[Rdap] CALL for Expressions of Interest in hosting the annual Open Repositories Conference, 2016

[Carol Minton Morris]

*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*

June 27, 2014
Read it online: http://bit.ly/1rE2cKe

*CALL for Expressions of Interest in Hosting the Annual Open Repositories
Conference, 2016*

The Open Repositories Steering Committee seeks Expressions of Interest from
candidate host organizations for the 2016 Open Repositories Annual
Conference. Proposals from all geographic areas will be given consideration.

*Important dates*
The Open Repositories Steering Committee is accepting Expressions of
Interest to host the OR2016 conference until August 24th 2014. Shortlisted
sites will be notified before the end of September 2014.

*Background*
Candidate institutions must have the ability to host a four-day conference
of approximately 300-500 attendees (OR2014 <http://or2014.helsinki.fi/> held
recently in Helsinki, Finland drew more than 450 people). This includes
appropriate access to conference facilities, lodging, and transportation,
as well as the ability to manage a range of supporting services (food
services, internet services, and conference social events; conference web
site; management of registration and online payments; etc.). The candidate
institutions and their local arrangements committee must have the means to
support the costs of producing the conference through attendee registration
and independent fundraising. Fuller guidance is provided in the *Open
Repositories Conference Handbook
<https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/or11/Open+Repositories+Conference+Handbook>*
on
the Open Repositories wiki.

*Expressions of Interest Guidelines*
Organisations interested in proposing to host the OR2016 conference should
follow the steps listed below:

1. Expressions of Interest (EoIs) must be received by August 24th, 2014.
Please direct these EoIs and any enquiries to OR Steering Committee Chair
Carol Minton Morris <cmmorris at duraspace.org>.

2.  As noted above, the Open Repositories wiki has a set of pages at *Open
Repositories Conference Handbook
<https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/or11/Open+Repositories+Conference+Handbook>*
which
offer guidelines for organizing an Open Repositories conference. Candidate
institutions should pay particular attention to the pages listed at
"Preparing a bid" before submitting an EoI.

3.  The EoI must include:
• the name of the institution (or institutions in the case of a joint bid)
• an email address as a first point of contact
• the proposed location for the conference venue with a brief paragraph
describing • the local amenities that would be available to delegates,
including its proximity to a reasonably well-served airport

4. The OR Steering Committee will review proposals and may seek advice from
additional reviewers.  Following the review, one or more institutions will
be invited to submit a detailed proposal.

5.  Invitations to submit a detailed proposal will be issued before the end
of September 2014; institutions whose interest will not be taken up will
also be notified at that time. The invitations sent out will provide a
timeline for submitting a formal proposal and details of additional
information available to the shortlisted sites for help in the preparation
of their bid. The OR Steering Committee will be happy to answer specific
queries whilst proposals are being prepared.

*About Open Repositories*
Since 2006 Open Repositories has hosted an annual conference that brings
together users and developers of open digital repository platforms. For
further information about Open Repositories and links to past conference
sites, please visit the OR home page: http://sites.tdl.org/openrepositories/
.
Subscribe to announcements about Open Repositories conferences by joining
the OR Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/open-repositories.
Please feel free to reflect this call for Expressions of Interest out
through your communities.

*Thank you!*
The Open Repositories Conference Steering Committee

-- 
Carol Minton Morris
DuraSpace
Director of Marketing and Communications
cmmorris at DuraSpace.org
Skype: carolmintonmorris
607 592-3135
Twitter at DuraSpace <http://twitter.com/duraspace>
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