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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This email is an invitation to participate in the Digital Library Federation Assessment Interest Group’s (DLF AIG) working group on
</span><a href="https://wiki.diglib.org/Assessment:Costs"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Cost Assessment</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> in 2024. There is more information about the group below,
 but first, a few words about participating in DLF AIG. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The only requirement for participation in a DLF AIG working group is a willingness to dig in and devote a small part of your time contributing to the tools,
 methods, and body of knowledge on digital library assessment. Neither being a DLF institutional member nor attendance at the DLF forum is a requirement for participation in any of the working groups.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Cost Assessment working group in 2024
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">The Cost Working group is an ideal place for
<b>digital lab practitioners</b> and <b>managerial staff </b>alike to come together to talk about practical ways to assess the resources necessary to plan and execute successful digitization projects. The group’s primary task has traditionally been to collect,
 aggregate, and share data on the time (and money) it takes to perform various tasks involved in the digitization process to help with project planning and benchmarking.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Based on members' shared interests, the AIG Cost Assessment group has previously worked in areas such as
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202122;background:white">insourcing vs. outsourcing, a registry for vendors, assessing scans per linear feet, best practices, and cost estimation.
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Our current goal is to finalize and publicize our survey work, and
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">reevaluate our mission statement and scope of work.  </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">How can you participate?</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">  </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Join us at our
</span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AGH5fb1SBO2TGYp5ZXJecE8H8aOAZnpoSWbBEIBVuhc/edit?usp=sharing"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">working meetings</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
 on the second Monday of each month at 3pm (eastern) / 2pm (central) / 1pm (mountain) / 12pm (pacific).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Zoom details will be shared through the Google Group prior to the meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Alternatively, you can email either Paula Kiser or Rachel Senese Myers directly (see email addresses below) for call-in information.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We are seeking individuals with survey data analysis experience or interest in gaining some! </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For questions about the larger DLF Assessment Interest Group, contact the DLF AIG co-leaders, Kate Flynn
</span><a href="mailto:kef@chicagocollections.org"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">kef@chicagocollections.org</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> and Santi Thompson
</span><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">sathompson3@uh.edu</span></u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Thank you for participating in the DLF AIG!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Paula Kiser (kiserp@wlu.edu) and Rachel Senese Myers (</span><a href="mailto:rsenese@gsu.edu"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">rsenese@gsu.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">DLF AIG Cost Group co-facilitators</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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