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• Gretchen Gueguen (U Va): "While we have a general idea of the structure and overall goals of the workshop (talk about issues related to managing born-digital archives), we are still working out the specifics of the day. The AIMS Digital Archivists are very interested in suggestions about the kinds of outcomes and topics you would look for in a workshop like this – anything from topics of discussion or presentation, to activities, to specific goals and objectives."

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  Gabby Redwine (U Tx -

  Austin): "I think examples of donor agreements and policy/procedural documents related to the transfer of materials from creator to archives would be useful, as would suggestions about how to incorporate "donor interactions" (for lack of a better term) into one's workflow without causing it to implode. I've been thinking about the latter lately because I recently realized how labor-intensive it could be to help a creator decide what content/formats to send to the archives. Part of the time commitment would be interacting or corresponding with a creator, but then also a certain amount of research would be necessary to give advice about a particular format, for example, or to determine whether the institution wants to take on a large number of items in a format or grouping (e.g., a Flickr account) that it hasn't worked with before. At this point, I could make time to do one of those things-revise the donor agreement, come up with a policy and procedure, interact with the creator, etc.-but certainly not all of them. So -- a useful exercise for a workshop might be to practice breaking up a large goal into smaller, more manageable steps. Pretty basic, I know, but also (I think) one of the hardest things to do and so vital to maintaining momentum."

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