Reading Study

Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:16:36 -0600
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Subject: short survey on undergraduates and recreational reading

Hello, all -

I'm a new fellow-traveler on this list, intrigued to see so many
familiar names. With my colleague XXXXXX and a student
researcher, I am working on an article on a survey we took of our
students on recreational reading practices. We also surveyed academic
librarians, and now I would like to get some feedback from faculty who
teach undergraduates, particularly those who tend to pay attention to
their reading practices as an aspect of their teaching.

Among the questions we're investigating are: how do college students
feel about books and reading? Do their reading practices differ when
reading for fun rather than reading critically? What role does
pleasure reading play in life-long learning? What can academic
libraries do to encourage reading?

I have put together a survey addressing some of those issues that
might only take you a couple of minutes, unless you choose to comment.
It would make our article much richer if we have some faculty
perspective in the mix.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PL7QRHB

Thank in advance - and sorry for exacerbating chronic surveyitis.