<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><span id="m_4711908984993053475gmail-docs-internal-guid-fd13a5ef-7fff-7474-415f-24b539c1b8b3"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Dear Colleagues,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">I am conducting an online survey to learn how academic libraries are collecting, organizing, and utilizing graphic novels, comic books, and/or manga. I am hoping that you will be willing to share your library’s practices. The survey should take approximately 10 minutes to complete.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Survey link:</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><a href="https://csueastbay.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4NFeuj5fMLx66jQ" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://csueastbay.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4NFeuj5fMLx66jQ</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The survey will close on Friday, October 25, 2024.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">To participate, individuals must be over the age of 18 and work in an academic library. Participation in this survey is voluntary and confidential with no foreseeable risks. This study has been approved by the Institutional Review Board at California State University, East Bay. Any questions or concerns should be directed to Lee Adams at </span><a href="mailto:lee.adams@csueastbay.edu" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">lee.adams@csueastbay.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> or the CSUEB Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at <a href="mailto:irb@csueastbay.edu" target="_blank">irb@csueastbay.edu</a>.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Thank you sincerely for your time and consideration,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Lee Adams</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Apologies for cross-posting</span></p></span><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Lee Adams, MLIS, MA<div>E-Resources Librarian<br>Library Liaison to Criminal Justice; Economics; <font face="arial, sans-serif">Hospitality, Recreation, & Tourism; Nursing (interim); and Public Health (interim)</font></div><div><a href="http://library.csueastbay.edu/home" target="_blank"><font face="arial, sans-serif">University Libraries</font></a></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">California State University, East Bay</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Book an appointment with me: <a href="https://csueastbay.libcal.com/appointments/leeadams" target="_blank">https://csueastbay.libcal.com/appointments/leeadams</a></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Pronouns: <a href="https://www.mypronouns.org/what-and-why" target="_blank">She/her</a></font></div><div>ORCiD: <a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0428-7793" target="_blank">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0428-7793</a><br></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><i><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As a member of the Cal State East Bay community with an office on the Hayward campus, I acknowledge that I am a guest on the unceded land of the First People of this region, the present-day </span><a href="http://www.muwekma.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Muwekma Ohlone Tribe</span></a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> of the San Francisco Bay Area (formerly Verona Band of Alameda County). I support the sovereignty of this Chochenyo-Ohlone-speaking tribal group and other </span>indigenous peoples. This acknowledgment was created by the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe with the support of the CSUEB Indigenous Acknowledgment Collective and is a living document.</i><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>