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A research project exploring trends and evidence-based decision making for academic library leaders around technology. Account managed by @hedgielib. IMLS Grant #RE-259930-OLS-26 . Opinions only of the investigators - Abigail Goben and Dorothea Salo.

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Valid or Void @validorvoid.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services RE-259930-OLS.

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Valid or Void @validorvoid.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

We’re grateful to IMLS for giving us this opportunity, and to IMLS staff, especially former IMLS program officer Ashley Sands, for their support and feedback through the grant application process.

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Valid or Void @validorvoid.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Reuniting from previous collaborations including the IMLS-funded DataDoubles project, we are excited for this opportunity to deeply investigate this topic.

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Valid or Void @validorvoid.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

We will investigate academic-library leader decisionmaking to build a tool to support evidence-based technology evaluation and adoption.

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Valid or Void @validorvoid.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Abigail Goben and Dorothea Salo are pleased to announce that IMLS has awarded us a $290,116 3-year Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program grant to conduct Valid or Void: Critically Evaluating Technology Trends for Academic Library Adoption.

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