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<span style="background: var(--white);">Hello everybody! Hola a todos!</span><br>
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<span style="margin:0px; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:15px">My name is Laura Rincón, a 2nd-year Museum Studies Master’s student at the University of Florida with a major in collections management, particularly interested in either Natural
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<div style="margin:0px; font-size:15px; color:rgb(32,31,30)"><span style="margin:0px; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:rgb(0,0,0)">During this outbreak time, I've decided to create a blog called<span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span><i><b>Collections
Lit Club </b></i>where colleagues with experience in the field and emerging museum professionals like me will be discussing powerful literature about collections in an enjoyable and relaxing atmosphere.</span></div>
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<div style="margin:0px; font-size:15px; color:rgb(32,31,30)"><span style="margin:0px; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:rgb(0,0,0)">I would love to talk about those topics that are hardly discussed, also I would like to get a better understanding
of my field from the cutting-edge literature, museum professionals in our field, and hear about your experiences, your frustrations and how you would like to see a change!</span></div>
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<div style="margin:0px; font-size:15px; color:rgb(32,31,30)"><span style="margin:0px; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:rgb(0,0,0)">The blog will be a space built within us, where we will be able to learn from each other, look into some solutions,
improvements, and bring a breath of fresh air to collections.</span></div>
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<span style="margin:0px; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:15px">Let's build up our knowledge together to better understand our role as professionals in collections! You're welcome to join me and be part of this club!</span><span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:15px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important"></span>
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<span style="margin:0px">A manifesto for active history museum collections written by Trevor Jones and Rainey Tisdale, check out the manifesto in the following link: <a href="http://www.activecollections.org/manifesto" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin:0px">http://www.activecollections.org/manifesto</a></span><br>
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<span style="margin:0px">Stay tuned in our blog and check out more info about this initiative:<span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://medium.com/@collectionslitclub" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin:0px">https://medium.com/@collectionslitclub</a></span><br>
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Read writing from Collections Lit Club on Medium. I’m an enthusiastic emerging professional in museum collections. Let’s share thoughts, create and learn together! Check out the Series tab and see how it works.</div>
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Thanks a lot for your support, and a big hug!</div>
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