Demystifying the IRB: Human Subjects Research in Academic Libraries

Many academic librarians are interested in pursuing research studies that involve students, faculty, and other library patrons; these projects must be approved by an institutional review board (IRB). This article reviews federal requirements and regulations for human subjects research and explains t...

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Published in:Portal (Baltimore, Md.) Md.), 2010-07, Vol.10 (3), p.309-321
Main Author: Smale, Maura A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Libraries
Audits (Verification)
Compliance (Legal)
Educational Research
Ethics
Evaluators
Experiments
Faculty Promotion
Government (Administrative Body)
Guidelines
Higher education
Hospitals
Human subjects
Information Science
Librarians
Libraries
Library Personnel
Literature Reviews
Medical Libraries
Pregnancy
Research Methodology
Research Projects
Research subjects
Review boards
Scholarship
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Social Science Research
Studies
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Summary:Many academic librarians are interested in pursuing research studies that involve students, faculty, and other library patrons; these projects must be approved by an institutional review board (IRB). This article reviews federal requirements and regulations for human subjects research and explains the IRB application process. The author discusses common types of research projects undertaken by academic librarians that require IRB approval and offers suggestions for successful navigation through the IRB process. Academic librarians should embrace research involving human subjects because the results contribute to the corpus of scholarly knowledge in library and information science as well as in higher education. (Contains 45 notes.)
ISSN:1531-2542
1530-7131
1530-7131
DOI:10.1353/pla.0.0114