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<span style="color:black"><img width="624" height="145" style="width:6.5in;height:1.5069in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D39100.2A2D0F60" alt="ASpaceOrgHome.jpg"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<b><span style="color:black">January 2018 Update</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<span style="color:black">Happy New Year! We’re excited to launch off the year with a warm welcome to our new DevOps Specialist! And mark your calendars -- we have a queue of webinars coming up early this year. New stories are up on the blog, and our demo videos
are now updated to ArchivesSpace v2.2.2! Read on for more news!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<b><span style="color:black">Development: Deadline for Pull Requests</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<span style="color:black">ArchivesSpace recently announced that starting with the January 2018 release we've set deadlines for submitting pull requests to be considered for the next release. Submitting a pull request by the deadline does not guarantee that
it will go into the next release, but it will help ensure that we have adequate time to review and test it before potentially putting it into a release. In general, the pull request deadline is the third Friday of a month in which a release is scheduled, with
occasional exceptions when a release is intended to come out earlier in the month.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<span style="color:black">Just a reminder that the deadline by which a pull request needs to be submitted for consideration for the January 2018 release is January 19. Please submit any pull requests no later than the end of your day on January 19. Pull requests
submitted after January 19 will be considered for a future release.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<span style="color:black">If you have any questions, please get in touch. Thanks so much for your contributions and your help in making ArchivesSpace better!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<i><span style="color:black">Upcoming Releases</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<span style="color:black">Curious about what’s to come in future releases? Check out the roadmap:
</span><a href="https://archivesspace.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ADC/pages/18710568/Roadmap"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://archivesspace.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ADC/pages/18710568/Roadmap</span></a><span style="color:black">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<b><span style="color:black">Welcome, LYRASIS’s DevOps Specialist, Lora Woodford!</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<span style="color:black">LYRASIS, the organizational home for ArchivesSpace, is pleased to announce that Lora Woodford will be joining us as our DevOps Specialist, working closely with the ArchivesSpace team on activities to better support ArchivesSpace users
and improve the application.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<span style="color:black">As DevOps Specialist, Lora will be based in LYRASIS’ Digital Technology Services department and participate in a range of technical support and development activities for ArchivesSpace, including responding to support tickets and writing
code to fix bugs in the application. Through June 2018, her focus will be exclusively on ArchivesSpace. Beginning in July she will continue to be heavily involved with ArchivesSpace, but will also provide assistance with other closely aligned programs and
services supported by Digital Technology Services, including Islandora and CollectionSpace.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<span style="color:black">LYRASIS serves as the organizational home for ArchivesSpace, providing resources and services to help grow, support and amplify the community contributions. These include staff, technology, financial services and logistics support.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<span style="color:black">Lora’s first day will be January 29. She will continue to be based in Baltimore, but will become an even more active presence in the ArchivesSpace community as she represents ArchivesSpace and LYRASIS in various online and in person
venues. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<span style="color:black">The full announcement is available here: </span><a href="http://archivesspace.org/welcome-lyrasis-new-devops-specialist-lora-woodford/"><span style="color:#1155CC">http://archivesspace.org/welcome-lyrasis-new-devops-specialist-lora-woodford/</span></a><span style="color:black">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<span style="color:black">Please join us in welcoming Lora Woodford to the LYRASIS team!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">Demo Videos</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<span style="color:black">A guided tour of ArchivesSpace version 2.2.2 is available through a new series of demo videos. These videos provide an overview of the major features and functions of the application:</span><a href="https://goo.gl/Y7dKA9"><span style="color:black">
</span></a><a href="http://archivesspace.org/application/demo/"><span style="color:#1155CC">http://archivesspace.org/application/demo/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<span style="color:black">This series of videos shows all the major functionalities for the staff and public interfaces. The demo videos may be watched in the order presented, or select the video most relevant to your user perspective:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
Overview of Features in ArchivesSpace<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
Staff Interface Demo: Managing the Application<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
Staff Interface Demo: Managing & Describing Records<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
ArchivesSpace Public User Interface Demo<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<span style="color:black">Please feel free to share these with anyone who is interested in learning more about ArchivesSpace.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<b><span style="color:black">Open Members Call on Zoom! February 21, 2-3pm ET (11-noon PT)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<span style="color:black">Please save the date for our next informal community Zoom call coming up on February 21 at 2-3pm ET (11-noon PT). This is an opportunity to hear updates from each other and encourage group discussion. You will be able to join by either
computer or phone. This is a space surface news, ideas, and challenges. This might be an especially good chance to talk about non-technical questions or ideas that you weren’t quite sure about posting on the Users Group listserv but really would like help
with from us or your peers.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<span style="color:black">An announcement with call in details will be sent out shortly. It will include a pre-survey to generate discussion topics prior to the call. Please email Kim at
</span><a href="mailto:christine.kim@lyrasis.org"><span style="color:#1155CC">christine.kim@lyrasis.org</span></a><span style="color:black"> if you have any questions. We look forward to “seeing” you there!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<b><span style="color:black">Webinar on the ArchivesSpace Technology & Development Roadmap: Recording Available</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<span style="color:black">Thanks to all who joined our webinar on the ArchivesSpace Technology & Development Roadmap. For those who were unable to make it, the webinar has been recorded and is available here:
</span><a href="http://archivesspace.org/recording-and-slides-for-aspace-roadmap-webinar/"><span style="color:#1155CC">http://archivesspace.org/recording-and-slides-for-aspace-roadmap-webinar/</span></a><span style="color:black">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<span style="color:black">Special thanks to our presenter, Christine Di Bella (Program Manager, ArchivesSpace).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<i><span style="color:black">Save the date for upcoming web events! Formal announcements to follow.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<b><i>Open Members Call on Zoom!</i></b><i> </i>[February 21, 2-3pm ET / 11-noon PT]<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<b><i>Webinar: Assessments Module Overview & Implementation </i></b> [March 2, 1-2pm ET / 10-11am PT]<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<b><i>Webinar: A Bug’s Life: From JIRA to Fix</i></b><i> </i>[April 11, 1-2pm ET / 10-11am PT]<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<b><i>Webinar: A History of the Finding Aid</i></b> [May 16, 1-2pm ET, 10-11am PT]<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<b><span style="color:black">ArchivesSpace Advanced Skills Workshop Development Survey</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<span style="color:black">The ArchivesSpace Training Corps is developing advanced skills workshops and requests your help to explore potential topics to include.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<span style="color:black">When you have a moment, please share your ideas through this survey:</span><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/Lsx9xAG3CBQQzg5J3"><span style="color:black">
</span><span style="color:#1155CC">https://goo.gl/forms/Lsx9xAG3CBQQzg5J3</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">Open ended questions are included. Please feel free to include any type of content you feel would benefit someone who would like to get more out of ArchivesSpace, or any type of training or skills you would like to expand on yourself.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">Training topics currently available are listed on our website:</span><a href="http://archivesspace.org/using-archivesspace/training-and-consultations/"><span style="color:black">
</span><span style="color:#1155CC">http://archivesspace.org/using-archivesspace/training-and-consultations/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">We are accepting responses until January 31st. Please email Kim at
</span><a href="mailto:christine.kim@lyrasis.org"><span style="color:#1155CC">christine.kim@lyrasis.org</span></a><span style="color:black"> if you have any questions.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">Boston Regional Forum: Call for Working Group Volunteers</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">We are happy to announce the first regional forum will be coming to the Boston area on May 3, 2018 at Tufts University.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">We have been looking forward to offering regional forums for the ArchivesSpace community. We envision these forums as opportunities for our diverse ArchivesSpace members to meet up more locally to share and learn from each other through
workshops, focused discussion sessions, and presentations.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">We would love for the content to be shaped by the community. This working group will focus on identifying program content, connecting with presenters, and suggesting local arrangements. Additionally, other potential tasks will include
hands-on assistance during the forum such as running the registration table and taking notes. The program team will take care of any details concerning cost and logistics.
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<span style="color:black">If you (or you know someone interested) would like to join the working group to plan the ArchivesSpace Regional Forum in Boston, feel free to email Kim at
</span><a href="mailto:christine.kim@lyrasis.org"><span style="color:#1155CC">christine.kim@lyrasis.org</span></a><span style="color:black"> by January 31st. Please let me know if you have any questions, and thank you for considering.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">New Stories on the Blog</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">We have new stories posted on the blog! In <b><i>User Insights</i></b>, Amber J. D’Ambrosio (Processing Archivist & Records Manager, Willamette University) shares on her experience migrating and cleaning up data. In
<b><i>All About Community</i></b>, Lydia Tang (Special Collections Archivist-Librarian, Michigan State University) reflects on her recent experience leading a large team of volunteers focused on drafting recommendations for the Staff Interface Enhancement Working
Group.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><i><span style="color:black">User Insights</span></i></b><span style="color:black"> is a blog series that highlights diverse perspectives and experiences of ArchivesSpace users to enrich our entire community through shared stories, strategies, and lessons
learned. http://archivesspace.org/category/user-insights/</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><i><span style="color:black">All About Community</span></i></b><span style="color:black"> is a blog series that highlights the many teams and groups that contribute to the growth and development of ArchivesSpace. http://archivesspace.org/category/all-about-community/</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">We would love to include your ArchivesSpace stories on the blog! If you would like to contribute, please email Kim at
</span><a href="mailto:christine.kim@lyrasis.org"><span style="color:#1155CC">christine.kim@lyrasis.org</span></a><span style="color:black">.
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<b><span style="color:black">Membership Update</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">We are excited to welcome our newest members to our community! Our new members since December 21 include:
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Wheaton College (IL) or Wheaton College, Buswell Library<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline">
Maryland Institute College of Art<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline">
Institute of American Indian Arts Archives<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline">
Richard Diebenkorn Foundation<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<span style="color:black">As of January 19, we have 349 General members, 19 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="color:#1155CC">ArchivesSpaceHome@lyrasis.org</span></a><span style="color:black"> for more information.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<i><span style="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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