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Dear All, As a professional courtesy I am forwarding this email to you and request that you participate in the study if at all possible. Thanks. -- Ed Cortez, PhD Professor and Director School of Information Sciences University of Tennessee 451 Circle Park Drive Knoxville, TN 37996 (865) 356-9756 "Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to." — Alfred A. Montapert From: Erin Butler <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Date: Monday, September 29, 2014 at 5:19 PM To: Ed Cortez <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Subject: Participation in a Research Study Dear Mr. Cortez, Hi, I'm a graduate student at School of Library & Information Science at Simmons College in Boston. I'm working as a research assistant for a research project, which examines how academics use Google Scholar and University library website. The principal investigators of this research project are Dr. Monica Colon-Aguirre and Dr. Kyong Eun Oh at Simmons College. For this research project, we are looking for participants who are faculty members or graduate students in higher education institutions in the United States. Would you mind sending out the following recruitment letters to your department's listservs for graduate students (both Master's and Doctoral) and faculty members? It will be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much. Sincerely, Erin ........................... Title: Participation in a Research Study Dear Faculty Members and Graduate Students, You are invited to participate in a research study, which examines how academics use Google Scholar and University library website. The survey is anonymous, and it will take approximately 15 minutes to complete. You can participate in this research by clicking the following link to an online survey. https://simmons.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_cU4JlJqtg7zO2gd The success of this research project relies upon academic participants, so your participation will be greatly appreciated. Your responses will help us better understand how academics use Google Scholar as well as University library's website, which will help librarians prepare and improve systems and services that can facilitate the research process. If you have any questions about this research project, please contact us: Dr. Monica Colon-Aguirre: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or Dr. Kyong Eun Oh: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Thank you very much. Sincerely, Monica and Kyong Eun ....................................................................... Monica Colon-Aguirre and Kyong Eun Oh Assistant Professors School of Library and Information Science Simmons College 300 The Fenway Boston, MA 02115 USA