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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">We are writing to you with an invitation to participate in our research on the experiences involving
burnout of academic librarians who are parents. The purpose of our study is to explore how and why academic librarians who are also parents experience burnout as well as methods taken to combat burnout. The goal of the study is to learn what the primary causes
of burnout in librarians who are parents are and what if any effective strategies to mitigate burnout currently exist. For the purposes of this study, we’re defining “academic librarian” as anyone who engages or has engaged in library related work at a postsecondary
educational institution. Library assistants, clerks, pages, part-timers, etc. are welcome and encouraged to participate. There is also an optional survey to be entered into a drawing for a $20 giftcard to the business of your choice. Your responses to the
optional survey will be kept separate from your other responses and you will remain anonymous. This study has been reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board at Valdosta State University. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">If you have experienced burnout in your time as an academic librarian and a parent we invite you to participate in an anonymous survey that will take approximately 10
minutes to complete. Please submit your survey responses by </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:700">March 30, 2021</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:700">Survey</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:700"> Link: </span></p>
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<a href="https://valdosta.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eEwCjKdPmBClQFM"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1155cc;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip-ink:none">https://valdosta.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eEwCjKdPmBClQFM</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:700"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic">Questions regarding the purpose or procedures of the research should be directed to
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:700;font-style:italic">Mike Holt (</span><a href="mailto:moholt@valdosta.edu"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1155cc;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip-ink:none">moholt@valdosta.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:700;font-style:italic">),
Robert Taylor (</span><a href="mailto:rngriggs@valdosta.edu"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1155cc;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip-ink:none">rngriggs@valdosta.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:700;font-style:italic">),
Amy Chew (</span><a href="mailto:achew@valdosta.edu"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1155cc;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip-ink:none">achew@valdosta.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:700;font-style:italic">),
or Jessica Lee (</span><a href="mailto:jessicalee@valdosta.edu"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1155cc;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip-ink:none">jessicalee@valdosta.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:700;font-style:italic"> )</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic">.
This study has been approved by the Valdosta State University Institutional Review Board (IRB) for the Protection of Human Research Participants. The IRB, a university committee established by Federal law, is responsible for protecting the rights and welfare
of research participants. If you have concerns or questions about your rights as a research participant, you may contact the IRB Administrator at 229-253-2947 or irb@valdosta.edu</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#0563c1;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip-ink:none">.</span></p>
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Jessica Lee</div>
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