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Subject:        Fwd: [RBMS] Help us get the word out to researchers -- survey
on discovery and sharing of resources
Date:   Tue, 1 May 2012 11:04:38 -0400
From:   Nancy Kandoian <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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Please excuse the cross-posting.
Perhaps you know some (or some of you are) researchers who would be
willing to participate in the survey described below.
Nancy Kandoian
MAGIRT/RBMS liaison

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Date: Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 6:28 PM
Subject: [RBMS] Help us get the word out to researchers -- survey on
discovery and sharing of resources
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Dear colleagues,____

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I’m writing in hopes that you will help us with an important project,
one that I think will be of interest to you.____

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OCLC Research is conducting a survey to help us refresh our
understanding of how researchers discover and share information about
materials in special collections. Focus groups and user studies carried
out by RLG in 2004 helped us build ArchiveGrid,
<http://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid> and we are looking for new data
to help us improve that system. This survey asks how researchers
discover these types of resources, how they share information on how
they are used, and other aspects of the research cycle. Our findings and
how they relate to ArchiveGrid will be presented at the RBMS conference
in June! ____

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The survey will be available at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/W8MKXP9
through May 25th, and includes the chance for those completing it to
*win an Amazon gift card*. If you are willing to distribute information
about the survey on our behalf to your affiliated researchers, you could
use the text below in your email. Thanks in advance for helping us to
get the word out to your researchers. I think the information from the
survey will be useful to many people, not just to us. ____

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OCLC Research wants to know how researchers (you) use special
collections. *Complete this survey and be entered in a chance to win an
Amazon Gift Card! ____*

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Please visit http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/W8MKXP9 to answer some
questions about how you find - and find out about – websites and other
research resources. The information you provide will help OCLC Research
make it easier to discover materials in special collections. ____

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Best,____

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Merrilee____

Merrilee Proffitt, Senior Program Officer
OCLC Research
777 Mariners Island Blvd Suite 550
San Mateo, CA 94404 USA
+1-650-287-2136 <tel:%2B1-650-287-2136>____

Merrilee blogs at hangingtogether.org <http://hangingtogether.org/>
Follow me on Twitter @merrileeiam____

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