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<p style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Dear Colleague,</span><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">We are conducting a study on library employees working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. We are looking for participants who worked in libraries throughout the United States during
the time period of March 1st through June 1st, 2020, and for those library employees who stayed with the same company during that time frame. We really appreciate your participation and distribution of our survey invitation to those you feel may be interested.
Click on the following link to participate in the survey: </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://saintleo.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1IjYYiqLBNSByiV__;!!PhOWcWs!grxJH-QT0D_Sf1aOJ0Weq7oPhMEiuoSUdrlRaiMKphf9joUZbTePVwPHKzP9qZHmlhxpLw$" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#007AC0;background:white">https://saintleo.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1IjYYiqLBNSByiV</span></a><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Please note:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Procedures</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">: You will be asked 25 questions relevant to working from home during the pandemic.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Benefits</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">: There is no direct benefit to you, but the results from this study will help develop new policies and incentives going
forward.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Risks</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">: None greater than those of daily life.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Costs/incentives</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">: Participation in this study will cost nothing beyond 15 minutes of your time in filling out this survey.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Confidentiality</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">: No information that can identify you personally will be collected as part of this research. The research is completely
anonymous. The data you share will be saved in a password-protected file, ensuring its safety<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Use of information</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">: Findings from this study will be used to benefit the library community via means of publications in scholarly
journal(s) and conference(s).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Voluntary Participation</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">: Participants may withdraw from the study at any time or decline to participate without any penalty.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-add-space:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Thank you for your time, </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Renée Gould, Marissa Smith, Michelle Joy, Amy Harris, Audrey Koke, and Delaney Rose<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="color:black">Saint Leo University</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="color:black">Cannon Memorial Library – MC2128<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="color:black">33701 State Road 52 <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="color:black">Saint Leo, FL 33574<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><i><span style="color:black">You’ll love the person you become here</span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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