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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Today is the last day to fill out the Digital Scriptorium<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:white;background:#6A5A00">survey</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="color:black">on
pre-modern manuscripts in US institutions:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScTRjmKjklffvum8nGuM_m5JEUrljA6ccl_-budv1JFEKtD3Q/viewform?usp=sf_link"><span style="color:#03386D">Access the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#03386D;text-decoration:none"> </span></span><span style="color:white;background:#6A5A00">survey</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#03386D;text-decoration:none"> </span></span><span style="color:#03386D">here.</span></a>
Thank you to the institutions who have already submitted!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">See the announcement below for more information. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Emma Thomson</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Project Manager, Digital Scriptorium 2.0 Planning Grant</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">University of Pennsylvania Libraries</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">3420 Walnut Street</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><a href="mailto:emmacaw@upenn.edu">emmacaw@upenn.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://digital-scriptorium.org/"><span style="color:#022B53">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<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:white;background:#6A5A00">survey</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="color:black">on institutional
needs for a union catalog of pre-modern manuscripts. The<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:white;background:#6A5A00">survey</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="color:black">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<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:white;background:#6A5A00">survey</span><span style="color:black">,
regardless of the size or scope of their collection. Please submit responses by September 30, 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"><span style="color:#03386D">Access the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:white;background:#6A5A00">survey</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#03386D"> </span></span><span style="color:#03386D">here.</span></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.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://digital-scriptorium.org/2020/07/25/digital-scriptorium-receives-imls-national-leadership-grant/"><span style="color:#03386D">Read the
press release</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>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<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:white;background:#6A5A00">survey</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="color:black">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<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:white;background:#6A5A00">survey</span><span style="color:black">. 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<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:white;background:#6A5A00">survey</span><span style="color:black">, 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.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:white;background:#6A5A00">Survey</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="color:black">results
will be presented at these meetings, with all responses anonymized.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Questions about this<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:white;background:#6A5A00">survey</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="color:black">can
be directed to Emma Thomson:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:emmacaw@upenn.edu"><span style="color:#022B53">emmacaw@upenn.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">For DS 2.0 project-related questions, contact Project PI Lynn Ransom:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:lransom@upenn.edu"><span style="color:#03386D">lransom@upenn.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">For general DS questions, contact President and Executive Director Debra Taylor Cashion:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:debra.cashion@slu.edu" title="mailto:debra.cashion@slu.edu"><span style="color:#03386D">debra.cashion@slu.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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