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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black"> </span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><img width="624" height="145" style="width:6.5in;height:1.5069in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image005.jpg@01D6C71B.E56BF3F0"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black">ArchivesSpace Update – November 2020</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Development<br>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">ArchivesSpace is announcing the availability of v2.8.1. You can download it at
</span><a href="https://github.com/archivesspace/archivesspace/releases/tag/v2.8.1"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://github.com/archivesspace/archivesspace/releases/tag/v2.8.1</span></a><span style="color:black">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">This release includes improvements to the spreadsheet importer, additional settable record type preferences, some bug fixes and small feature improvements, and a number of infrastructure upgrades. Included among
these are some performance, indexer, and small backend and staff interface improvements courtesy of work Hudson Molonglo did for ArchivesSpace member institution Queensland State Archives as part of a larger project.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">For spreadsheet importer fans: Some changes have been made to the spreadsheet importer in this release to extend its functionality and improve its performance, especially with large spreadsheets. Of particular
note: there is now a validation option so that a user can do a test run with a file, providing the opportunity to clean up any errors outside ArchivesSpace before doing the actual import; the importer now accepts either Excel spreadsheets or CSV files that
use the templates at </span><a href="https://github.com/archivesspace/archivesspace/tree/master/templates"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://github.com/archivesspace/archivesspace/tree/master/templates</span></a><span style="color:black">; and, while it
is accessed from a resource record or resource component as before, the import now runs as a background job so that it can more easily handle large files and to make the log file downloadable and saved within ArchivesSpace. Also, a number of bugs that were
introduced with the conversion of the spreadsheet from a plugin to ArchivesSpace have been fixed for this release.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">Thanks very much to community members Andrew Morrison, Blake Carver, Brian Harrington, Dee Dee Crema, Douglas Simon, Greg Wiedeman, James Bullen, Jeremy Markowitz, Joshua Shaw, Mark Triggs, Noah Geraci, Payten
Giles, and Steve Majewski for their code contributions to this release. Program team members Lora Woodford and Mark Cooper wrote and reviewed code and supervised the work of Bobbi Fox and Brian Zelip, who worked with us as contractors on this release. This
release would, of course, not have been possible without the hard work of so many of our community groups, including our Development Prioritization, Testing, Technical Documentation, and User Documentation sub-teams, and Core Committers Group.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">Information on upgrading to a new version of ArchivesSpace is available at
</span><a href="https://archivesspace.github.io/tech-docs/administration/upgrading.html"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://archivesspace.github.io/tech-docs/administration/upgrading.html</span></a><span style="color:black">. If you have any difficulties,
please let us know.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">We expect to put out one more release in 2020, which will be almost exclusively focused on changes to the Agents module. You will hear more from us about that in December.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Position Announcement: ArchivesSpace Technical Lead<br>
<br>
</span></b><span style="color:black">We are still accepting applications to be the next Technical Lead for ArchivesSpace. The Technical Lead works with a wide-ranging group of community stakeholders and is responsible for the overall development of the software
application and management of the community-based code contribution process. The Technical Lead works to engage a broad set of developers to participate in the project, providing technical guidance, support and leadership to maintain a robust developer community.<br>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">This position is part of a geographically distributed team, and, as such, applications from candidates interested in telecommuting are very welcome.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">To learn more, or to submit your resume and cover letter, please visit
</span><a href="https://lyrasis.isolvedhire.com/jobs/145014.html"><span style="color:#954F72">https://lyrasis.isolvedhire.com/jobs/145014.html</span></a><span style="color:black">. If you know of someone who may be interested, or if you are interested yourself,
please feel free to reach out to Christine Di Bella at </span><a href="mailto:christine.dibella@lyrasis.org"><span style="color:#1155CC">christine.dibella@lyrasis.org</span></a><span style="color:black"> with any questions.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Volunteer for the Next Online Forum Planning Team</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">We are currently looking for volunteers for the working group for our third annual ArchivesSpace Online Forum! Planned for March 2021, this event will build on the success of the 2020
</span><a href="https://archivesspace.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ADC/pages/966688804/ArchivesSpace+Online+Forum+2020"><span style="color:#0563C1">Online Forum,</span></a><span style="color:black"> which had over 500 registrants, participating from 15 different
countries.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">We would love this event to highlight the work institutions near and far are doing to integrate ArchivesSpace into their systems and workflows, especially as they’ve adapted to working from home throughout the
past year. We expect to offer a variety of activities aimed at building community connections and contacts among our users. All ideas are welcome!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">All community members are welcome to volunteer for this working group. We especially encourage those from our Small and Very Small member institutions as well as non-U.S. members to join in envisioning the next
iteration of this event. We will schedule meetings and the forum itself in ways that allow for participation across time zones. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">If you would like to volunteer, please contact Jessica Crouch at
</span><a href="mailto:jessica.crouch@lyrasis.org"><span style="color:#1155CC">jessica.crouch@lyrasis.org</span></a><span style="color:black"> by December 15, 2020. We look forward to working together for another successful Online Forum.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Community Feedback Requested on the ArchivesSpace Code of Conduct</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black"><br>
The ArchivesSpace Member Engagement sub-team of the User Advisory Council has drafted a new ArchivesSpace Code of Conduct and seeks
</span><span style="color:#202124;background:white">input from all ArchivesSpace users. This Code of Conduct will apply to all participants in ArchivesSpace</span><span style="color:black;background:white">-supported</span><span style="color:#202124;background:white">
</span><span style="color:black;background:white">activities, including events, meetings, listservs and other communication channels, and our GitHub repositories.
</span><span style="color:#202124;background:white">It will be implemented beginning in the 2021 calendar year.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:#202124;background:white">You can access the draft document and provide feedback at</span><span style="color:black">
</span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdQ5l8djzhvYeJVxZ4sbt_h2nL-O9h9DllRVLcVZh533v_JeA/viewform"><span style="color:purple">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdQ5l8djzhvYeJVxZ4sbt_h2nL-O9h9DllRVLcVZh533v_JeA/viewform</span></a><span style="color:black">. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:#202124;background:white">Please submit any comments by Friday, December 1</span><span style="color:black;background:white">1th,</span><span style="color:#202124;background:white"> at noon
</span><span style="color:black;background:white">ET </span><span style="color:#202124;background:white">via the feedback form.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Notes Available from November 11 Community Open Call<br>
<br>
</span></b><span style="color:black">Our most recent community Open Call took place on November 11. The notes are available at
</span><a href="https://archivesspace.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ADC/pages/1796440074/2020-11-11+Meeting+notes"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://archivesspace.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ADC/pages/1796440074/2020-11-11+Meeting+notes</span></a><span style="color:black">.
If you have a question or topic you'd like to have addressed in a future call, please email Jessica at
</span><a href="mailto:jessica.crouch@lyrasis.org"><span style="color:#1155CC">jessica.crouch@lyrasis.org</span></a><span style="color:black">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black"><br>
Membership Update</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">As of November 30, we have 413 General members, 21 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 Section 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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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:christine.dibella@lyrasis.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">christine.dibella@lyrasis.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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