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Dear colleagues (with apologies for cross-posting), Does your organization provide access to your resources using the Search / Retrieve via URL (SRU) protocol? Does it use SRU to search other collections? Would you like to discuss your experiences with SRU? I am a graduate student at the University of Alberta conducting a study aimed at improving this protocol by studying the experiences and perceptions of system administrators. If you are responsible for administering SRU server or client systems, and those systems are in production use, then your participation is needed in this study. If this describes part of your duties, please consider volunteering to participate in this study. To volunteer or to request further information, please contact me using the information at the bottom of this email. As a participant in this study, you will be asked to commit approximately 60 minutes of your time for an initial interview. Depending on the results from the initial round of interviews, participants may be contacted for follow-up interviews lasting, at most, 30 minutes. All interviews will be scheduled at your convenience, and most will be conducted over the telephone. Thank you for your consideration of this project. Please feel free to forward this email to anyone you feel may be interested. I look forward to hearing from you! T. Michael Silver, MLIS student School of Library and Information Studies 3-20 Rutherford South University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2J5 Phone: 403.348.7600 (mobile) Email: [log in to unmask] If you have questions or concerns about this project, you may also contact my faculty supervisor. Dr. Lisa M. Given, Associate Professor School of Library and Information Studies 3-20 Rutherford South University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2J5 Phone: 780.492.2033 Email: [log in to unmask] -- Michael Silver MLIS Student School of Library and Information Studies University of Alberta [log in to unmask]