<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-ee7b0ff7-7fff-267b-16ca-9e3683287129"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,70,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">**Please excuse cross-posting. Survey has received Rider University IRB approval.**</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,70,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Rider University Libraries is conducting a</span><a href="https://rider.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4OerLQ7qMfD0lSu" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,70,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">survey of imposter phenomenon in librarians who identify as men</span></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,70,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and work in academic libraries. In particular, this survey will help us to explore and give a voice to men's experience with imposter syndrome.  For the purposes of this survey, imposter phenomenon is defined as:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,70,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,70,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Impostor phenomenon (IP) occurs among high achievers who are unable to internalize and accept their success, which may be accompanied by anxiety, and often depression (Weir, 2013). People with IP often attribute their accomplishments to luck rather than to ability, and fear that others will eventually unmask them as a fraud (Mak, Kleitman, & Abbott, 2019). Individuals experiencing IP believe others have inflated perceptions of their abilities and fear being evaluated (Mak, Kleitman, & Abbott, 2019). Though IP isn't a DSM official diagnosis, it is a very real and specific form of intellectual self-doubt (Weir, 2013).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,70,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,70,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">You are being asked to participate in this survey because you are a member of a library distribution list, listserv, or Facebook Group. The</span><a href="https://rider.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4OerLQ7qMfD0lSu" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> survey</span></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,70,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> will take between 15-20 minutes to complete and all answers are confidential. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,70,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,70,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Your participation is voluntary. If you do not wish to participate in this survey, do not submit a response. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,70,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,70,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">By clicking the ‘Submit’ button, you are indicating that you voluntarily consent to participate. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,70,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,70,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Your survey responses will be kept confidential. Data will be stored in a secure computer file that will be destroyed at the completion of the study. Any part of the research that is reported or published will not contain any identifiable information. If you have any questions about the survey, please contact Dr. Sharon Whitfield at </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:swhitfield@rider.edu">swhitfield@rider.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,70,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:17pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,70,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please click on the following link to participate in the survey:</span><a href="https://rider.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4OerLQ7qMfD0lSu" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,70,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://rider.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4OerLQ7qMfD0lSu</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:17pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,70,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,70,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thank you,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,70,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dr. Sharon Whitfield,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,70,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Prof. Joshua A. Henry, and</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,70,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Prof. Robert J. Lackie</span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div>