ASSESSING DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN THE MISSIONS OF STATE ARCHIVES IN THE UNITED STATES

This study is an in-depth content analysis of state archives’ mission statements. The sample units are made up of text collected from state archives websites from the 50 states as well as text collected from outreach to the archival centers. The analysis includes coding of mission statements, collection statements, or institutional goal statements to see to what extent they include language about diversity, access, and other related themes. This study addresses the lack of research conducted in this area and as well as the benefit of this area for archival studies and research.Master of Science in Information Scienc

SPARK: A US Cohort of 50,000 Families to Accelerate Autism Research

The Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) has launched SPARKForAutism. org, a dynamic platform that is engaging thousands of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and connecting them to researchers. By making all data accessible, SPARK seeks to increase our understanding of ASD and accelerate new supports and treatments for ASD