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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">[Posted on behalf of our colleagues at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>LYRASIS. Please contact Leigh A. Grinstead (<a href="mailto:leigh.grinstead@lyrasis.org" title="mailto:leigh.grinstead@lyrasis.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">leigh.grinstead@lyrasis.org</span></a>)
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">LYRASIS has been hired by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) to develop a Small and Diverse Archival Organization Needs Assessment Survey. Thank you for your interest in the project—your
support is critical to understanding the needs of small archives and supporting the field!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">We believe that “small archives” are generally defined as those repositories with budgets of $100,000 or less and/or holdings of 1,000 cubic feet or less—these are not absolute figures—and repositories should not skip
the survey if they have slightly larger budgets or holdings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">We recommend you review the form and your answers with your colleagues before beginning to answer the survey online; we hope to have one survey representing a single institution, and not multiple surveys from a single
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The survey is available at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NHPRC2020"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NHPRC2020</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">We are providing you with a PDF version of the survey to assist you in drafting answers and completing the survey prior to entering your information online. If you wish, you may print the survey<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://lyrasisnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/NHPRC-Survey.pdf"><span style="color:#0563C1">NHPRC.pdf</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>to
review and discuss with your colleagues before completing online.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">We estimate the survey will take no more than 20 minutes to complete. The survey is editable so that if you close or exit the browser before submitting your responses, you may finish later, but we encourage you to
complete it in one sitting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Confidentiality:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Your<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>responses
are being collected and analyzed by LYRASIS, an independent, nonprofit, membership organization serving libraries, archives, and museums. They will be kept confidential. Only aggregate results will be reported. Please answer these questions to help us learn
about Small and Diverse Archival Organization needs. To submit your answers, you must click on the “Done” button at the end of the survey form. Please submit the survey by
<b>March 25, 2020 at 5:00</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Eastern time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Thank you for your support with this important project. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Jessica Dowd Crouch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Community Engagement Coordinator for ArchivesSpace<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><a href="mailto:jessica.crouch@lyrasis.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">jessica.crouch@lyrasis.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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