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This is an invitation for you to participate in a study in process
by a graduate student relating to people who work in a library
environment and use web sites for reference. If you have any interest
in this topic, I would appreciate and welcome your response.
March 22, 1996
Dear URL Survey Participant:
The http address ( http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/urlsurvey )
is a survey of people in the information industry who participate in
e-conferences, and who use Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) for reference.
This study will attempt to find out how significantly Uniform Resource
Locators, also called URLs or http address systems, are filling
information needs. Additionally, this study will identify URLs that are
especially reliable because of their content and usefulness. We will look at
the number of participants, their institutional affiliation, their fields of
study, and identify their most frequently used URLs; we will test whether or
not information professionals are organizing a collection of high use URLs.
Your participation is important to the survey, and your response will be kept
confidential; only summary data will be released upon request. There is no
penalty of any kind if you should choose to not participate in this study, or
if you would withdraw from participation at any time. The survey is designed
for participants who are over the age of twenty-one; no risks, however, are
involved beyond those normally encountered in everyday life.
If you want to know more about this research project, please feel free to
contact Teresa S. Smith at [log in to unmask] This project has been
approved by Kent State University; if you have questions about Kent State
University's rules for research, please call the Office of Research and
Sponsored Programs at 216-672-2070, or the advisor Dr. Lois Buttlar
at 216-672-2782.
If you wish to respond to the survey, please go to the following address:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/urlsurvey
Thank you for your participation.
Sincerely,
Teresa S. Smith
Graduate Student
Kent State University
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