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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sharon Mizota <sharon@sharonmizota.com><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Request for help with survey distribution: Community-Centered Archives Survey: Sharing Your Content Online</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">October 25, 2023 at 1:00:29 PM EDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mdalton <mdalton@preserve-it.com><br></span></div><br><div><div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-af7d5e90-7fff-140d-3fd5-8db62a34cfd7"><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Dear Melissa Dalton,</span></div><br><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">My name is Sharon Mizota and I’m writing because you are listed as a leader of the Society of Ohio Archivists. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">I'm working with the University of California, Irvine and the California Digital Library to study community archives’ access to sharing their collections online.</span></div><br><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">We recently launched the survey, </span><a href="https://sharonmizota-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2ES3CXXJOdsV0h45Lw9pM0ORyVXDQ_UH4s_GbnvvavCXzycdniwHalBvr7YfbNyRILVqWuIOg6xWvhQTPSgEP-lOhPhF86YXncTh-XpJFa58kWqyqCQFpIRavfAoqPjnm3FSQiHyjA90JSCiE3ZDx9r-wKJitJ6L88E71c3KALwnirG5OLNN2GgMTQwzeDuBj-rVjX993M7mxGXExi0rwdWeWkZCtxkzcGBWj3gw" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Community-Centered Archives Survey: Sharing Your Content Online</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">, and are looking for help distributing it to community-based organizations across the country. We define community-centered archives as organizations documenting the lives of underrepresented, marginalized, or disenfranchised people. These include both Community-Based Archives where archival work is mission-centric, and Community-Based Organizations where archival work is not mission-centric but that are doing archival projects. </span></div><br><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Would you be willing to share this survey with your membership?</span></div><br><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">This survey seeks to understand the participation of these organizations in two online activities: </span></div><br><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">1) Contributing digital content to aggregation websites, such as the </span><a href="https://sharonmizota-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/203NKNxt2V4YicQVoVAo6DLe_vEMK3aghlPOLVk1odvT5ycdniwFdUFmJcXs62b4fdKwj1m2MNtfZhGGNYPppd5SJvjAy_FBSSdKQ7Q5Bm9hHDZLEKoHaL_6aTyidSt8FhXch4TYXj1yD5Y0KMzEBRIxKQjYHv51fweDN6gkzMA" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">. </span></div><br><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">2) Creating online storytelling or exhibitions.</span></div><br><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The results of this survey will be used to create a resource guide to collaboration between community-based organizations and other organizations, including regional aggregators. We hope this resource will help community-based organizations to share their content and stories more widely, and make aggregation sites and online exhibitions more inclusive.</span></div><br><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">This survey is being conducted by me, consultant Sharon Mizota, with colleagues at the University of California Irvine and the California Digital Library. It is funded by a grant from the Mellon Foundation.</span></div><br><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Please direct any questions about this survey to me at </span><a href="mailto:sharon@sharonmizota.com" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">sharon@sharonmizota.com</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">. </span></div><br><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">We would greatly appreciate you forwarding this email to your membership, or here is a blurb that can be incorporated into newsletters or other communications:</span></div><br><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a href="https://sharonmizota-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/22OqLw9zJ8Z4B6vfqCP4HIRfOHlQXIe8XfG-0knCXJar-ycdniwHfqrd5QwrnqWokAply-AOtOLHDiNEnlWMMS6-rht02iUY6ZDXoIEYgWX-6lqu_rD9n7LRFTfpwoazNfZlIIPLhsIZRZUWAddZ8t_Q8XjjBlHxm7TsSKpoOnvNL2HmDfB1i" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Community-Centered Archives Practice: Transforming Education, Archives, and Community History</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> (C-CAP TEACH) invites community-based archives and community-based organizations doing archival work to participate in </span><a href="https://sharonmizota-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2pHcu24BW5FcgYyB7BprxSL6BvW1EHJfs4Te9ST5ZAOwEysdniwHFcOkEOQ4l1jg4uagW-wwhl-h1V-ENSCcO8ReUJX4FJZhSgB5veWToCwdNNxe_rxf1Peo7NavdKP-k_QCYZQ76isDOvaeKW0lIDseAgLIC-2hsneXiAogvHnVUQQsoEf_C51_FLlE2ZIcV6PkV4oKehtet7CpqbJJcvNLkynfaPMN8fV5pPvc" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Community-Centered Archives Survey: Sharing Your Content Online</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">. These organizations document the lives of underrepresented, marginalized, or disenfranchised people. The survey seeks to understand how they currently share content online in order to create a guide to collaboration between community-based organizations and other institutions. It is conducted by consultant </span><a href="mailto:sharon@sharonmizota.com" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Sharon Mizota</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> with colleagues at the University of California Irvine and the California Digital Library. </span><a href="https://sharonmizota-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2msJ2vPI-d9FVXnKCw8iz_9_Fml6BldVmWBU0X_EEVyoIysdniwHS3Gb1u2GzY8J4-NhAZ5M6qR0BnCGQEnhEXKVnX_wmIbRT8RLZUvxXZmjuo0850COhI7AXNaVoRAztWuaIxjcdqGYtu4StnLPwJoJ4dWomx6IQSX4Md4szfGUu462HJrPRb16nzUVTSPCTi_iiXuXx1aO-zZ12glA9OoBXHVRmib1HvQaHlNw" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Take the survey</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">.</span></div><br><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Thank you for any assistance you can provide!</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Sharon</span></div></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Sharon Mizota (she/her)<div><a href="mailto:sharon@sharonmizota.com" target="_blank">sharon@sharonmizota.com</a></div><div><a href="https://sharonmizota-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2n3m35LYPDMMjKkwck0OIYn6sDcOb5eJh0GXpdDYutdMMysdniwE-FLxJmas1WVEY4fXhYskDfesrPcE4lIQwoIhdPzftYqNHi2ITqXdyECSyCPnQiAnKDljPJE7H_APjSj3mNwleNccxm_GJ2Lb2TUu5xwN3MaVe3golkkXwgR3aXD0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.sharonmizota.com</a></div></div></div></div>

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