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If you are a historian or archivist, broadly defined, and you consideryourself an activist, we invite you to fill out a survey about yourexperiences.  The definition of "activist" that we are using is "anespecially active, vigorous advocate of a cause, esp. a political cause."This survey is being collected for a study of historians and archivists asactivists.  The survey explores the ways in which people participate asactivists and the consequences for their employers and themselves.   Weanticipate this survey will take approximately 20 minutes to complete.The survey can be found at:https://forms.wm.edu/997Your participation is strictly voluntary.  By answering the survey, you areagreeing to participate in the study.  You may skip any questions you do notwant to answer.  Your name and contact information will not be collected, soyou will remain anonymous.  Data will be used in summary form for the mostpart.  Where individual answers are used in the study, the identificationwill be too general to identify a specific individual.  For example, insteadof describing someone as a forty-something Korean archivist at a religiousarchives in Oregon, the person would be described as an Asian archivist inthe northwest.If you have any questions or problems that arise in connection with yourparticipation in this study, you should contact Dr. Beatriz Hardy, theproject co-director, at 757-221-3055 or bbhard[at]http://wm.edu; Sonia Yaco, theproject co-director, at 757-683-4483 or SYaco[at]http://odu.edu; or Dr. LeeKirkpatrick, Chair of the Protection of Human Subjects Committee at theCollege of William and Mary at 757-221-2778 or lakirk[at]http://wm.edu.Thank you for taking the time to fill out this survey!Bea Hardy, Interim Dean of University Libraries College of William and MaryWilliamsburg, VASonia Yaco, Special Collections Librarian and University Archivist OldDominion University Norfolk, VA Via H-Museum