is to explore the ways in which Family Moral, Wellness, and Recreation (MWR) libraries achieve the mission of MWR services by examining libraries in context of creating resiliency in their member communities through their diverse library programs and services. Library programs are currently a popular research field in Information and Library Science (ILS), but little research has looked explicitly at MWR library programming, and how those programs are created for their user community, the military population, making this topic an area of interest in the ILS field. Understanding how MWR libraries utilize their programming to meet the mission of MWR will create opportunities for future research and assessment of library programs and their impact on resiliency outcomes in the military community.

We are collecting breastmilk samples to study the amounts and kinds of chemical contaminants in human milk to understand how infants can be exposed through breastfeeding. We are also trying to identify factors that may contribute to greater amounts of these chemicals in milk.

I am using a survey to assess the value of an in-class simulation exercise where students will explore different ways to nominate candidates. I am holding the simulation in a political science class on political parties and elections at UNC.

The purpose of the current study is to explore the knowledge, attitudes, perceptions, and practices (KAP) of college students towards sustainable diets at a southern state university in the US. In addition, the study aims to examine potential determinants influencing students' dietary practices. 

The purpose of this study is to understand what individuals focus on at work and how that influences their perceptions and behavior.