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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-0bc42169-7fff-448b-f86e-380314d573f7"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Bibliographic Standards Committee of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) has charged a Review Group to evaluate the revision or integration of two current cataloging manuals, </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Descriptive Cataloging of Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, and Early Modern Manuscripts </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(AMREMM) and </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Manuscripts)</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (DCRM(MSS)). </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As part of the review, the Review Group is seeking to learn what the data needs are of users searching for or researching single item manuscripts of any time period. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We cordially invite you to take the survey if you search for or describe single item manuscripts in any way. Those invited include researchers, faculty members, independent scholars, graduate and undergraduate students, catalogers, archivists, metadata specialists, curators, other librarians, and others who research or work with manuscripts.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The survey should take 10 to 15 minutes, and can be found here: </span><a href="https://forms.gle/RzERYUbkirFV7Y1n8" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://forms.gle/RzERYUbkirFV7Y1n8</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please respond by 12:00 midnight (EST) on July 9, 2019. Your response will help us make catalog records for manuscripts more useful and accessible. If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer MacDonald at </span><a href="mailto:jsmacdon@udel.edu" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">jsmacdon@udel.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Thank you in advance for your time.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,83,159);font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;display:block">Jennifer MacDonald <font size="1"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-weight:normal">MA, PhD, MSLIS</span></span></font><br></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(10,10,10);font-style:italic;display:block">Associate Librarian and Coordinator, Special Collections Cataloging Unit</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(10,10,10);display:block">Cataloging Department</p>
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