You are invited to participate in a research project being conducted by L. Tom Perry Special Collections in the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. The purpose of this research is to gain a better understanding of how Special Collections repositories are using reappraisal and deaccessioning as a tool to better manage their collections and align their collecting ambitions with their stewardship capacity. If you choose to participate, you will be asked to complete an anonymous web-based survey. The survey should take no more than 15 minutes. The survey will not collect any identifiable information, and no one will be able to connect your responses to you. Your anonymity is further protected by using an implied consent on the survey. Please print this invitation for future reference. You may answer any and all questions on the survey or decline to participate. Reminder emails will be sent to non-responders to encourage participation. If you do not wish to participate and do not want to receive these reminders, please click on the link and answer "no" to the first question. However, we hope that you will take a moment to share your experience with us.
Consent will be asked in the first question on the survey: "Having read the invitation, are you willing to participate in the survey?" Yes or No.
The survey is available at https://byu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_50YQ6cWl9vEgbaK, and will be available until July 24, 2026. If you have any questions about the study, please contact Cory Nimer or J. Gordon Daines III at cory_nimer@byu.edu or gordon_daines@byu.edu, or at 801-422-6091. If you have questions or concerns about your rights as a research participant, you can call the BYU Human Research Protections Program at 801-422-1461 or BYU.HRPP@byu.edu. Please reference IRB ID# IRB2026-157.
Sincerely,
Cory Nimer
J. Gordon Daines III
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Cory Nimer
University Archivist
Brigham Young University
Provo UT
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