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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://digital-scriptorium.org/"><span style="color:#044A91">Digital Scriptorium (DS)</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>invites all institutions in the United States with pre-modern
manuscript holdings to complete a survey on institutional needs for a union catalog of pre-modern manuscripts. The survey gathers metrics on the scope of manuscript collections in the US and the technologies used to describe and digitize them. We invite any
US institution with pre-modern manuscripts to complete this survey, regardless of the size or scope of their collection. Please submit responses by September 25, 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScTRjmKjklffvum8nGuM_m5JEUrljA6ccl_-budv1JFEKtD3Q/viewform?usp=sf_link">Access the survey here.</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">In August 2020, the University of Pennsylvania Libraries, on behalf of the DS consortium, received a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to plan for the redevelopment of DS into
the national union catalog of pre-modern manuscripts in the US. <a href="https://digital-scriptorium.org/2020/07/25/digital-scriptorium-receives-imls-national-leadership-grant/">
Read the press release</a> on the DS website to learn more about the project and find a link to the full grant proposal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Since the survey results should reflect institutional needs, we kindly ask that<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>only one person</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>submit responses on behalf of their institution.
You are welcome to collaborate with colleagues on responses, but a single staff member should submit the survey. Multiple responses per institution would skew the results to favor the needs of larger organizations. Thank you for your compliance with this request.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">In addition to this survey, we will hold public planning sessions on October 6, 8, 13, and 15 from 1-3pm ET. Each session will feature presentations from related projects, breakout group activities, and general discussion as we continue
to gather input on how to design DS 2.0. Survey results will be presented at these meetings, with all responses anonymized. More information on these meetings will be publicized soon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Questions about this survey can be directed to Emma Thomson:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:emmacaw@upenn.edu"><span style="color:#044A91">emmacaw@upenn.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">For DS 2.0 project-related questions, contact Project PI Lynn Ransom:
<a href="mailto:lransom@upenn.edu">lransom@upenn.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">For general DS questions, contact President and Executive Director Debra Taylor Cashion:
<a href="mailto:debra.cashion@slu.edu">debra.cashion@slu.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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