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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black">Hello,</span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black">You are invited to participate in a research study about the use of standardized statistical measures. <span style="margin:0px;background:white">Employees from all types of archives
and special collections institutions are encouraged to participate. The target participants are those familiar with data collection and assessment practices in their organization. </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black">The study is being conducted by Melanie Griffin, Assistant Head of Special Collections at the University of Arkansas Libraries, and Amanda Hawk, Head of Public and Research Services
for Special Collections at Louisiana State University Libraries. </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black">To participate, you must be 18 years or older and a current employee at a special collections library or archives. Only one response per institution is recommended. </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black">The survey will take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete<i>.</i> Participation is completely voluntary, and you may quit the survey at any time. </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black">The results will be reported for the group of respondents as a whole. No identifying institutional information will be disclosed. </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black">The deadline to complete the survey is March 19, 2021. </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black">Access the survey:<span> </span></span><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flsu.qualtrics.com%2Fjfe%2Fform%2FSV_d0ejbucEhhWn8nX&data=04%7C01%7Cawanter%40midpointelibrary.org%7Cff160066801547fe6deb08d8cd19d45b%7C85fc048c0d064b2f8f74cbb5a787d88f%7C1%7C0%7C637484858113727960%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=Xv28MThXx3AuQAOiy%2B7EtjrZJK61ZlDNXNqLeAxD9fg%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="Verified" originalsrc="http://lsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_d0ejbucEhhWn8nX" shash="hiwZLE4LPlQDUE1q35gi9+dU9mQfpT4nfFyeJ9PvzwwNPSM/uwwXQNNzX8/DiqX5ze4KFRQeE8CSjKtE1FssqxMJH21hCU1XJ233qHAO6XnlWbdbxTGiWwEWH03aJo4eMVX17LH3aajdj4wEdZGtoJd9uIaqyawhWYhLCGTR+9k=" title="Original URL: http://lsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_d0ejbucEhhWn8nX. Click or tap if you trust this link." style="margin:0px;color:rgb(5, 99, 193);text-decoration:underline"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 122, 192);background:white">http://lsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_d0ejbucEhhWn8nX</span></a></p>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black">Thank you for your consideration.</span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black">Sincerely<i>,</i></span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black">Melanie Griffin<br>
Assistant Head of Special Collections<br>
University of Arkansas Libraries<br>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black">Amanda Hawk<br>
Head of Public and Research Services for Special Collections<br>
Louisiana State University Libraries<br>
</span><a href="mailto:ahawk1@lsu.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(5, 99, 193);text-decoration:underline"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(17, 85, 204)">ahawk1@lsu.edu</span></a></p>
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