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Hello Colleagues, *Educopia Institute is delighted to announce the release of the **OSSArcFlow Guide to Documenting Born-Digital Archival Workflows* <https://educopia.org/ossarcflow-guide/>*.* The *Guide *aims to make the daunting task of selecting, implementing, and refining born-digital archiving workflows more achievable. It was authored by Alexandra Chassanoff and Colin Post as part of the OSSArcFlow project <https://educopia.org/ossarcflow/>, which was led by Educopia and generously funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services. The purpose of the *Guide *is to encourage and assist collecting institutions of all shapes, sizes, and types to begin documenting their born-digital workflows.The *Guide *begins by documenting and describing the steps that are commonly included in digital curation workflows, from acquisition to access and preservation. It then provides a process map and detailed guidance to help you produce your own born-digital workflow documentation in both visual and descriptive formats. Finally, the *Guide *provides a set of use cases for this visual and descriptive documentation, illustrating with case studies and examples how you can use it to help your institution improve its born-digital archiving practices over time. To supplement the *Guide *and increase its usability, Educopia Institute has also released three video learning modules. Each module maps to a section of the *Guide *and provides high-level guidance on how to create and use born-digital workflow documentation. The modules were created and recorded by Hannah Wang and Colin Post. *If you are interested in learning more about the OSSArcFlow project, the Guide, or the training modules,** please register for this webinar* <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ossarcflow-resource-release-webinar-tickets-110658907772>* taking place on July 14 at 11 am ET/10 am CT/8 am PT.* The webinar will bring together OSSArcFlow partners, Educopia staff, and authors of the *Guide *and training modules to discuss lessons learned from the project and future directions for born-digital archival workflows. We hope to see you there! With very best wishes, Caitlin Perry (on behalf of the entire OSSArcFlow <https://educopia.org/ossarcflow/> team) Caitlin Perry Communications and Administrative Coordinator Educopia Institute She/Her/Hers Working from Southern Pines, NC