<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">More info on #AskANArchivist Day below!<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Nathan<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"Nancy Beaumont <<a href="mailto:nbeaumont@archivists.org" class="">nbeaumont@archivists.org</a>>" via <<a href="mailto:saaleaders@forums.archivists.org" class="">saaleaders@forums.archivists.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"SAA Leader List" <<a href="mailto:saaleaders@forums.archivists.org" class="">saaleaders@forums.archivists.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">[saaleaders] #AskAnArchivist Day Is October 30!</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">October 22, 2014 at 12:37:47 PM EDT<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"SAA Leader List" <<a href="mailto:saaleaders@forums.archivists.org" class="">saaleaders@forums.archivists.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">SAA Leaders:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: windowtext;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Today we are launching information about a new public awareness activity – #AskAnArchivist Day – scheduled for October 30. See the link here: <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www2.archivists.org/initiatives/askanarchivist-day-october-30" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://www2.archivists.org/initiatives/askanarchivist-day-october-30</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> For your convenience, I’ve also pasted the text about the event below.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">This initiative is based largely on a similar event (#AskACurator Day) conducted by the museum community in September. Nothing new under the sun…. But let’s outdo them! <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Is this something that you might be willing to announce/promote to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: windowtext;" class="">your component group’s members</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">? Or in which your own institution would be interested in participating? (We’ll be publishing a list of participants on the web page and would love to include your institution!) We’d be so grateful for anything you could do to support this effort…. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div><h3 style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: windowtext; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 12.45pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 51, 102);" class="">What Is #AskAnArchivist Day?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></h3><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.15in; line-height: 12.45pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(83, 83, 83);" class="">It’s an opportunity to:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: 12.45pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(83, 83, 83);" class=""><span class="">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(83, 83, 83);" class="">Break down the barriers that make archivists seem inaccessible.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: 12.45pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(83, 83, 83);" class=""><span class="">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(83, 83, 83);" class="">Talk directly to the public — via Twitter — about what you do, why it’s important and, of course, the interesting records with which you work.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: 12.45pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(83, 83, 83);" class=""><span class="">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(83, 83, 83);" class="">Join with archivists around the country and the world to make an impact on the public’s understanding of archives while celebrating American Archives Month!<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: 12.45pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(83, 83, 83);" class=""><span class="">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(83, 83, 83);" class="">Interact with users, supporters, and prospective supporters about the value of archives.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: 12.45pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(83, 83, 83);" class=""><span class="">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(83, 83, 83);" class="">Hear directly from the public about what they’re most interested in learning about from archives and archivists. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><h3 style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: windowtext; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 12.45pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 51, 102);" class="">How Does It Work?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></h3><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.15in; line-height: 12.45pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(83, 83, 83);" class="">On October 30, archivists around the country will take to Twitter to respond to questions tweeted with the hashtag<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">#AskAnArchivist</span></strong>. Take this opportunity to engage via your personal and/or institutional Twitter accounts and to respond to questions posed directly to you or more generally to all participants.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.15in; line-height: 12.45pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(83, 83, 83);" class="">Questions will vary widely, from the silly (What do archivists talk about around the water cooler?) to the practical (What should I do to be sure that my e-mails won’t get lost?), but each question will be an opportunity to share more about our work and our profession with the public.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><h3 style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: windowtext; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 12.45pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><em class=""><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 51, 102);" class="">Between now and October 30:</span></em><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 51, 102);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></h3><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.15in; line-height: 12.45pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: maroon;" class="">PROMOTE</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(83, 83, 83);" class=""> #AskAnArchivist Day among your users and constituents via your institution’s website, Twitter account, blog, newsletter, and any other mediums available to you. Click<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www2.archivists.org/sites/all/files/AskAnArchivist-Day_news_release.pdf" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102);" class="">here</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>for the public announcement (and feel free to pick up language from it for your own promotions).<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.15in; line-height: 12.45pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(83, 83, 83);" class="">For additional inspiration on what your promotion of #AskAnArchivist Day might look like, see these great examples of the recent promotion by museums of #AskACurator Day:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: 12.45pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(83, 83, 83);" class=""><span class="">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(83, 83, 83);" class=""><a href="http://www.cincymuseum.org/events/ask-a-curator-day" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102);" class="">Cincinnati Museum Center</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: 12.45pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(83, 83, 83);" class=""><span class="">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(83, 83, 83);" class=""><a href="http://www.imamuseum.org/special-event/ask-curator-day" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102);" class="">Indianapolis Museum of Art</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: 12.45pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(83, 83, 83);" class=""><span class="">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(83, 83, 83);" class=""><a href="http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/out_of_the_box/2014/09/04/ask-a-curator-day-september-17th/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102);" class="">The Library of Virginia</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: 12.45pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(83, 83, 83);" class=""><span class="">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(83, 83, 83);" class=""><a href="http://archivesfoundation.tumblr.com/post/97662402045/ourpresidents-curious-about-presidential" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102);" class="">Presidential Libraries of the National Archives</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.15in; line-height: 12.45pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(83, 83, 83);" class="">Examples of possible Twitter promotion:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: 12.45pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(83, 83, 83);" class=""><span class="">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(83, 83, 83);" class="">Happy #AskAnArchivist Day! Our archivists are waiting for YOUR questions. Tag us at @TWITTERHANDLE and use #AskAnArchivist.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: 12.45pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(83, 83, 83);" class=""><span class="">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(83, 83, 83);" class="">Archivists at @TWITTERHANDLE are gearing up for #AskAnArchivist Day on October 30! Literally—documents and photo boxes stacked and waiting!<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.15in; line-height: 12.45pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: maroon;" class="">ENCOURAGE</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(83, 83, 83);" class=""> the public to use #AskAnArchivist and your institution’s Twitter handle (e.g., @smithsonian) when asking questions so you won’t miss any that are intended for you<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">and</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><i class=""> </i></span>so we will be able to track questions and answers to measure overall participation.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.15in; line-height: 12.45pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: maroon;" class="">TALK</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(83, 83, 83);" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(83, 83, 83);" class="">to your staff and colleagues to develop a plan for responding to tweets throughout the day. Will one person respond to all tweets? Will you share the task? Will individuals sign up for time slots and let the public know who will be available when?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.15in; line-height: 12.45pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(83, 83, 83);" class="">Here’s one example:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: 12.45pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(83, 83, 83);" class=""><span class="">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(83, 83, 83);" class="">During this year’s #AskACurator Day, one person at the Indianapolis Museum of Art was selected to monitor both the general hashtag and tweets sent directly to @imamuseum. When direct questions came in or interesting general questions were posed via the hashtag, the designated monitor sent the questions to participating curators via email. The curators (and their archivist!) replied with their answers, and the monitor posted all answers from the @imamuseum Twitter account. (See the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://storify.com/imamuseum/askacurator-day-2014" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102);" class="">Storify of the IMA's participation in #AskACurator Day</span></a> for results.)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.15in; line-height: 12.45pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: maroon;" class="">CREATE</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(83, 83, 83);" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(83, 83, 83);" class="">an institutional Twitter account if you don’t already have one. #AskAnArchivist Day and American Archives Month are both great opportunities to start one! Click<a href="https://twitter.com/signup" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102);" class="">here</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>to get started.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.15in; line-height: 12.45pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(83, 83, 83);" class="">And if an institutional Twitter account is not an option for you, go ahead and answer questions from your personal Twitter account! If your institutional affiliation and job title are not already listed on your profile, be sure to add that for the duration of #AskAnArchivist Day.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.15in; line-height: 12.45pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: maroon;" class="">TWEET and GREET!</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(83, 83, 83);" class=""> Take advantage of this opportunity to join with archivists from around the country to talk to and hear directly from the public on October 30.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: windowtext;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Best regards – Nancy<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Nancy P. 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We are the preeminent source of professional resources and the principal communication hub for American archivists.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">The SAA Foundation is the nation's leading source of nonprofit funding dedicated solely to the interests of archives and archivists. To make your tax-deductible contribution online, go to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.archivists.org/membership/funds.asp" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://www.archivists.org/membership/funds.asp</a>. 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