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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Colleagues, </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">The Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences is currently reviewing its process for the appointment of Research Associates. In the spirit of collaboration, would you be willing to share your organization’s policy? </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">I would love to learn what works (and what doesn’t) as we embark on reinvigorating our process. I’m specifically interested in how your institution deals with collections access for Research Associates. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Thank you in advance for any assistance you can offer in this regard,</p><p class="MsoNormal">Best,</p><p class="MsoNormal">Kathy</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">P.S. Please feel free to forward this message to the most appropriate person within your organization and respond off-list. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">*************************************<br></span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Kathryn H. Leacock<br></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Director of Collections<br>Buffalo Museum of Science<br>1020 Humboldt Parkway<br>Buffalo, New York 14211</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Tel:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif""> 716 896 5200 x376<br><b>Fax:</b> 716 897 6723</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Email:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif""> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="mailto:kleacock@sciencebuff.org" target="_blank" title="mailto:kleacock@sciencebuff.org"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:blue">kleacock@sciencebuff.org</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>