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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><img width="624" height="145" style="width:6.5in;height:1.5069in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D31108.A9B701F0" alt="ASpaceOrgHome.jpg"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">August 2017 Update</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Member Forum 2017</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Thanks to all who participated in the third annual Member Forum! We really enjoyed getting the face-to-face time with our community. A huge thanks to Portland State University for hosting
us at the Smith Union Student Center, as well as to our planning group members and the Atlanta-based LYRASIS staff that provided logistical support. We are also grateful to
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white">our incredible post-Forum mixer co-hosts, Registered Service Providers Atlas Systems and LYRASIS, and the chance the mixer gave us to enjoy a beautiful view
of the Portland skyline. An incredible community effort, thank you all!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Presentations, notes, and selected recordings from the program are available online at
</span><a href="https://archivesspace.atlassian.net/wiki/display/ADC/ArchivesSpace+Member+Forum+2017"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://archivesspace.atlassian.net/wiki/display/ADC/ArchivesSpace+Member+Forum+2017</span></a><span style="color:black">.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">If you have notes or comments of your own to share, please feel free to add them.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Whether you attended or not, please take a few minutes to fill out the evaluation at
</span><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JSMR796"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JSMR796</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">. We’d love
to hear about your experience this year, as well as any suggestions you have for future forums or other ArchivesSpace events.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Governance Board Elections Update</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">We are pleased to share the results of the elections that were recently conducted to fill vacancies on the ArchivesSpace Governance Board.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Gordon Daines, Special Collections Department Chair at Brigham Young University, has been elected to serve as the representative for Large member institutions.<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline">
Peter Carini, College Archivist at Dartmouth College, has been elected to serve as the representative for Medium member institutions.<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline">
Nicholas Zmijewski, Archivist at the Industrial Archives and Library in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, has been elected to serve as the representative for Very Small member institutions.
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Gordon, Peter, and Nick will serve two-year terms, effective from July 1, 2017, and running through June 30, 2019.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">We extend our renewed thanks to outgoing representatives Christian Dupont (Boston College), Jay Gaidmore (College of William & Mary), and Tom Adams (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">We remain grateful to Christian Dupont, Ann Hodges (Texas A&M - Corpus Christi), and Tom Adams for their candidacies this year.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">We also want to thank Johna Von Behrens (University of Louisiana Lafayette), Cyndi Shein (UNLV), Mary Saffell (Texas Christian University), Julia Novakovic (The Strong National Museum
of Play), and Annie Tummino (SUNY Maritime) for their service on the 2017 Nominating Committee.
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The leadership needs of our community-based, community-driven organization are ongoing, and so the contributions of all members, including those of you who voted as voting representatives
for your member institutions, continue to be greatly valued.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">New Advisory Council Appointments</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The Governance Board recently approved a number of appointments to our Advisory Councils.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Six new members have been appointed to the Technical Advisory Council (TAC): Bobbi Fox (Harvard University), Trevor Thornton (North Carolina State University), Maggie Hughes (UCLA),
Dallas Pillen (University of Michigan), Julia McGinnis (California University of Pennsylvania), Megan Blair (St. Edward's University), and Jason Loeffler (American Academy in Rome). Peter Carini will be the board liaison to the TAC.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Four new members have been appointed to the User Advisory Council: Brittany Newberry (Atlanta University Center); Alston Cobourn (Texas A&M - Corpus Christi); Scott Ziegler (American
Philosophical Society) and Ann Merryman (University of South Carolina Upstate). Gordon Daines will be the board liaison to the UAC.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">We thank all whose terms recently concluded for their service, namely Esmé Cowles (Princeton University), Noah Huffman (Duke University), Chris Prom (University of Illinois), and Michael
Vandermillen (Harvard University) for the Technical Advisory Council, and Brenda Burk (Clemson University), Nancy Enneking (Getty Research Institute), and Linda Hocking (Litchfield Historical Society), for the User Advisory Council. Very special thanks to
our outgoing chairs, Sally Vermaaten (Gates Archive, formerly New York University) and Gordon Daines.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Our Advisory Councils are critical parts of the ArchivesSpace community, serving as a communication conduit between ArchivesSpace users, developers, the Governance Board, and the program
team, and providing essential guidance and support for many ArchivesSpace activities. We are very grateful to all who nominated themselves or others for these positions this year and encourage all who are interested to consider service in a future year.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Core Committers Group – Monthly Open Call-Ins</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The inaugural ArchivesSpace Core Committers Group had their first meeting on July 14. Code goes into the ArchivesSpace application from a variety of sources, and the core committers
will be responsible for helping people with the process of contributing code to ArchivesSpace Github, reviewing and committing individual code contributions, and ensuring code contributions are properly licensed and follow best-practice guidelines.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The group will have monthly call-in meetings that are open for the community to call and listen in as the group handles enhancements to the core code base. The monthly call-ins will
be on the second Monday of the month at 2pm EST. The next call-in meeting will be on August 14. Here is the conference call information:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Participant Passcode: 731627 <span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6;vertical-align:baseline">
US/CAN Toll Free: 1-888-354-0094 <span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6;vertical-align:baseline">
Int'l Toll: 1-303-218-2652<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The core committers will also stay active in the community by welcoming new contributors and helping them get involved, monitoring and responding to issues on the ArchivesSpace mailing
lists, and monitoring and analyzing relevant tickets on ArchivesSpace JIRA.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">If you’d like more information about the Core Committers, or if you’d like to get involved in contributing code to ArchivesSpace, please contact Laney at
</span><a href="mailto:laney.mcglohon@lyrasis.org"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">laney.mcglohon@lyrasis.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Highlighting User Stories – Call for Ideas!</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Our short time together at the Member Forum made it clear that each institution bumps into unique challenges, but the greater community often comes across very similar obstacles… and
we want to hear your stories!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">We plan to launch a community-centric blog series and highlight our members at the very center of these stories. We want to hear the details on your challenges, experiences, and problem-solving
thought processes as you offer some helpful advice along the way. Some ideas include: migration mishaps, creative workarounds, favorite plugins, and more!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">If you would like to contribute any stories or have ideas on the type of stories you’d like to hear, please reach out to Kim at
</span><a href="mailto:christine.kim@lyrasis.org"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">christine.kim@lyrasis.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">YouTube Channel</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">We are now on YouTube! Recordings of selected sessions from the Member Forum last month are available for streaming at your convenience. Visit our channel to watch the program update,
PUI introduction, updates on different areas of the application, and the lightning round.
</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxR6D-UlSx6N6UWTeqHTjzA"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxR6D-UlSx6N6UWTeqHTjzA</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">We hope to share more programming videos through YouTube. If you would like to volunteer any videos or have ideas to share, please contact Kim at
</span><a href="mailto:christine.kim@lyrasis.org"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">christine.kim@lyrasis.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">New Working Group to Develop an ArchivesSpace Python Library</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">We’re pleased to announce a new working group, open to all regardless of institutional membership in ArchivesSpace, to develop a shared Python library to facilitate scripting against
the ArchivesSpace API. Led by Patrick Galligan of Rockefeller Archive Center, this working group will compile existing work in this area that people are willing to share, identify gaps, and develop functions and scripts as needed to fill them. The group expects
that most work will be shared via Github and all will be publicly accessible. If you are interested in participating, please email Patrick at
</span><a href="mailto:PGalligan@rockarch.org"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">PGalligan@rockarch.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">; if possible, please include
your Github username in order to be added to the developing Github repository.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Staff Interface Enhancement Working Group Update</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The Staff Interface Enhancement Working Group kicked off activities around the effort at the Member Forum in Portland with a brainstorming session in which over 40 people participated.
The working group, which includes a diverse set of participants from many different sizes and types of institutions in the ArchivesSpace member community, will now convene every two weeks in video/telephone conferencing calls. The hour-long meetings will review
documentation contributed during that time period, refine the focus of the group, and establish action points for the future. The calls are open and all members are welcome to join the discussion.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The first Zoom meeting will be on Monday, August 14th, at 11am-12pm EST.<br>
Topic: ArchivesSpace Staff Interface Enhancement Working Group Meeting<br>
Time: this is a recurring meeting Meet anytime</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Join from PC, Mac, iOS or Android:
</span><a href="https://msu.zoom.us/j/478788119"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://msu.zoom.us/j/478788119</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Or join by phone:<br>
+1 646 558 8656 or +1 408 638 0968 US Toll<br>
+1 877 369 0926 (US only, Toll Free)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Meeting ID: 478 788 119<br>
International numbers available: </span><a href="https://msu.zoom.us/zoomconference?m=5ijYCsNkOSXaxe1liQZkWVqktcflC5qH"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://msu.zoom.us/zoomconference?m=5ijYCsNkOSXaxe1liQZkWVqktcflC5qH</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Throughout this process, the Working Group will communicate with the ArchivesSpace community by issuing calls for comments for various in-progress recommendations. Please visit the
group’s wiki page for up to date information: </span><a href="https://archivesspace.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ADC/pages/103454069/Staff+Interface+Enhancement+Working+Group"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://archivesspace.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ADC/pages/103454069/Staff+Interface+Enhancement+Working+Group</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
or get in touch with Lydia Tang (</span><a href="mailto:ltang5@msu.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">ltang5@lib.msu.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">),
the chair of the group, if you have questions.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Membership Update</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Our new members since July 20 include:
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Cambridge University<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Kent State University School of Information joined us as an Educational Program Member.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">As of August 7, we have 330 General members, 15 Educational Program members, and 3 Registered Service Providers. If you are interested in your institution becoming a member of ArchivesSpace,
please email us at </span><a href="mailto:ArchivesSpaceHome@lyrasis.org"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">ArchivesSpaceHome@lyrasis.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
for more information.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">ArchivesSpace monthly updates provide news about ArchivesSpace community and program activities and are sent to our member listservs, the ArchivesSpace Google Group, and SAA’s Collection
Management Tools roundtable listserv, as well as being posted on the ArchivesSpace website. Please feel free to share this update with people you know who have an interest in ArchivesSpace but may not be on one of these lists.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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