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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Dear Colleague,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Implementing New Knowledge
Environments (INKE) is a large-scale collaborative research project in the digital
humanities directed by Dr. Ray Siemens, Department of English, University of
Victoria, and funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of
Canada (SSHRC). Our research team is examining the complex processes of human
engagement with information that is available digitally. Specifically, we are
interested in identifying and understanding the ways in which social sciences
and humanities readers engage with forms such as the electronic scholarly
edition, the academic monograph, scholarly journal and essay collections, and
electronic literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>With this letter, we are inviting
you to complete a short survey about how you experience and use digital
resources in the context of your research. The findings of this survey will be
used to improve existing digital tools and to derive requirements for
prospective tools and resources that we hope will be of benefit to you and
other researchers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'>The
questionnaire should take approximately twenty minutes to complete. If you are
willing to participate, you will find it online at <<a
href="http://infopoll.net/live/surveys/s34325.htm"><span style='color:black;
text-decoration:none'>http://infopoll.net/live/surveys/s34325.htm</span></a>>.
Your identity will be kept confidential. All documents and participants
will be identified only by code number. Digital data records will be kept on
password-protected hard drives and on disks stored in locked filing cabinets.
Only the principal investigator and the co-investigators will have access to
the data. If you have any concerns about your treatment or rights as a research
participant, you may contact the Research Subject Information Line in the UBC
Office of Research Services at 604-822-8598. Your participation in this study
is entirely voluntary and you may refuse to participate or withdraw from the
study at any time. Your completion and submission of the survey will indicate
your consent to participate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>In consideration of your time, you
may enter a draw for a $150.00 gift certificate from an online bookstore upon
completion of the questionnaire.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>We look forward to the prospect of
your participation in this study. Please feel free to contact the INKE Graduate
Research Assistant, Karen Taylor, at any time if you have questions about this
research: 604-737-2873 (British Columbia, Canada) or <katay164@interchange.ubc.ca>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Dr. Teresa Dobson for the INKE
Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Associate Professor<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Director, Digital Literacy Centre<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>University of British Columbia<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>c/o Department of Language & Literacy<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA>2125 Main Mall,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA>Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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