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Dear Colleagues,**** **** Please take the survey linked below to help us gather data on how libraries manage their many projects. We want to know how libraries manage, keep track of progress, and collaborate on projects. Survey results will show a snapshot of project management techniques used, project management software strengths and weaknesses, and what types of library projects are a good fit for which project management software.**** **** Please help us answer these questions by taking an online survey (estimated <10 minutes to complete). Findings will be reported at the Internet Librarian 2013 and CARL 2014 conferences, with the potential for future journal publications. Your responses will be anonymous, your participation is voluntary, and there are no foreseen risks in volunteering for this study.**** **** To take the survey please click on this link <https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WW86ZV3> **** **** In case you are still on the fence about taking our survey, let us define what we mean by project management software and techniques. Project Management is a set of techniques used heavily in business, construction, and software development to describe and monitor work on large projects that involve multiple people over a long period of time. The various techniques help keep track of goals, tasks, deadlines, responsible individuals, progress toward completion, budget, and many more factors that contribute to project success.**** **** Within the library, a project might be implementing a discovery service, marketing a program to freshmen, renovating the building, redesigning the website, or weeding the humanities section. We want to hear from individuals who have contributed to projects in libraries. Please take our survey so we can learn from your collective experience.**** **** Thank you for your participation!**** **** Margot Hanson, Instruction & Outreach Librarian, California Maritime Academy **** Annis Lee Adams, E-Resources Librarian, Golden Gate University**** Andrew Tweet, Librarian, William Jessup University**** Kevin Pischke, Library Director, William Jessup University**** **** ** ** ** ** If you have any questions about the survey please contact:**** Margot Hanson: [log in to unmask], 707-654-1091**** or**** California Maritime Academy Institutional Review Board**** IRB # CMA-IRB2013-014 (Exempt status)