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<p class="Default"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Please excuse any cross postings
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Call for Participants: Soft Skills in the Library Workplace for Technical Services Professionals
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">If you are currently employed in an academic or research library and consider your primary job duties to be technical services duties, please consider participating in the following research study.
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">The purpose of the research study is to examine the presence and nature of soft skills in the library workplace for library professionals working in technical services capacities. Participants will be asked
to complete an online questionnaire which should take 8-12 minutes to complete. All survey responses are anonymous and no identifying information will be collected. Participation is completely voluntary, and participants may withdraw from the study at any
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Survey responses will be collected until October 20<sup>th</sup>, 2021 at which time the questionnaire will be closed to more responses.
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">This research study has been approved by The University of Alabama’s Institutional Review Board. For questions regarding the research study, please contact the primary researcher, Lindsey Lowry, at
</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#0562C1">lrlowry@ua.edu <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">If you would like to participate, please follow the link below to view the full study information and questionnaire.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://universityofalabama.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_erkYqxfOIZznlVc">https://universityofalabama.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_erkYqxfOIZznlVc</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#990000">Lindsey Lowry, MLIS
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#3B3838">she/her/hers</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#767171"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.ua.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:maroon">The University of Alabama</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
Gorgas Library, 5012-15<br>
Box 870266<br>
Tuscaloosa, AL 35404<br>
Phone </span><span style="color:black"><a href="tel:205-348-2501" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">205-348-2501</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:lrlowry@ua.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">lrlowry@ua.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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