<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:12.8px">*Save the Date for Open Repositories 2019*</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">The Open Repositories Steering Committee in conjunction with Universität Hamburg is very pleased to announce that the 14th Open Repositories Conference will be held in Hamburg, Germany from </span><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0" style="font-size:12.8px">10-13 June 2019</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> at Universität Hamburg.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Link to online version of this text: </span><a href="http://or2019.blogs.uni-hamburg.de/?p=23" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">http://or2019.blogs.uni-hambur<wbr>g.de/?p=23</a><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Universität Hamburg <</span><a href="https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en<wbr>.html</a><span style="font-size:12.8px">>is the largest research and educational institution in northern Germany. As one of the country’s largest universities, it offers a diverse range of taught programs coupled with excellent research. The institution is committed to sustainable science and scholarship and its faculties pursue the concept of sustainability in its broadest sense in both research and teaching.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">The annual Open RepositoriesConference <</span><a href="http://www.openrepositories.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">http://www.openrepositories.o<wbr>rg/</a><span style="font-size:12.8px">> is a practitioner based conference that brings together people from higher education, government, libraries, archives and museums to focus on repository infrastructure, tools, services, and policies. The Conference provides a forum for delegates from around the world to explore the challenges and opportunities that arise at the interface of technology and scholarly publishing and practice.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Contact information: </span><a href="http://or2019.net/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">http://or2019.net</a><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">For the Open Repositories Steering Committee:</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Elin Stangeland</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">University of Oslo Library</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="mailto:elin.stangeland@ub.uio.no" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">elin.stangeland@ub.uio.no</a><span style="font-size:12.8px"> <mailto:</span><a href="mailto:elin.stangeland@ub.uio.no" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">elin.stangeland@ub.uio<wbr>.no</a><span style="font-size:12.8px">></span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">For the local organizing committee:</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Kai Wörner</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Center for Sustainable Research Data Management</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Universität Hamburg</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="mailto:kai.woerner@uni-hamburg.de" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">kai.woerner@uni-hamburg.de</a><span style="font-size:12.8px"> <mailto:</span><a href="mailto:kai.woerner@uni-hamburg.de" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">kai.woerner@uni-hambur<wbr>g.de</a><span style="font-size:12.8px">></span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">**</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">*Call for Expressions of Interest in hosting the annual Open Repositories Conference, 2020*</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">The Open Repositories Steering Committee seeks Expressions of Interest (EoI) from candidate host organizations for the 2020 Open Repositories Annual Conference series. Proposals from all geographic areas will be given consideration.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Link to online version: </span><a href="http://www.openrepositories.org/2017/11/30/calleoi/__" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">http://www.openrepositories.or<wbr>g/2017/11/30/calleoi/__</a><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">_Important dates_</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">The Open Repositories Steering Committee is accepting Expressions of Interest (EoI) to host the OR2020 conferences until </span><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0" style="font-size:12.8px">February 28th, 2018</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">. Shortlisted sites will be notified by the end of March 2018 and invited to submit a full proposal.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">_Background_</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Candidate institutions must have the ability to host at least a four-day conference with up to 500 attendees (OR2016 held in Dublin, Ireland drew about 500 people and OR2017 held in Brisbane, Australia drew around 330). 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 <</span><a href="https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/or11/Open+Repositories+Conference+Handbook" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">https://wiki.duraspace.org/di<wbr>splay/or11/Open+Repositories+<wbr>Conference+Handbook</a><span style="font-size:12.8px">> on the Open Repositories wiki <</span><a href="https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/or11/OR+Steering+Committee+Home" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">https://wiki.duraspace.org/di<wbr>splay/or11/OR+Steering+Committ<wbr>ee+Home</a><span style="font-size:12.8px">>.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Expressions of Interest Guidelines</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Organisations interested in proposing to host either the OR2020 conference should follow the steps listed below:</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">1.Expressions of Interest (EoIs) must be received by </span><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0" style="font-size:12.8px">February 28, 2018</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">. Please direct these EoIs and any enquiries to OR Steering Committee Chair Elin Stangeland - </span><a href="mailto:elin.stangeland@ub.uio.no" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">elin.stangeland@ub.uio.no</a><span style="font-size:12.8px"> <mailto:</span><a href="mailto:elin.stangeland@ub.uio.no" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">elin.stangeland@ub.uio<wbr>.no</a><span style="font-size:12.8px">>.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">2.As noted above, the Open Repositories wiki has a set of pages at Open Repositories Conference Handbook which offer guidelines for organising an Open Repositories conference. Candidate institutions should pay particular attention to the pages listed at "Preparing a bid" before submitting an EoI.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">3.The EoI should be fairly brief (1-2 pages, or email length), and must include:</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">a.the name of the institution (or institutions in the case of a joint bid)</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://b.an/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">b.an</a><span style="font-size:12.8px"> email address as a first point of contact</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">c.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</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">1.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.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">2.Invitations to submit a detailed proposal will be issued by the end of March 2018; 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.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">About Open Repositories</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">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: </span><a href="http://www.openrepositories.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">http://www.openrepositories.or<wbr>g/</a><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Subscribe to announcements about Open Repositories conferences by joining the OR Google Group <</span><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/open-repositories" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">http://groups.google.com/grou<wbr>p/open-repositories</a><span style="font-size:12.8px">>.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Please feel free to reflect this call for Expressions of Interest out through your communities.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Thank you!</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Elin Stangeland and Sarah Shreeves</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">for the Open Repositories Steering Committee</span><br clear="all"></font><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><font color="#000000">-- <br></font><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000">Carol Minton Morris</font><div><font color="#000000">Communications and Marketing Director</font></div><div><font color="#000000">DuraSpace</font></div><div><a href="http://duraspace.org" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">duraspace.org</font></a></div><div><font color="#000000">607 592-3135</font></div></div></div>
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