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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">I wrote this survey as a result of the IMLS Focus 2015: The National Digital Platform in April. The discussion centered around whether
Library, Information Science, Archival and Museum (LAM) programs were adequately preparing students for the workplace.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">I have created a survey of employers to better examine this question. This can definitely lead to further research but I wanted to move
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">If you can please forward this widely to any list that you participate on in the field, that would be great. Any one who hires graduates
of LAM would be a candidate to take the survey.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">I promise that it is quick (less than 10 minutes) and you do not have to research any statistics from your institution. If you hire, you
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The survey is due
<b>December 3, 2015</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Please contact me with any questions. I plan to share the information but it depends on you to respond. I need some significant numbers
here in order to see the trends.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/R2YWGRX" target="_blank" id="LPlnk509690">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/R2YWGRX</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Kim Schroeder<br>
Coordinator, Archival Program<br>
Lecturer and Career Advisor<br>
Wayne State University<br>
School of Library and Information Science<br>
Faculty Advisor for National Digital Stewardship Alliance<br>
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Kim Schroeder<br>
Coordinator, Archival Program<br>
Lecturer and Career Advisor<br>
Wayne State University<br>
School of Library and Information Science<br>
Faculty Advisor for National Digital Stewardship Alliance<br>
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@archivekim<br>
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