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I have forwarded it to the relevant personel.
Thanks
Professor Rotimi Ogidan

On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 11:13 PM, KELLY GALLACHER (1319070) <
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> Hi,
> I am looking for librarians at Scottish Universities who deal with library
> inductions for distance learning postgraduate students to participate in an
> interview as part of research for my Masters dissertation on the provision
> of library inductions for distance learning postgraduate students. If you
> feel you might be interested please read the interview invite below and
> then email me at [log in to unmask]
> Feel free to forward onto others who you think might be interested in also
> taking part.
> Apologies for cross posting.
> Many thanks
> Kelly Gallacher
>
> *For the attention of librarians at Scottish Universities who organise
> library inductions for distance learning Postgraduate students. *
> I would like to invite you to participate in a research interview to
> discuss the provision of  library inductions for distance learning
> postgraduate students. The research explores the design and content of
> library inductions and the role of the librarian in this process.  This
> research forms part of my MSc Information and Library studies at Robert
> Gordon University, Aberdeen.
> Your response will be extremely important for obtaining a good
> understanding of what library inductions are currently being offered to
> distance-learning postgraduate distance learning students at Scottish
> Universities. This research will then enable recommendations to be made on creating
> library inductions to meet student needs.
>
> I hope to start organising the interviews as soon as possible and I hope
> that I can enlist your help with this research.  I would therefore be
> grateful if you could indicate, from the list of dates below, *when you
> would be available to take part in an interview*. If possible could you
> also indicate a first and a second choice of date/ time in case your first
> choice is unavailable.
>
> *List of available Interview dates and times*
> *Dates*
> *Available Times*
> Monday 27th June 2016
> 9:00am, 3:00pm
> Wednesday 29th June 2016
> 10:00am, 2:00pm
> Thursday 30th June 2016
> 10:00am, 1:00pm, 4:00pm
> Monday 4th July 2016
> 2:00pm, 4:00pm
> Tuesday 5th July 2016
> 2:00pm, 4:30pm
> Wednesday 6th July 2016
> 9:00am, 12 noon, 3:00pm
> Thursday 7th July 2016
> 9:00am, 12 noon, 3:00pm
> Friday 8th July 2016
> 9:00am
> Monday 11th July 2016
> 10:00am, 1:30pm
>
> However, *if there are no dates/ times on the list that are suitable
> please get in contact* as I am able to be flexible with times/ dates in
> order to arrange a more suitable time for you to enable you to take part.
>
> The interview should take between 30 mins to one hour depending on
> responses. *Please also indicate your preferred method* *of contact* e.g
> Skype,telephone or any other suitable means of communication.
>
> If more than one librarian is involved in Inductions at your Institution
> and more than one would like to take part in this research, then I can
> accommodate all interested parties.
>
> At the end of my dissertation, a copy the recommendations/ dissertation
> can be made available to you.
>
> Please note that all information/ data collected will be kept confidential
> and names of interviewee/ institutions anonymised in discussion of results
> within the final dissertation and any subsequent reports.
>
> I will be happy to answer any questions you may have with regards to this
> research/ interview and I can be contacted via email,
> [log in to unmask] or by telephone 01620 892661.
>
> I look forward to hearing from you.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Kelly Gallacher
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