<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font:16px/normal Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33,33,33);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Dr. Chris Hagar, School of Information, San Jose State University is carrying out a research study entitled: “Disaster Preparedness and Response: How Public Libraries Can Partner with Local Agencies to Meet Community Needs.”</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font:16px/normal Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33,33,33);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font:16px/normal Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33,33,33);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The purpose of this study is to provide insight regarding how the nation’s public libraries can be more involved in community-wide disaster planning, strengthening their role as core members of their communities’ disaster preparedness infrastructure.  </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font:16px/normal Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33,33,33);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font:16px/normal Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33,33,33);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Dr. Hagar would be most grateful if you could take 5-10 minutes to answer a few questions at <span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><a style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" href="https://sjsu.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_805rSPNYVNkFEHz" target="_blank">https://sjsu.qualtrics.com//SE/?SID=SV_805rSPNYVNkFEHz</a></span></p><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(33,33,33);text-transform:none;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(33,33,33);text-transform:none;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:black;font-size:12pt"></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(33,33,33);text-transform:none;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman">
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