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<span style="font-weight: 530;">I'm excited to share that I'm currently conducting a study on **academic librarians' perceptions and adoption of AI tools in U.S. academic libraries**. The project explores how technological, organizational, and environmental
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<span style="font-weight: 530;">We're all working to understand how librarians engage with AI in our professional work! **I'm looking for interview participants** and would love the opportunity to speak with you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 530;">The conversation would be a **45–60 minute semi-structured interview via Zoom or Teams**, recorded only for data analysis. All information will remain **confidential** and **pseudonyms will be used**.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 530;">If you're available, could you please **reply with some possible times this week or next week** that would work for you? Once we confirm a time, I'll send the interview questions, IRB-approved consent form, and Zoom/Teams link
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<span style="font-weight: 530;">Thank you so much for considering this. I'd really appreciate your valuable perspective on AI adoption in library work!</span></div>
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