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<b>Call for applications: Pilot program for Maturity Model for Archival Reparative Description</b></div>
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Is your community, corporate, or government archives engaged in reparative description work? Do you believe your institution would benefit from piloting a new organizational evaluation tool, the
<span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/stephanieluke/Maturity-Model-for-Reparative-Description__;!!DZ3fjg!6NT57tA6cljZlnn8owaCz1t3nY1N-C2obw-S4OQJOldGit8jLZgybSW4fZOaP0yVXmNk849A6r0ayUBxhHsZNQ$" id="OWAbef4fe38-d607-d258-5f62-32c7aff237cf" class="OWAAutoLink" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">Maturity
Model for Reparative Description (MMRD)</a></u></span>? The <span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">
<u><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www2.archivists.org/foundation__;!!DZ3fjg!6NT57tA6cljZlnn8owaCz1t3nY1N-C2obw-S4OQJOldGit8jLZgybSW4fZOaP0yVXmNk849A6r0ayUBcP1co1A$" id="OWAe4b0bd44-0328-0aeb-453a-86f26a4889cc" class="OWAAutoLink" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="2" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">SAA
Foundation</a></u></span> has given us a grant to test and improve the MMRD through work with 5 archives. We are offering each participant a $500 consultation fee, payable to an individual or an institution, to collaborate in piloting the tool in their institutional
context. If you are selected, participation in this initiative will involve an online introductory meeting and planning session with us (the MMRD authors), a period of institutional self-evaluation of your own practices with the tool, and a follow-up interview
to provide feedback on the MMRD. The pilot program will occur between August and October 2024. If you are interested, please fill out
<span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/forms.gle/btARauDnARf5vif68__;!!DZ3fjg!6NT57tA6cljZlnn8owaCz1t3nY1N-C2obw-S4OQJOldGit8jLZgybSW4fZOaP0yVXmNk849A6r0ayUB-gh57LQ$" id="OWAc7a5cb25-173c-5cab-c275-e8cd57648d01" class="OWAAutoLink" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="3" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">an
application of interest </a></u></span>by July 19.</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><b><u><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/forms.gle/btARauDnARf5vif68__;!!DZ3fjg!6NT57tA6cljZlnn8owaCz1t3nY1N-C2obw-S4OQJOldGit8jLZgybSW4fZOaP0yVXmNk849A6r0ayUB-gh57LQ$" id="OWAf8975816-08ee-8e1e-ba74-bfd04b934fc5" class="OWAAutoLink" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="4" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">Apply
here</a></u></b></span><b> by July 19.</b></div>
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Please send any questions to: <span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="mailto:sharon@sharonmizota.com" id="OWAc3d21ca1-4525-5edf-3e7d-c36bf65e7f2d" class="OWAAutoLink" data-linkindex="5" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">sharon@sharonmizota.com</a></u></span>.</div>
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Thank you for your consideration,</div>
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Stephanie Luke & Sharon Mizota</div>
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