Scott W. H. Young collected survey and interview data on ethical library assessment practices in North America. The survey, conducted in November and December 2020, recorded 239 responses, including 73 complete submissions. The data includes survey documentation, codes, analysis, and interview protocols.
Use Cases
- Analyzing practitioner-reported values relevant to ethical library assessment based on survey responses.
- Studying ethical dilemmas in library assessment based on vignette responses from the survey.
- Evaluating the utility of a values toolkit for ethical decision-making based on interview feedback.
- Identifying conflicts between professional values in assessment work based on interview discussions.
Strengths
- Survey includes 239 responses collected over a one-month period in 2020.
- Includes qualitative analysis codes derived from grounded theory methodology.
- Interview data from 12 participants provides feedback on a specific toolkit.
Limitations
- Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
- Survey data includes 166 partially complete responses, which may affect completeness.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Scott W. H. Young, QDR Harvested Dataverse
- Collection Method
- Survey and semi-structured interviews with visual elicitation.
- Time Range
- Survey conducted November 11 to December 11, 2020.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2025-10-20 19:59:47; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- North America