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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">...........................</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Title: Participation in a Research Study</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Dear Researchers,</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">You are invited to participate in a research study, which investigates how researchers manage files in shared cloud repositories (e.g., Google Drive, Dropbox)
while working on collaborative research projects.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">To be part of this study, you need to be a researcher in a higher education institution in the United States who has an ongoing collaborative research project
and uses a shared cloud repository for the project such as Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, Box, iCloud, or Amazon Drive, among others.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">The survey is anonymous, and it will take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">You can participate in this research by clicking the following link to an online survey.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#007AC0"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.google.com/url?q=https:**Asimmons.co1.qualtrics.com*jfe*form*SV_bel8Ixh970YO1Qa&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1629255368398000&usg=AOvVaw3mkOVsrKa6-eOUGwv2n8by__;Ly8vLy8!!C5qS4YX3!V__GylXBIl5V-uYds-CcrzkEAHFH6BTQmffmYS3lPPTbpKzK_25G0rDNp3GwXFaksw$"><span style="color:blue">link
to the survey</span></a></span></u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">The success of this research project relies upon your participation and is greatly appreciated.
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Your responses will help us better understand researchers’ current practices for managing files in shared cloud repositories for collaborative research
projects and develop best practices.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Upon the completion of the survey, you’ll be asked if you would be interested in participating in the follow-up online interview (less than 1 hour, $50
gift card compensation). The interview will ask you to give a tour of your shared cloud repository for collaborative research projects, followed by questions regarding your behaviors, strategies, and challenges.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">This study has been approved by the Simmons IRB. If you have any questions about this research project, please contact me at
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue"><a href="mailto:kyongeun.oh@simmons.edu"><span style="color:blue">kyongeun.oh@simmons.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Thank you very much.
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Sincerely,</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Kyong Eun</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Kyong Eun Oh, Ph.D.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Associate Professor</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Co-Director, Library and Information Science Ph.D. Program</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">School of Library and Information Science</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">College of Organizational, Computational, and Information Sciences</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Simmons University | 300 The Fenway | Boston, MA 02115</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">Office: 617-521-2265 | </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue"><a href="mailto:kyongeun.oh@simmons.edu"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">kyongeun.oh@simmons.edu</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;color:#2E74B5">Danette Roberson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;color:#2E74B5">Academic Program Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;color:#2E74B5">University of Oregon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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