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<div><span>Dear colleagues,</span></div>
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<div style="color:black;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span>The <a href="http://www.niso.org/workrooms/kbart" shape="rect" style="color:rgb(0,0,238)"><span>Knowledge Bases and Related Tools</span></a>
 (KBART) Recommended Practice aims to solve problems in the information 
supply chain by improving the exchange of metadata from content 
providers to knowledge bases.The KBART Standing Committee has been 
working to increase adoption of the recommended practice and add more 
content providers to its list of endorsers.</span></div>
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 aid in our efforts, we would like to invite the content provider 
community to participate in a survey regarding use of KBART, ease of 
adoption, and opportunities for training and outreach. Please take 10-15
 minutes to complete the survey and let us know how we can make KBART 
more useful and easier to adopt. The survey will be available until June
 15.<br><br>The survey can be found at: </span><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/niso-kbart" shape="rect" style="color:rgb(0,0,238)">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/niso-kbart</a><br></div>
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