<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Hello Colleagues, </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Educopia Institute is
delighted to announce the release of the </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://educopia.org/ossarcflow-guide/"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">OSSArcFlow Guide to Documenting Born-Digital
Archival Workflows</span></i></b></a></span><b><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">.</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The <i>Guide </i>aims to make the daunting task
of selecting, implementing, and refining born-digital archiving workflows more
achievable. It was authored by Alexandra Chassanoff and Colin Post as part of
the </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://educopia.org/ossarcflow/"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">OSSArcFlow project</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">, which was led by Educopia and generously funded by the Institute
for Museum and Library Services. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The purpose of the <i>Guide
</i>is to encourage and assist collecting institutions of all shapes, sizes,
and types to begin documenting their born-digital workflows.The <i>Guide </i>begins
by documenting and describing the steps that are commonly included in digital
curation workflows, from acquisition to access and preservation. It then
provides a process map and detailed guidance to help you produce your own
born-digital workflow documentation in both visual and descriptive formats.
Finally, the <i>Guide </i>provides a set of use cases for this visual and
descriptive documentation, illustrating with case studies and examples how you
can use it to help your institution improve its born-digital archiving
practices over time.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">To supplement the <i>Guide
</i>and increase its usability, Educopia Institute has also released three
video learning modules. Each module maps to a section of the <i>Guide </i>and
provides high-level guidance on how to create and use born-digital workflow
documentation. The modules were created and recorded by Hannah Wang and Colin
Post. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">If you are interested in
learning more about the OSSArcFlow project, the <i>Guide</i>, or the training
modules,</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ossarcflow-resource-release-webinar-tickets-110658907772"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> please register for this
webinar</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> taking place on July 14
at 11 am ET/10 am CT/8 am PT.</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> The webinar will bring together OSSArcFlow partners, Educopia
staff, and authors of the <i>Guide </i>and training modules to discuss lessons
learned from the project and future directions for born-digital archival
workflows. We hope to see you there!</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">With very best
wishes, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Caitlin Perry (on behalf of the entire </span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://educopia.org/ossarcflow/"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">OSSArcFlow</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> team)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Caitlin Perry<div>Communications and Administrative Coordinator</div><div>Educopia Institute</div><div><br></div><div>She/Her/Hers</div><div><br></div><div><font size="1">Working from Southern Pines, NC</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>