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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hello everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Today we are releasing
<i>Direct Care of Collections: Ethics, Guidelines and Recommendations</i> to the field. Here is the link to the web page with the paper and the list of sessions where it will be discussed:
</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__aam-2Dus.org_resources_ethics-2Dstandards-2Dand-2Dbest-2Dpractices_direct-2Dcare&d=AwMFAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=AiPR9LWBjOk80av-jOb0QU8qoHDsB3GuhFhtPZ60GB0&s=Iv6KdWPqhDcl0h_7CRdJjOSv4zr1mzGDC--MYMyfzjc&e=">http://aam-us.org/resources/ethics-standards-and-best-practices/direct-care</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We encourage you to share the white paper broadly—with your members, in your resource centers, through social media and other networks you think may find it useful. I just initiated a Direct
Care of Collections <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bit.ly_1W9HRNK&d=AwMFAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=AiPR9LWBjOk80av-jOb0QU8qoHDsB3GuhFhtPZ60GB0&s=ON0mUXZ_9s6wee2pHeUj2oqfhs64Cr_0BCzc1D9OGTc&e=">discussion thread</a> on Museum Junction, our online community, and welcome your participation there.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thank you for your collaboration on this important issue. We look forward to partnering with you in the future to strengthen museums of all sizes and types across the country.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Janet Vaughan<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Vice President, Membership & Programs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">T: 202.289.9120 | F: 202.289.6578<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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