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<span>Hello,</span></div>
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<div>Apologies for cross posting. <br>
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You are invited to participate in a research project studying how institutions choose to host open-source software designed for galleries, libraries, archives, and museums. The study is open to all who have input in IT purchasing decisions, whether they are members
of IT units or not. <br>
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Participation includes filling out a brief anonymous survey that will take approximately 15-20 minutes to complete. This survey will ask you about open-source software at your institution and how your institution chose to host said software.<br>
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Participation is voluntary, and responses will be kept confidential. You can choose to stop taking the survey at any time and withdraw from the study. Participation or non-participation will not impact your relationship with the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill.<br>
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<b>Study Information</b><br>
<b>IRB Study #: </b>21-3376<br>
<b>Title of Study: </b>Vendor-hosted versus Self-hosted Implementation of Open-Source Software at Academic Libraries<br>
<b>Principal Investigator: </b>Kara Wong<br>
<b>Principal Investigator Department: </b>UNC-CH School of Information and Library Science<br>
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If you have any questions about the research, please contact the Principal Investigator, Kara Wong, via email at krwong@email.unc.edu. If you have questions or concerns about your rights as a research subject, you may contact the UNC-CH Institutional Review
Board at 919-966-3113 or IRB_subjects@unc.edu.<br>
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Thank you for your time and consideration.<br>
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<b>Follow this link to the survey: </b><a href="https://unc.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0PNYZWlaEbJNMuG">Take the Survey</a><br>
<b>Or copy and paste the URL below into your browser: </b><a href="https://unc.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0PNYZWlaEbJNMuG">https://unc.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0PNYZWlaEbJNMuG</a><br>
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Best,<br>
Kara</div>
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<p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;"><b>Kara Wong
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<p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;">Carolina Academic Library Associate – Software Development</p>
<p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;">Master of Science in Information Science, 2020-2022</p>
<p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;">The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill</p>
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