<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Hello All,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I'm distributing this survey on behalf of a graduate student at Portland State University in our Book Publishing Program. She has obtained IRB approval for the dissemination of the survey and is following standard IRB protocols. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">_________________________________________________________</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">I am a graduate student in book publishing at Portland State University, and I am conducting research to determine how the Covid-19 pandemic may be affecting open-access publishing in the humanities. I am seeking industry professionals who work in open-access humanities publishing or a closely related field (such as academic libraries) to complete a survey. The survey will ask participants to share their observations regarding how the pandemic may or may not be affecting open access in the humanities. Participation in the survey is anonymous and strictly voluntary, and the survey takes approximately 5–7 minutes to complete. If you work in open-access humanities publishing or a related field and would like to take the survey, please click <a href="https://portlandstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_elkJBHBIRjZiTsN" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></font></p><font size="2" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"></span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span></font></p><font size="2" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"></span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">All survey responses are greatly appreciated and will contribute to wider knowledge about trends and developments in scholarly publishing, especially in the face of this unprecedented global crisis.</span></font></p><font size="2" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"></span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span></font></p><font size="2" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"></span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Best regards,</span></font></p><font size="2" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"></span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Olivia Rollins</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><a href="mailto:oliv4@pdx.edu" target="_blank">oliv4@pdx.edu</a></span>  <font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font></p></div><div><br></div>--<br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color:rgb(243,243,243)"><font color="#666666">**Please note my work hours are likely to be different than your work hours & my response to your email will occur during the time I am working</font></span></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr">Jill Emery<div>Collection Development & Management Librarian, Professor</div><div>Portland State University</div><div><span style="font-family:arial">220H LIBW</span><br></div><div>P O Box 1151</div><div>Portland, OR 97207</div><div>(she, her, hers)</div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>