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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">In the interest of continuing to evolve ArchivesSpace’s public user interface to be as user-friendly as possible, User Advisory Council’s
</span><a href="https://archivesspace.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AC/pages/893714474/Usability"><span style="color:#1155CC">Usability Subteam</span></a><span style="color:black"> has prepared this
</span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1laL3pkQKCJ83RXu2OzOFQe_h6BLdxzOAiw-agMauf9U/edit?usp=sharing"><span style="color:#1155CC">draft report</span></a><span style="color:black"> which identifies common themes from user-submitted feature request
tickets, existing usability studies, and compiles examples of customizations that repositories have taken to address these topics. We hope to hold a webinar or open call in the future to continue to gather community feedback on these ideas. There are many
possible paths forward, so the goal is to build consensus on a desired direction to continue to evolve the Collection Organization view of the PUI.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">We welcome your feedback and suggestions. Please feel free to comment in this doc or email me at
</span><a href="mailto:ltang5@msu.edu">ltang5@msu.edu</a> by the end of this month<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Thanks for your help and feedback!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Lydia Tang, Kate Blalack, Lori Dedeyan, Brittanyt Newberry, Julia Novakovic, and Althea Topek<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Usability Subteam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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