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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b>From:</b> "Shenton, Helen" <<a href="mailto:helen_shenton@harvard.edu">helen_shenton@harvard.edu</a>><br>
<b>Date:</b> January 20, 2012 3:12:52 PM CST<br>
<b>To:</b> "<a href="mailto:arl-directors@arl.org">arl-directors@arl.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:arl-directors@arl.org">arl-directors@arl.org</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> "Shenton, Helen" <<a href="mailto:helen_shenton@harvard.edu">helen_shenton@harvard.edu</a>>, "Burgess, Coleen" <<a href="mailto:coleen_burgess@harvard.edu">coleen_burgess@harvard.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> <b>[ARL-Directors] Message from the Harvard Library</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Yesterday, we shared some immediate next steps in the Harvard Library Transition with Library staff. If you are interested, the content of the presentation can be found
<a href="http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k77982&pageid=icb.page487527">
here</a>. Additionally, the University’s official statement is below.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k77982&pageid=icb.page487527">http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k77982&pageid=icb.page487527</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Best regards,<br>
Helen Shenton</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">University leaders embraced a series of recommendations for the future of the Harvard Library system to establish a coordinated management structure and increasingly focus
resources on the opportunities presented by new information technology. Ultimately, the University seeks to ensure that the Harvard Library continues to set the standard for research libraries worldwide.
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Today, the Harvard Library leadership shared immediate next steps in this transition, which include recommending a new organizational design to the Library Board and senior
University administrators. Details about the new Library organization and implementation steps and timetable will be shared at Library-wide staff meetings in February.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Helen Shenton</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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