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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Dear ArchivesSpace members,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">We are </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">one month away from hosting<span style="color:black"> our 9</span></span><sup><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">th</span></sup><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">
Annual ArchivesSpace Member Forum in person in the Georgetown room of the Washington Hilton on July 26, 2023, from
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">9:00 AM - 12:30 PM. In addition to this in-person opportunity to meet, we will also be holding a virtual learning opportunity about new ArchivesSpace functionality on July 18, 2023.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://archivesspace.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ADC/pages/3365765121/ArchivesSpace+Member+Forum+2023"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1155CC">Registration is now open</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">
for both the in-person meeting and the pre-forum virtual workshop, though the schedule for the in-person meeting is still being developed.
<span style="background:white">Just as in previous years, this will be a free opportunity for staff from ArchivesSpace member institutions to meet and share information with each other and the program team about all things ArchivesSpace.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">We are particularly excited to have as much community participation as possible in this forum since this year also marks the 10th year of ArchivesSpace! We hope that this year’s forum will be
an opportunity for staff from <span style="background:white">ArchivesSpace member institutions to meet and share information with each other and the program team about how they’ve been using ArchivesSpace, whether they’ve been using it for 10 years or 10 months. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">To that end,
<b>everyone attending the in-person meeting </b></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">is strongly encouraged to consider submitting a proposal</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">. Brief 15-20 minute sessions showing off your
organization’s implementation of ArchivesSpace, a tool or plug-in you’ve developed, a project your organization has undertaken or a new workflow you’ve developed are highly encouraged. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">There is a short Google form for proposals available at
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://forms.gle/D8rpFY5PrVzp9cmW9"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1155CC">https://forms.gle/D8rpFY5PrVzp9cmW9</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">. Proposals will be reviewed on a rolling
basis. The last day that proposals will be accepted is July 7, 2023, and all notifications will be made by July 10, 2023.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Please feel free to contact ArchivesSpace Community Engagement Coordinator Jessica Crouch (</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0563C1"><a href="mailto:jessica.crouch@lyrasis.org">jessica.crouch@lyrasis.org</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">)
with questions. We look forward to seeing you in person or virtually and celebrating 10 years of ArchivesSpace.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Jessica Dowd Crouch</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Community Engagement Coordinator for ArchivesSpace</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><a href="mailto:jessica.crouch@lyrasis.org">jessica.crouch@lyrasis.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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