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<span style="color: black; background: var(--white);">Fossil Preparators Survey!</span><br>
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<span style="margin: 0px; color: black">As you know, fossil preparation is vital to readying specimens for research and display, but the work is often underappreciated by the scientific community and the public. I am conducting research aimed at understanding
how tools to better preserve and share the critical knowledge of fossil preparators might be developed. One possibility is the creation of a web-based resource that could act as a multifaceted hub bringing preparators (many of who work in relative isolation)
together while also serving as a resource for those outside the field.</span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; color: black">I would be very grateful if you could complete a short survey. This should take no more than 5 minutes and can be found here:<span style="margin: 0px"> <a href="https://forms.gle/5CPGUEZztKw8aPpJ7" style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" id="LPNoLP919278">https://forms.gle/5CPGUEZztKw8aPpJ7</a></span></span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; color: black"><span style="margin: 0px; border: 1pt none windowtext">There is an information sheet and consent form before the survey. An additional copy of the information sheet is included as an attachment to this email. Thank you for
your time and assistance.</span></span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black">Sincerely,</span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black">Erin Patrick</span><span style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(32, 31, 30)"></span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black">Masters student in Museum Studies</span><span style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(32, 31, 30)"></span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black">University of Leicester</span><span style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(32, 31, 30)"></span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black">elp34@student.le.ac.uk</span></p>
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