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That makes sense to me. The text is only meant to be a guideline. I'm attaching a DOC version of the text because it gets un-HTMLized if I send the text directly through the NDSA list. You should be able to copy and paste the text in the attached document and then modify as needed. BTW we have 5 responses so far! Andrea > -----Original Message----- > From: The NDSA Standards working group list [mailto:NDSA- > [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Spencer > Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 11:05 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [NDSA-STANDARDS] text for: Please take the NDSA Digital > Preservation Staffing Survey > > Andrea, > > I have only one question - I plan to submit this to a number of music > labels, and they might be put off by the word "institution".... > > Would it be OK with the group if I added "or company" to the folks that > I'm going to try and get submissions from? > > Any feedback is welcome, I'd like to push it out but I may have a low > response if the recipients think this is an "institutional only" > survey. > > Thanks, > John > > > On Jul 18, 2012, at 3:35 PM, Goethals, Andrea wrote: > > > I think the survey is ready to be announced. Here's the text to use > for the announcement (filling in your name at the bottom). Unless > anyone sees anything glaringly wrong in this text we can start > announcing it using our compiled list at > http://www.loc.gov/extranet/wiki/osi/ndiip/ndsa/index.php?title=List_of > _places/people_we_want_to_receive_the_survey > > > > Andrea > > > > --------------------------- > > Organizations establishing or scaling up digital preservation > programs are faced with many decisions. How many staff do we need? What > types of positions are needed? What skills, education and experience > should we be looking for? Should we hire new staff or retrain existing > staff? What functions should be scoped as part of the program? What > should be provided by other parts of the organization, outsourced or > provided through collaboration with other organizations? > > > > The National Digital Stewardship > Alliance<http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/ndsa/> (NDSA) Standards & > Practices Working > Group<http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/ndsa/working_groups/standards. > html> is conducting a survey of organizations currently responsible for > digital preservation to gain insight into how organizations worldwide > are addressing these staffing, scoping and organizational questions. > > > > Only one response should be submitted per institution. The survey > will close on August 17, 2012. > > > > To begin click on this link: Start the > survey<https://harvard.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_bDE8UQ1rK17JHqk> > > > > Please email any questions to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> with > the subject line Staffing Survey. > > > > We will make our best effort to protect your individual survey > responses so that no one will be able to connect your responses with > you or your organization. Any personal information that could identify > you or your organization will be removed or changed before results are > made public. We will combine your responses with the responses of > others and make the aggregated results public, and preserve the > anonymous data long-term for research purposes. > > > > If you would like to plan your answers before filling out the online > survey, you can access the survey > worksheet<http://hul.harvard.edu/ois/digpres/docs/DP_Survey_Working_Cop > y.docx>. After you take the survey, if you would like a copy of your > institution's responses, please send the request to > [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> with the subject line Staffing Survey > and indicate in the email your institution and the IP address from > which you submitted the survey. > > > > Thank you, > > [YOUR NAME], on behalf of the Standards & Practices WG, NDSA > > > > > > ############################ > > > > To unsubscribe from the NDSA-STANDARDS list: > > write to: mailto:NDSA-STANDARDS-SIGNOFF- > [log in to unmask] > > or click the following link: > > http://list.digitalpreservation.gov/scripts/wa- > DIGITAL.exe?SUBED1=NDSA-STANDARDS&A=1 > > ############################ > > To unsubscribe from the NDSA-STANDARDS list: > write to: mailto:NDSA-STANDARDS-SIGNOFF- > [log in to unmask] > or click the following link: > http://list.digitalpreservation.gov/scripts/wa-DIGITAL.exe?SUBED1=NDSA- > STANDARDS&A=1 ############################ To unsubscribe from the NDSA-STANDARDS list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: http://list.digitalpreservation.gov/scripts/wa-DIGITAL.exe?SUBED1=NDSA-STANDARDS&A=1