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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">How do you define direct care? What's included in acquisition costs?</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Museum standards and ethics dictate that funds from the sale of deaccessioned collections be used for acquisition or direct care/preservation of collections. Many are confused by the term
"direct care." </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">The American Alliance of Museums is conducting an <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__send.aam-2Dus.org_link.cfm-3Fr-3D80299974-26sid-3D66968382-26m-3D8767806-26u-3DMuseum-26j-3D25873151-26s-3Dhttps-3A__newknowledge.az1.qualtrics.com_SE_-3FSID-3DSV-5FcIb6SW5TiJB6GBD&d=AwMFAw&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=n0wPNnkSfSt6lcFhBO_tQ0HOgjYni4OG1-togiWtclw&s=0Gb57XzyAe6lClOGmRYQs97AIiIz_C5ARLv720d3Szg&e=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#00AAA7;text-decoration:none">online
survey</span></a> to find out what museum professionals, from a broad range of functions and types of museums, personally think should be included in the definition of these terms. The survey also asks about current museum practice regarding deaccessioning
and the use of proceeds. The Alliance's cross-disciplinary <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__send.aam-2Dus.org_link.cfm-3Fr-3D80299974-26sid-3D67298519-26m-3D8767806-26u-3DMuseum-26j-3D25873151-26s-3Dhttp-3A__aam-2Dus.org_resources_ethics-2Dstandards-2Dand-2Dbest-2Dpractices_direct-2Dcare-2Dtask-2Dforce-3Futm-5Fsource-3DMagnetMail-26utm-5Fmedium-3DEmail-26utm-5Fcampaign-3D&d=AwMFAw&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=n0wPNnkSfSt6lcFhBO_tQ0HOgjYni4OG1-togiWtclw&s=ybNg6embpNDy36JGN5fPLRL_ogZvy_PDriujIwvy3zI&e=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#00AAA7;text-decoration:none">Direct
Care Task Force</span></a> will use the survey results to provide guidance to the field on generally accepted uses of proceeds shared by all disciplines and those specific to each discipline. </span><span style="color:black"><br>
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The survey is <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__send.aam-2Dus.org_link.cfm-3Fr-3D80299974-26sid-3D66968383-26m-3D8767806-26u-3DMuseum-26j-3D25873151-26s-3Dhttps-3A__newknowledge.az1.qualtrics.com_SE_-3FSID-3DSV-5FcIb6SW5TiJB6GBD&d=AwMFAw&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=n0wPNnkSfSt6lcFhBO_tQ0HOgjYni4OG1-togiWtclw&s=EPfFiCEBXAtGCUiqjYAJigfv1jENkuzoxGrvrVQ67sg&e=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#00AAA7;text-decoration:none">open
now</span></a> and will remain active until March 4</span></strong>. It should take 15–20 minutes to complete. The majority of the questions ask for your personal professional opinion, not the stance of your museum. A few questions ask about your museum's
policy; you'll want to have your collections management policy at hand. (Or you'll have the option to skip these questions.) </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">You can also take the survey by cutting and pasting the following URL into the address bar of your web browser:</span><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__send.aam-2Dus.org_link.cfm-3Fr-3D80299974-26sid-3D66968384-26m-3D8767806-26u-3DMuseum-26j-3D25873151-26s-3Dhttps-3A__newknowledge.az1.qualtrics.com_SE_-3FSID-3DSV-5FcIb6SW5TiJB6GBD&d=AwMFAw&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=n0wPNnkSfSt6lcFhBO_tQ0HOgjYni4OG1-togiWtclw&s=2kfNB78D4vgKteI5QLvq23DDl12sNl8X2eqPq-8tO_o&e=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#00AAA7;text-decoration:none">https://newknowledge.az1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_cIb6SW5TiJB6GBDhttps://newknowledge.az1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_cIb6SW5TiJB6GBD</span></a><br>
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Feel free to share this link with your colleagues.<br>
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If you have questions at any point prior to, during or after completing the survey, please contact <a href="mailto:aamsurvey@newknowledge.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:#00AAA7;text-decoration:none">aamsurvey@newknowledge.org</span></a>.<br>
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Thank you for your participation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Janet Vaughan</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Vice President, Membership & Excellence</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:jvaughan@aam-us.org">jvaughan@aam-us.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Tel: 202-289-9120</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Andy Bentley<br>
Ichthyology Collection Manager<br>
University of Kansas<br>
Biodiversity Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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1345 Jayhawk Boulevard<br>
Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561<br>
USA<br>
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Tel: (785) 864-3863<br>
Fax: (785) 864-5335 <br>
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