[BOAI] Open Repositories Conference is postponed

[Iryna Kuchma]

[ Forwarded message from Claire Knowles <C.Knowles1 at leeds.ac.uk>]

Dear colleagues,

The Open Repositories Steering Committee in consultation with the OR2020
and OR2021 hosts have made a decision to postpone OR2020 until May 31 –
June 3rd 2021.

This was not a decision made lightly – we looked carefully at our options
(keeping the current dates, cancelling, or postponing) and decided
postponing a full year was the best option for both logistical and
financial reasons. We chose Stellenbosch as a host location because we very
much wanted to bring Open Repositories to the African continent and to
create a space to listen and discuss the current state of repositories
across Africa and the world. Postponing the conference a year allows us to
meet that goal and, hopefully, a resolution of the current COVID19 pandemic.

If you have registered for the conference already or are a sponsor, the
hosts at Stellenbosch will be contacting you with options. If you have
submitted a proposal, the program committee will be in touch shortly with
options. We are exploring the possibility of a virtual conference in order
to allow some accepted proposals that are time sensitive to be presented.
More information soon!

I also want to announce that our OR2022 location will be Denver, CO. The
Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries in collaboration with six of its
member institutions (University of Colorado Boulder Libraries, University
of Denver Libraries, Colorado State University Libraries, Colorado School
of Mines Library, University of Colorado Anschutz Library, and the
University of Wyoming Libraries) were selected by the Steering Committee to
host OR2021, but have graciously offered to move the dates to OR2022. We
very much appreciate their willingness and flexibility to shift a full year
in conference planning.

Again, if you have registered, sponsored, have been awarded a fellowship,
or have a proposal in, you will be hearing from us shortly.

Sarah and Claire

Sarah L. Shreeves (Chair, Open Repositories Steering Committee)

Claire Knowles (Vice Chair, Open Repositories Steering Committee)



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*Leeds University Library*

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