<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div id="yiv4879326203yui_3_7_2_38_1376054462483_116" style="font-size: 12pt;">Hello, <br><br id="yiv4879326203yui_3_7_2_38_1376054462483_57">Do you hire librarians or other LIS workers?</div><div id="yiv4879326203yui_3_7_2_38_1376054462483_116" style="background-color: transparent;"><br id="yiv4879326203yui_3_7_2_42_1376054462483_80"></div><div id="yiv4879326203yui_3_7_2_38_1376054462483_116" style="background-color: transparent;">We are looking for hiring managers, members of hiring/search committees, HR professionals, etc. who are willing to take 5-10 minutes to fill out a survey about what potential hires should learn in library school.<br><br id="yiv4879326203yui_3_7_2_38_1376054462483_69">This is a new survey for Hiring Librarians (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.hiringlibrarians.com/"
id="yiv4879326203yui_3_7_2_38_1376054462483_72">www.hiringlibrarians.com</a>). The purpose is to gather and disseminate information about hiring, rather than to perform research. Responses will be presented on the blog, anonymously or with a short bio, depending on the preference of the responder. We are very committed to maintaining confidentiality if desired. The survey was co-written by Brianna Marshall of Hack Library School (http://hacklibschool.wordpress.com/).<br id="yiv4879326203yui_3_7_2_38_1376054462483_78"><br id="yiv4879326203yui_3_7_2_38_1376054462483_80">The direct link to the survey is:</div><div id="yiv4879326203yui_3_7_2_38_1376054462483_116" style="background-color: transparent;"><span id="yiv4879326203yui_3_7_2_42_1376054462483_109" style="background-color: transparent;">http://tinyurl.com/hiringlibschoolsurvey</span><br></div><div id="yiv4879326203yui_3_7_2_38_1376054462483_116" style="font-size: medium; background-color:
transparent;"><span id="yiv4879326203yui_3_7_2_42_1376054462483_106" style="background-color: transparent;">(You can take a look at the questions and browse through the entire survey without having to answer anything). </span><br><br id="yiv4879326203yui_3_7_2_38_1376054462483_96">Feel free to share with any colleagues who might be interested. I'm also happy to answer any questions or concerns you might have, please contact me off-list. <br id="yiv4879326203yui_3_7_2_38_1376054462483_99"><br id="yiv4879326203yui_3_7_2_38_1376054462483_101">Thank you,<br id="yiv4879326203yui_3_7_2_38_1376054462483_104">Emily Weak, MLIS <br id="yiv4879326203yui_3_7_2_38_1376054462483_107">www.hiringlibrarians.com<br id="yiv4879326203yui_3_7_2_38_1376054462483_110">contact: <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:hiringlibrarians@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:hiringlibrarians@gmail.com" id="yiv4879326203yui_3_7_2_38_1376054462483_113" style="color:
rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px;">hiringlibrarians@gmail.com</a></div><div id="yiv4879326203yui_3_7_2_42_1376054462483_55" style="font-size: 12pt;"> Survey Participation Request: Hiring and Library School</div></div></body></html>