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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dear Library Colleagues, </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">We are writing to you with an invitation to participate in our research on the experience of interim middle managers in libraries. The purpose of our study is to investigate
the impact of interim leadership service on professional relationships, career, personal relationships, and individual well-being. The goal of the study is to learn how serving in an interim leadership role impacts librarians and gather advice on how to approach
these positions. This study has been reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board at Kennesaw State University. </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">If you have served in an interim leadership role at the middle management level in a library in the past five years, we invite you to participate in an anonymous survey
of 25 questions that will take approximately 15 minutes to complete. Please submit survey responses by <b>May 30, 2020</b>. </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Survey Link: </span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="https://kennesaw.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8qffcS6r79Dpobj" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">https://kennesaw.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8qffcS6r79Dpobj</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <br>
<b>IRB Study Number:</b> 20-509 </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Your participation in this survey is voluntary and your responses will be completely anonymous. If you have any questions about this survey or our research, please contact
Amy Barker (</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:abarke24@kennesaw.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">abarke24@kennesaw.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">)
or Ashley Hoffman (</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:ahoffm18@kennesaw.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">ahoffm18@kennesaw.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">). </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Sincerely, </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Amy Barker and Ashley Hoffman </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Amy E. G. Barker</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
<i>Instructional Design Librarian and Librarian Assistant Professor</i><br>
Library System, Department of Public Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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