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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dear Colleagues,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://communitywebs.archive-it.org/apply/" title="https://communitywebs.archive-it.org/apply/">Applications are open now</a> for a new cohort of members to the
</span><a href="https://communitywebs.archive-it.org/about/"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Internet Archive’s Community Web program.</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Apply by March 31 to participate in this awesome program. Details below, including links to a February 15 information webinar.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><a href="https://archive-it.org/home/cedarmillbethanylibraries" title="https://archive-it.org/home/cedarmillbethanylibraries">Cedar Mill & Bethany Community Libraries</a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
is a current participant. We are using the training, peer support, and Archive-It service to focus on archiving local history websites and land use planning. You can start small, or dream big
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">It would be great to see more Oregon institutions involved in this effort. It’s open to not just public libraries, but many small and large cultural institutions.
</span><a href="https://communitywebs.archive-it.org/participants/"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Browse the list of groups</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> and
</span><a href="https://communitywebs.archive-it.org/collections/"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">their collections</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> to see what’s been happening around the country.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thanks for your attention, and best wishes!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Liz Paulus</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> / Web Services Librarian / Cedar Mill & Bethany Community Libraries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Community Webs program open for applications</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin-right:30.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Apply to join the Internet Archive’s
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://communitywebs.archive-it.org/"><span style="color:#1155CC">Community Webs</span></a><span style="color:black"> program. Community Webs is a<span style="background:white">
</span>web archiving program for public libraries and other cultural heritage organizations who would like to preserve contemporary local history and voices that have been traditionally underrepresented in the historic record. The program began in 2017 and
we currently have 100+ members across 40 U.S. states and territories. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin-right:30.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Community Webs would support you in<span style="background:white"> building community-focused web archives by providing training, technical services, and access to a network
of libraries with similar goals, doing the same work together. </span>For a glimpse of the web archive collections our members have built, please visit our
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://communitywebs.archive-it.org/collections/"><span style="color:#1155CC">Community Webs Access Portal</span></a><span style="color:black">. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin-right:30.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Community Webs is currently
<b>fully funded</b> by a generous grant from the Mellon Foundation. Organizations that join by April 2023
<span style="background:white">will receive <b>free web archiving services</b> and technical support via a
<b>multi-year subscription to Archive-It</b>, professional development stipends <span class="spelle">
totalling</span> $2,200, and subsidized travel to a daylong Community Webs meeting later this year.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin-right:30.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">Interested organizations can
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://communitywebs.archive-it.org/cfa/"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white">Apply on our Website</span></a><span style="background:white"> by March 31, 2023. We will also be holding
an information session for prospective members on Wednesday, February 15th at 11am Pacific Time.
</span><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwof-iuqj0sE9Q9gqLMLvQ5cNWhGjwghdDJ"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white">Registration is here</span></a><span style="background:white">. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Portland, OR 97229</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">(503) 644-0043 x131</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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