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Did you leave library school in the last four years and are you working in a public library? If so, please read on. I am conducting research at the University of Sheffield Department of Information Studies for a BLRIC funded project 'The public library workforce study'. The aim of the project is to help the public library service recruit, retain, support and develop a workforce appropriate to the current and future needs of the service. One important aspect of the project involves obtaining the views of library school students who have graduated in the last 1-4 years, and who are now working in public libraries, on a range of topics. Topics would include how well they feel their professional education equippd them to work in public libraries, whether their expectations of working in a public library have (or have not) been met and whether they intend to continue to work in the public library sector. If you are interested in participating in this project, perhaps by way of email exchange or questionnaire, please email me by 31 August and I wll contact you with further details. If email access in your library service is limited, please pass this message on to anyone you think might be interested. Look forward to hearing from you. Gordon Bower. Gordon Bower Research Associate Department of Information Studies University of Sheffield Western Bank SHEFFIELD S10 2TN UK Email: <[log in to unmask]> Phone: 44 (0)114 222 2694 Home: 44 (0)1482 706 846 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%