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<p>Congratulations! This is fantastic.</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/3/18 9:39 AM, Lee Vinsel wrote:<br>
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Russell and I are pleased to announce that the Alfred P. Sloan
Foundation will be supporting some activities of The
Maintainers. With funding from the Sloan Foundation, we plan
to build our capacity to create and nurture communities that
connect scholarly research and practical applications. We’re
thrilled to be partnering with the Educopia Institute, a
non-profit organization focused on "building communities,
connecting likeminded people, and using collective action to
advance institutions of all kinds." Educopia will provide some
staff support and its considerable expertise in community
cultivation to help us further grow The Maintainers network.<span
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primary focus will be something we call the Maintenance
Community Framework, through which we'll study the state of
maintenance in individual sectors and professions, and
document and disseminate best practices and lessons learned.
The first two maintenance communities we'll focus on are
InfoMaintainers - people working in libraries and digital
preservation - and Maintainers in the Workforce, a group of
experts on the law and policy of labor and poverty. We plan to
identify and seed some other maintenance communities this
year, including ones on transportation and water
infrastructure, engineering, and philanthropy. We'll also be
seeking additional funding sources that can sustain this
effort for several years. And we’re now starting the planning
process for Maintainers III, a conference that will take place
in the fall of 2019. We’ll be sending out announcements soon
to detail different ways that individuals or organizations can
get involved – so stay tuned, and drop us a line in the
meantime if you have any ideas or questions!</p>
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of all we are happy that the Sloan Foundation has given a vote
of confidence in The Maintainers, and we are grateful for all
of your support. </p>
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Josh Braun, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Journalism Studies
Journalism Department
University of Massachusetts Amherst
@josh_braun
Skype: wideaperture
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book: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300197501/program-brought-you">http://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300197501/program-brought-you</a>
"Maybe the only gift is a chance to inquire, to know nothing for certain. An inheritance of wonder and nothing more."
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