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Initial Publication Date: October 20, 2006

Human Subjects IRB Approval

The research conducted in this study have been reviewed by the Institutional Review Board of the University of Wisconsin - Madison. The IRB judged protocol number SE-2004-0423SE-2004-0423 to be exempt from CFR 46 per Category #2 as the research is limited to benign survey procedures and focus groups on digital library use and subject confidentiality is protected.


Exemption Letter (Acrobat (PDF) 61kB Jul31 06)
IRB Application (Acrobat (PDF) 218kB Jul31 06)