<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Hello Everyone,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">My name is Tim Diamond, and I am a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University pursuing a master’s in Museum Studies along with a certificate in Digital Curation.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I am researching biodiversity data standards, including cleaning, refining, and establishing the most efficient ways to enforce data consistency and quality standards. I have been sending this proposal out to different listservs and museum professionals within different museums/repositories that may specialize in these topics.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I have included web links for the approval verification and the proposal document I filled out for the IRB. Along with the Survey document itself.<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> (</span><strong><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Study #: </span></strong><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">HIRB00015885). </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Section one of the survey document gives more context to what I am pursuing in the paper, and section two is the survey itself. It’s optional, but if you include your email address and name on the survey, I may try to follow up with you on a more in-depth interview. The survey itself should only take around 15 minutes.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I would appreciate it, if you are willing to participate, I could have all survey responses in by <b>Thursday, 10/20</b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Let me know if you have any questions regarding the survey or anything else pertaining to this email.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Thank you!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Tim Diamond</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Class of 2023</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">M.A. in Museum Studies and Certificate in Digital Curation</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Johns Hopkins University AAP</p></div>