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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p style='background:#FEFEFE'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Please consider helping our colleagues in their research project: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#FEFEFE'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Dear Library Colleague,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#FEFEFE'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>We are asking for your help to benchmark both public library preparedness for disaster and their contribution to community resilience efforts. This research is being conducted by Monika Antonelli (Minnesota State University, Mankato), Rebekkah Smith Aldrich (Mid-Hudson Library System), Adrian K. Ho (University of Chicago) and René Tanner (Rollins College).</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#FEFEFE'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The short survey will take approximately 10 to 15 minutes to complete and is intended for public library directors or public library administrators. The aim of the project is to aid the researchers in assessing U.S. public libraries’ readiness for weather-related disasters as institutions, as well as to assess how public libraries can provide assistance to their communities’ recovery in the wake of weather-related disasters.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>If you would like to participate in this Minnesota State University, Mankato study (IRBNet ID 1919288) please click on this link to go to the </span><a href="https://chicagobooth.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9ZAn6VowG4TpNbg"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>survey</span></a><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>. If you have any questions, feel free to contact lead researcher Monika Antonelli at <a href="mailto:monika.antonelli@mnsu.edu">monika.antonelli@mnsu.edu</a>. The survey will close on August 31, 2022.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Thank you for considering this research opportunity.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Rebekkah Smith Aldrich (<a href="https://www.edi.nih.gov/blog/communities/what-are-gender-pronouns-why-do-they-matter">she/her</a>)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Executive Director<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mid-Hudson Library System<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>103 Market St., Poughkeepsie, NY 12601<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>845.471.6060 x239<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://sustainablelibrariesinitiative.org/">Sustainable Libraries Initiative</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>sliadmin@suffolknet.org<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>631-286-1600 x1355<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=355 height=146 style='width:3.7in;height:1.525in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.png@01D89862.74082F20" alt=SLI-logo-horizontal-COLOR-tranparent><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>