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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">On behalf of Lynn Ransom, Executive Director, Digital Scriptorium<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">*********************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dear friends and colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/digital-scriptorium.org/__;!!IBzWLUs!T6Xyf46Zh9x_tJ1xo4CYh0zsuCMACaBB5vk48gcOovnjcnJqMdQs4IY6C8_4kFGkgEFG7OLEdVV4cWyHj8fXX7g$">Digital Scriptorium</a> (DS) is a growing consortium of North American
institutions with collections of global premodern manuscripts, dedicated to building an online union catalog of manuscripts in member collections. Fully implemented in 2024, the new
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/search.digital-scriptorium.org/__;!!IBzWLUs!T6Xyf46Zh9x_tJ1xo4CYh0zsuCMACaBB5vk48gcOovnjcnJqMdQs4IY6C8_4kFGkgEFG7OLEdVV4cWyHHebUAq4$">
DS Catalog</a> has been designed to reduce barriers to participation and ensure sustainability in a linked open data platform. It currently represents over 16,000 manuscripts and fragments from 36 member institutions, with more being added regularly. Since
June 2024, we have had over 8000 active users from 110 countries.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you represent a North American institution with premodern manuscript holdings and would like to find out more about DS, please consider attending one of 3 information sessions via Zoom. In these sessions, we will discuss the benefits
of membership and what is involved in contributing your institution's data to the DS Catalog (spoiler alert: not a lot!) and take your questions about participating in DS. Sessions will be held on Wednesday, February 26 (1-2pm ET); Wednesday, March 5 (2-3pm
ET); and Tuesday, March 11 (12-1pm ET).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">To sign up for an information session, please complete <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd0Acqf12lRwLh4XmJr7Kf5fz8nvfoNTf0Z_xl3iNqQ65w_ow/viewform?usp=dialog__;!!IBzWLUs!T6Xyf46Zh9x_tJ1xo4CYh0zsuCMACaBB5vk48gcOovnjcnJqMdQs4IY6C8_4kFGkgEFG7OLEdVV4cWyHRUYyDLs$">
this form</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Membership in DS is an investment in linking manuscript resources across institutions and out into the global linked data environment to advance discovery of and access to these unique witnesses of the world’s shared intellectual and cultural
heritages. The DS Catalog connects researchers around the world to member collections and promotes a network of scholarship shared among participating institutions. Membership is open to all North American institutions holding a collection or collections of
premodern manuscripts.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For more information about specific aspects of DS, please visit the following pages:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/digital-scriptorium.org/about/membership-information/__;!!IBzWLUs!T6Xyf46Zh9x_tJ1xo4CYh0zsuCMACaBB5vk48gcOovnjcnJqMdQs4IY6C8_4kFGkgEFG7OLEdVV4cWyHzM3x-CY$">Membership
and the sliding fee structure</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/digital-scriptorium.org/help/for-ds-member-contributors/__;!!IBzWLUs!T6Xyf46Zh9x_tJ1xo4CYh0zsuCMACaBB5vk48gcOovnjcnJqMdQs4IY6C8_4kFGkgEFG7OLEdVV4cWyHmgkBkZ0$">What
is included in the DS Catalog</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/digital-scriptorium.org/about/ds-2-0/__;!!IBzWLUs!T6Xyf46Zh9x_tJ1xo4CYh0zsuCMACaBB5vk48gcOovnjcnJqMdQs4IY6C8_4kFGkgEFG7OLEdVV4cWyHTCXnIRY$">The DS Catalog redevelopment
project</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/digital-scriptorium.org/faq/__;!!IBzWLUs!T6Xyf46Zh9x_tJ1xo4CYh0zsuCMACaBB5vk48gcOovnjcnJqMdQs4IY6C8_4kFGkgEFG7OLEdVV4cWyHsttaVng$">Answers to FAQs</a><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Lynn Ransom<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Executive Director, Digital Scriptorium<o:p></o:p></p>
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