<div dir="ltr">Hi all, I'm passing along a survey request about library workplace culture from a colleague in California. Thanks, Amy <div><br></div><div><p dir="ltr" id="m_6945608284287076530gmail-docs-internal-guid-eee4a306-7fff-6cc2-5dcb-ea6d20eaedd4" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;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">Hi Friends!</span></i></p><i><br></i><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;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">We are reaching out to invite you to participate in a confidential survey about the work culture at your library. Our goal is to use the power of metaphor to tap into insights about library work cultures and produce an informal exploratory report that offers both a snapshot and an opportunity for industry celebration and change. We winnowed it down to just a few questions. </span></i></p><i><br></i><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><i><a href="https://forms.gle/38dj8AGMyHdnPooz7" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;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">Fill out the Survey </span></a></i></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;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">Due: 7/30/2024</span></i></p><i><br></i><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;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">Questions You Might Have</span></i></p><i><br></i><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;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">Who are we? </span></i></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;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">We are Katrina Rahn and Maggie Frankel, two NorCal librarians who have a shared passion for improving workplace culture! Our conversations and work started while working together at a community college library and led to </span><a href="https://cclibrarians.org/outlook/april-2020/art-team-development" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;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">a project called The Blue Table</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;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">, which supported wellness, creativity, and positive opportunities for sharing knowledge. We believe that new and creative methods and approaches are needed to understand and improve work culture. </span></i></p><i><br></i><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;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">What will happen with the survey data?</span></i></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;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">We will complete a content analysis, looking for themes, insights, and patterns to collate into a report. We will present the report to all participants at a future date. After we have fully processed the data, we will delete it. </span></i></p><i><br></i><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;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">What will not happen with the survey data? </span></i></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;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">We will not publicly identify participants, feed the data into AI, or share the raw data with anyone else. </span></i></p><i><br></i><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;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">Please share this invitation with anyone who works in a library! Our goal is to reach at least 100 participants. </span></i></p><i><br></i><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;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 for your participation,</span></i></p><i><br></i><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;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">Maggie and Katrina</span></i></p><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Amy Hofer (she/her)<div>Statewide Open Education Program Director</div><div><a href="http://openoregon.org" target="_blank">Open Oregon Educational Resources</a></div><div><a href="https://calendly.com/hofera" target="_blank">Schedule a meeting with me</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>