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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT"'>Dear members and partners
of COAR,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT"'>It is already next week
that the Annual <a href="http://or2012.ed.ac.uk/">Open Repositories Conference</a>
will take place in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Edinburgh</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place>. COAR is
delighted being among the supporters of this event. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT"'>To get started for the
conference week, a workshop on the COAR Repository Interoperability Roadmap
will be hosted by Eloy Rodrigues. The workshop will take place on Tuesday
morning, July 10 at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Appleton</st1:City></st1:place>
tower. Eloy will present the latest outcomes of the <a
href="http://www.coar-repositories.org/working-groups/repository-interoperability/coar-interoperability-project/">COAR
interoperability project</a> in order to help participants to make sense of the
interoperability landscape, understand which standards and protocols support
which services. Participants will be also invited to get involved in the next
stages of COAR interoperability project. If you are interested in attending, a
few places are still available. Have a look at <a
href="http://or2012coar-eorg.eventbrite.com/">http://or2012coar-eorg.eventbrite.com/</a>
to register. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT"'>Additionally, come visit
the COAR exhibition stand in the cafeteria area during the midday networking
breaks. Here you will have the chance to network with fellow COAR members,
discuss with colleagues and hear about latest updates on COAR activities.
Katharina Mueller will be there and happy to answer your questions. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT"'>At the same time, the<font
color="#993300"><span style='color:#993300'> <a
href="http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/ictk/">International Conference on Trends in
Knowledge and Information Dynamics</a> </span></font>will take place in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Bangalore</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place>.
The programme includes a session dedicated to COAR activities. Norbert Lossau,
who is as well a member of the international Programme Committee, Alicia Lopéz
Medina, and Ikuko Tsuchide will conduct this workshop together with experts
from <st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region> and <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Sri Lanka</st1:country-region></st1:place>.
Presentations will include the status-quo of Open Access Repositories in
several countries as well as highlights of COAR working group activities. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Gill Sans MT"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT"'>We look forward to meeting
you in <st1:City w:st="on">Edinburgh</st1:City> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Bangalore</st1:City></st1:place> and wish you an interesting
conference week. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>Katharina<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>Katharina Mueller</span></font><font face=Calibri><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>Head of Office</span></font><font face=Calibri><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>Confederation of Open Access Repositories - COAR
e.V.</span></font><font face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Goettingen</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> and University
Library</span></font><font face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Calibri'>Platz der Goettinger Sieben 1</span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Calibri'>D-37073 Goettingen</span></font><font face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri'><a
href="mailto:katharina.mueller@sub.uni-goettingen.de"><span lang=EN-GB>katharina.mueller@sub.uni-goettingen.de</span></a></span></font><font
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