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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Update on the wiki site: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The CMM4RDM site had a server problem late Friday afternoon and was down for the weekend. It is now back up and running. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope you will enjoy navigating the site.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Jian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Jian Qin, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">School of Information Studies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Syracuse University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">311 Hinds Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Syracuse, NY 13244, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Tel: &#43;1 (315)443-5642<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://jianqin.metadataetc.org/">http://jianqin.metadataetc.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> Jian Qin
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 06, 2014 9:09 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> asis-l@asis.org (asis-l@asis.org); rdap@asis.org (rdap@asis.org); 'sigsti-l@asis.org'; DCMI Community (DC-SCIENCE@JISCMAIL.AC.UK); sts-l@ala.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> The Capability Matruity Model for Research Data Management (CMM4RDM) is released!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">------------This announcement has been posted to multiple lists. Please excuse the duplicates------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">We are very pleased to announce the official launch of a new wiki for the Capability Maturity Model for Research Data Management, at
<a href="http://rdm.ischool.syr.edu">http://rdm.ischool.syr.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">.<span style="color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">Is your institution, organization, or project trying to evaluate improvements that are needed for your research data management process? The guidelines and rubrics
 included in this wiki can help with the evaluation of each individual practice within the overall research data management process.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">This capability maturity model is an aspirational model which helps you to see not only how far you've come, but also what steps you can continue to take to improve
 your research data management process.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">Now, we need your feedback!</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">Are there practices in your research data management process that we did not address?</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">Can you provide additional concrete examples at any maturity level?</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">Can you provide any tips on how your institution was able to overcome a particular hurdle with regards to the research data management process?</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">Can you help us to prioritize the weight of each different practice, to help us turn this model into a more quantitative tool?</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">If so, the wiki is waiting for your contributions. You can leave comments, add tags, and even edit or add to pages. With your interaction, we hope this wiki will
 be a valuable resource for the research data management community.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">You can read more about it at:
<a href="http://rdm.ischool.syr.edu/xwiki/bin/view/Blog/CMM4RDM&#43;v10&#43;is&#43;officially&#43;launched">
http://rdm.ischool.syr.edu/xwiki/bin/view/Blog/CMM4RDM&#43;v10&#43;is&#43;officially&#43;launched</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">Sincerely,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">The CMMRDM Team
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<p><a href="http://rdm.ischool.syr.edu/xwiki/bin/view/XWiki/JianQin"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#C61A1A;background:white;text-decoration:none">Jian Qin, PI</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a href="http://rdm.ischool.syr.edu/xwiki/bin/view/XWiki/crowston"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#C61A1A;background:white;text-decoration:none">Kevin Crowston, Co-PI</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a href="http://rdm.ischool.syr.edu/xwiki/bin/view/XWiki/charflynn"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#C61A1A;background:white;text-decoration:none">Charlotte Flynn, Doctoral RA</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a href="http://rdm.ischool.syr.edu/xwiki/bin/view/XWiki/ArdenKirkland"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#C61A1A;background:white;text-decoration:none">Arden Kirkland, Masters RA</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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