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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="371" height="79" style="width:3.868in;height:.8229in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D9C45F.4EF470C0"></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 – July 2023</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt;color:black">Upcoming Schedule at a Glance:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="color:black">August 30-September 1: </span>
</b><a href="https://openingdoors.eventsair.com/ara2023/"><b><span style="color:#1155CC">Visit the ArchivesSpace table at ARA</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="color:black">September 13: </span></b><a href="https://archivesspace.org/using-archivesspace/trainings"><b><span style="color:#1155CC">ArchivesSpace basic record creation training</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="color:black">October 11: </span></b><a href="https://archivesspace.org/using-archivesspace/trainings"><b><span style="color:#1155CC">Using the accession and assessments module in ArchivesSpace training</span></b></a><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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</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">With v3.4.0 released, most of our development focus right now is on some larger infrastructure projects, including upgrades to JRuby, Rails, Bootstrap, and JQuery. We are also working on significant improvements
to the Collection Organization area of the public interface. The next regular release of ArchivesSpace is projected for September.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">ArchivesSpace at the Archives and Records Association Conference in Belfast</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:#191919">ArchivesSpace is excited to be exhibiting at the
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://openingdoors.eventsair.com/ara2023/programme"><span style="color:#1155CC">Archives and Records Association Conference</span></a></span><span style="color:#191919"> in Belfast on August 30-September 1. This
is ArchivesSpace's first time attending ARA and ArchivesSpace Community Lead Jessica Crouch looks forward to discussing the ArchivesSpace program, application, and community with archivists in the UK. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:#191919">If you are unable to visit Jessica in the exhibition hall August 30-September 1, Jessica will be available at the nearby
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/HizzkJRZkkNWxsuC6"><span style="color:#1155CC">Caffè Nero</span></a></span><span style="color:#191919"> on Friday, September 1 from 8:30am-9:30am and would be happy buy a coffee for anyone that would
like to have a more detailed discussion of ArchivesSpace and what it can do at your organization. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:#191919">If you have questions in advance of ARA, please email Jessica at
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:jessica.crouch@lyrasis.org"><span style="color:#1155CC">jessica.crouch@lyrasis.org</span></a></span><span style="color:#191919">. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Registration Now Open for Fall 2023 ArchivesSpace Community-wide Trainings</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:#191919">Registration is now open for our Fall community-wide trainings. To learn more about upcoming community-wide trainings or view information about past trainings, visit
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://archivesspace.org/using-archivesspace/trainings"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://archivesspace.org/using-archivesspace/trainings</span></a></span><span style="color:#191919">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#191919"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="color:#191919">The next training offered this year will be a Basic Record Creation Overview.
</span></b><span style="color:#191919"> This training will be offered on September 13, 2023, from 1pm-4pm ET/10am-1pm PT. If you are interested in attending this training, you can register at
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.lyrasis.org/ASpaceEventSeptember"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://www.lyrasis.org/ASpaceEventSeptember</span></a></span><span style="color:#191919">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#191919"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:#191919">Upon completing this workshop, attendees will understand how to navigate the ArchivesSpace Staff User Interface, view the ArchivesSpace Public User Interface, create accession records, create
resource records, and create digital object records.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#191919"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="color:#191919">Later in the fall will be a training on using the ArchivesSpace Accessions and Assessments modules.</span></b><span style="color:#191919"> This training will be offered on October 11, 2023,
from 1pm-4pm ET/10am-1pm PT. If you are interested in attending this training, you can register at
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.lyrasis.org/ASpaceEventOctober"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://www.lyrasis.org/ASpaceEventOctober</span></a></span><span style="color:#191919">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:#191919">Upon completing this workshop, attendees will understand how to create and edit accession records, link related records to accession records, create assessments, edit assessment attributes in
ArchivesSpace, and link assessments to related records.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:#191919">Both trainings assume a basic understanding of archival workflows and metadata formats as well as experience navigating the ArchivesSpace staff user interface. If you plan to attend our community-wide
trainings without the required background, we encourage you to review the recorded ArchivesSpace basics training available on our
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://archivesspace.org/using-archivesspace/getting-started"><span style="color:#1155CC">Getting Started webpage</span></a></span><span style="color:#191919">. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:#191919"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:#191919">These trainings are open to anyone using or interested in ArchivesSpace but ArchivesSpace members are eligible for a discount.<b> If you qualify for the member discount, you will need to reach
out to </b></span><b><span style="color:#1155CC"><a href="mailto:ArchivesSpaceHome@lyrasis.org">ArchivesSpaceHome@lyrasis.org</a></span><span style="color:#191919"> to receive a member promo code before registering.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Thank You for Attending the 9th Annual ArchivesSpace Member Forum </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">Thank you to everyone who attended our 9th annual ArchivesSpace Member Forum in person or online. Recordings of both the virtual and in-person sessions will be available on the
</span><a href="https://archivesspace.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ADC/pages/3365765121/ArchivesSpace+Member+Forum+2023"><span style="color:#1155CC">event wiki page</span></a><span style="color:black"> in the coming weeks. In the meantime, we ask that everyone
who attended please complete the forum survey at </span><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SH6N8SD"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SH6N8SD</span></a><span style="color:black">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;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 June 30th include: </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Alma College, (Alma, MI)<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
Archives of Michigan, (Lansing, MI)<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
Gallaudet University (Washington, DC)<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
New York Transit Museum, (Brooklyn, NY)<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<span style="color:black">We were also delighted to welcome MOBIUS, a consortium of over 80 academic, public, special, and state libraries in Missouri, as our first
</span><a href="https://archivesspace.org/service-providers/consortium-provider"><span style="color:#1155CC">Consortium Provider</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">As of July 31, we have 470 General members, 18 Educational Program members, 3 Registered Service Providers, and 1 Consortium Provider.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">Thank you to our </span><a href="https://archivesspace.org/community/whos-using-archivesspace"><span style="color:#1155CC">current ArchivesSpace members</span></a><span style="color:black"> for your contribution
to the development and sustainability of the ArchivesSpace application. ArchivesSpace has a
</span><a href="https://archivesspace.org/community/why-become-a-member"><span style="color:#1155CC">membership model</span></a><span style="color:black"> to support the continued development of the application and user community and ArchivesSpace members are
eligible for a </span><a href="https://archivesspace.org/community/member-benefits"><span style="color:#1155CC">variety of benefits</span></a><span style="color:black">. If you are
</span><a href="https://archivesspace.org/community/making_a_case_for_membership"><span style="color:#1155CC">interested in ArchivesSpace membership</span></a><span style="color:black"> for your organization, email us at
</span><a href="mailto:ArchivesSpaceHome@lyrasis.org"><span style="color:#1155CC">ArchivesSpaceHome@lyrasis.org</span></a><span style="color:black">. <o:p></o:p></span></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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