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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">The 2016 ArchivesSpace Nominating Committee is pleased to present the following slate of candidates for election to fill vacancies on the ArchivesSpace Governance Board:</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>Small Member Representative</i></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Alston Cobourn, Digital Scholarship Librarian, Washington and Lee</p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Heather Heckman, Head of Collection Management, Pennsylvania State Archives</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>Very Large Member Representative</i></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Cynthia Ghering, Director, University Archives, Michigan State University</p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Audra Eagle Yun, Head of Special Collections & Archives and University Archivist, University of California, Irvine Libraries</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Statements for each candidate are included in the pages below. The official member representatives for Small and Very Large member institutions have received a separate message with a ballot link for their respective slates. Only official member representatives may vote, and only in their member categories.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Election results will be announced in early July. Elected candidates will serve a two-year term concluding June 30, 2018.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Allow me to thank Lynda Kachurek and Megan Sniffin-Marinoff, outgoing Governance Board representatives for Small and Very Large member institutions, for their service to the ArchivesSpace community.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Respectfully,</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Christian Dupont, Boston College</p><p class="MsoNormal">Chair, 2016 Nominating Committee</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>2016 Nominating Committee Members</i></p><p class="MsoNormal">Christian Dupont, Chair (Boston College), Member, Governance Board</p><p class="MsoNormal">Gordon Daines (BYU), Chair of User Advisory Council</p><p class="MsoNormal">Sally Vermatten (NYU), Chair of Technical Advisory Council</p><p class="MsoNormal">Stephen Hussman (University of Arizona), representing very large membership level</p><p class="MsoNormal">Ed Galloway (University of Pittsburgh), representing large membership level</p><p class="MsoNormal">Annie Benefiel (Grand Valley State University), representing medium membership level</p><p class="MsoNormal">Margot Note (World Monuments Fund), representing small membership level</p><p class="MsoNormal">Yue Ma (Chinese Museum in America), representing very small membership level</p><p class="MsoNormal">Brad Westbrook (ArchivesSpace), ex officio</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">--</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt">Christian Dupont</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt">Burns Librarian and Associate University Librarian for Special Collections</p><p class="MsoNormal">John J. Burns Library | Boston College | 140 Commonwealth Ave | Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3801</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt"><i>Main:</i> (617) 552-4861 | <i>Direct:</i> (617) 552-0105 | <a href="mailto:christian.dupont@bc.edu"><span style="color:#0563c1">christian.dupont@bc.edu</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:#0563c1"><a href="http://bc.edu/burns"><span style="color:#0563c1">http://bc.edu/burns</span></a></span></u> | <a href="https://bc.academia.edu/ChristianDupont"><span style="color:#0563c1">https://bc.academia.edu/ChristianDupont</span></a><u><span style="color:#0563c1"></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>