<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dear Colleagues,</span></div><span id="m_2593212442537220337m_-8952674554502946017gmail-docs-internal-guid-22019041-7fff-fecd-6599-7b889c9d23b5"><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"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Remider: </span>We are conducting an <a href="https://csueastbay.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cZMSGKak1lJb7hA" target="_blank">online survey</a> to learn what social media platforms librarians are using for professional development or professional networking in library work after Twitter was rebranded to X. </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Please share your past and present experiences with social media platforms for professional development and/or networking, even if you no longer are active on social media.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default" style=""><br></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">The <a href="https://csueastbay.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cZMSGKak1lJb7hA" target="_blank">survey </a>will close on February 12, 2025.</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"> We would like a broad response of library folks to this survey, so please share the survey with your library professional networks.</span><b style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default" style=""></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-weight:bold"></span><span class="gmail_default" style=""></span>The <a href="https://csueastbay.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cZMSGKak1lJb7hA" target="_blank">survey </a>should take approximately 10 minutes to complete.</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> We plan to share the results in a presentation and/or future publication to let people know where to connect with other librarians when there are so many diffuse options.</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, E-Resources Librarian, Cal State East Bay</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-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Margot Hanson, Science Instruction Librarian, UC Berkeley</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-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="gmail_default" style="">____________</span><br></span></p></span><i><span class="gmail_default"></span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline">To participate, individuals must be over the age of 18 and work in a library. Participation in this survey is voluntary. This study has been approved by the Institutional Review Board at California State University, East Bay. Any questions or concerns should be directed to the principal investigator, Lee Adams, at </span><a href="mailto:lee.adams@csueastbay.edu" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><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-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);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> or 510-885-4212.</span></i><br clear="all"></div><div><i><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></i></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; 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>