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already completed the survey, thank you for your participation and please
ignore this message.</font></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 8px"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11pt"><font color="#000000">Do
you consider yourself to be a mid-career library professional?</font></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 8px"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11pt"><font color="#000000">Would
you be willing to give some of your time to complete a survey questionnaire for
a research project investigating the continuing professional development (CPD)
needs of mid-career library professionals? Please read the following
information carefully before deciding to participate.</font></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 8px"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11pt"><font color="#000000">The
survey asks you about your current and past CPD activities, what sort of CPD
you hope to pursue in the next two years, and your preferred methods for
receiving CPD.</font></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 8px"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11pt"><font color="#000000">The
results of the research will inform a mapping of skills and knowledge for those
at different stages of their professional career, focusing particularly on
mid-career professionals and forming the basis of a framework for LIS
educators, employers and mid-career professionals to support ongoing career
development.</font></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;text-align:justify"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11pt"><font color="#000000">Victoria University of Wellington
requires, and has granted, approval from the School of Information Management’s
Human Ethics Committee for this research.</font></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;text-align:justify"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11pt"><font color="#000000">This survey will take approximately 20
minutes to complete. You can withdraw from the project by closing the survey
and your results will not be recorded. Your completion of the survey is taken
as giving your informed consent to participate.</font></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 8px"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11pt"><font color="#000000">Your
response is anonymous and you will not be identified personally in any written
report produced as a result of this research including possible publication in
academic conferences and journals. A copy of the final report can be requested
by entering your email address at the end of the survey. It cannot be linked to
the answers you have given in the survey.</font></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;text-align:justify"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11pt"><font color="#000000">All data collected from participants will
be destroyed 2 years after the completion of the project.</font></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;text-align:justify"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11pt"><font color="#000000">If you have any questions or would like to
receive further information about the project, please contact any of the
following.</font></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 8px"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11pt"><font color="#000000">Philip
Calvert</font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px"><font color="#000000"><a><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11pt">philip.calvert@vuw.ac.nz</span></a><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="margin:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px"> </span>telephone +64 4 4636629</span></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 8px"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11pt"><font color="#000000">Jennifer
Campbell-Meier</font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 8px"><font color="#000000"><a><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11pt">jennifer.campbell-meier@vuw.ac.nz</span></a><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="margin:0px"> </span>telephone +64 4 4635349</span></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 8px"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11pt"><font color="#000000">Brenda
Chawner<span style="margin:0px"> </span></font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 8px"><font color="#000000"><a><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11pt">brenda.chanwner@vuw.ac.nz</span></a><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="margin:0px"> </span>telephone +64 4
4635780</span></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 8px"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11pt"><font color="#000000">Anne
Goulding</font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 8px"><font color="#000000"><a><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11pt">anne.goulding@vuw.ac.nz</span></a><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="margin:0px"> </span>telephone +64 4
4635887</span></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 8px"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11pt"><font color="#000000">ChernLi
Liew</font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 8px"><font color="#000000"><a><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11pt">chernli.liew@vuw.ac.nz</span></a><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="margin:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px"> </span>telephone +64 4 4635213</span></font></p>
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survey, <b>please click on this link</b>:</font></span></p>
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