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Dear Scholar: By way of a brief introduction, my name is Mike Childs. I am a graduate student in the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I am conducting research in support of a master's paper, "Southern Fried Research: Scholarly Use and Non-Use of the Manuscript Collections at the University Of North Carolina at Chapel Hill." This study is an attempt to better understand the factors that underlie academic use or non-use of the Southern Historical Collection (SHC) by UNC's scholars of the American South. Specifically, my research seeks to understand how a scholar's academic discipline, methodological choices, and research interests relate to their use or non-use of the materials held in the Southern Historical Collection. A richer understanding of the actual research needs and preferences of working scholars will aid SHC curators as they seek to acquire meaningful collections of manuscript materials. The survey asks questions about your use of the SHC and other campus library resources, your scholarly discipline, career status, research interests, and research material predilections. It is designed to be completed in 10-15 minutes. Participation in this study is completely voluntary and you may choose not to answer any particular question or questions. Any information that you do elect to provide will be kept anonymous. While no personally identifying information is collected, some questions or combination of questions may reveal information that could allow someone to deduce your identity. However, all information will be kept confidential, and after completion of the paper, all raw data will be destroyed. Also, you may choose not to answer any particular question or questions. This study has been approved by the Academic Affairs Institutional Review Board (AA-IRB) of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. All research on human volunteers is reviewed by a committee that works to protect your rights and welfare. If you have questions or concerns about your rights as a research subject, or if you would like to obtain information or offer input, you may contact the Institutional Review Board at 919-966-3113 or by email to IRB_subjects@unc.edu. Please refer to study 09-1574. If you have any concerns, questions, or comments about this survey and the research study it supports, please feel free to contact me (by telephone (919) 259-1576 or email tmike@email.unc.edu) or my academic advisor, Matthew Turi at (919) 962-1345 or turi@email.unc.edu. I sincerely hope that you will choose to participate in this study by completing this survey by October 20, 2009. Thank you for your consideration. By clicking on the following link and completing the survey, I agree to be a participant in this research study: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=0g1F7xVFwF19XyE9kaA_2bhw_3d_3d Mike Childs, Graduate Student School of Information and Library Science University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill tmike@email.unc.edu or (919) 259-1576
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