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Submission deadline for Open Repositories'14 is earlier this year,
on the 3rd of Feb.<br>
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Even if you don't want to submit to the main conference track,
there will be EPrints User Groups where you have a chance to show
your recent/future work and talk to us and to the EPrints
community.<br>
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I highly encourage everyone to participate, don't be shy!<br>
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Seb.<br>
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<td>[OR] ALERT: Time to Get Ready to Submit Your OR2014
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<td>Thu, 9 Jan 2014 09:42:53 -0500</td>
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<td>Carol Minton Morris <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:cmmorris@fedora-commons.org"><cmmorris@fedora-commons.org></a></td>
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<p
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:20px"><font
color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE</b></font></p>
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style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:20px"><font
color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">January
9, 2014</font></p>
<p
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:20px"><font
color="#000000"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Read
it online: </font><span style="line-height:normal"><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://bit.ly/1ghYi3Q"
target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1ghYi3Q</a></span></font></p>
<p
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:20px"><strong
style="line-height:1.5625"><font color="#000000"
face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
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<p
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:20px"><strong
style="line-height:1.5625"><font color="#000000"
face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">GET READY to
Submit Your OR2014 Proposal</font></strong></p>
<p
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:20px"><font
color="#000000"><span
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><i>A
message from the Open Repositories 2014 Conference
organizers</i></span><strong style="line-height:1.5625"><font
face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
</font></strong></font></p>
<p
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:10px
0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:20px"><font color="#000000"
face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">As the year turns it's
time to look forward to the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://or2014.helsinki.fi/" rel="nofollow"
target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none">Ninth
International Conference on Open Repositories</a>,
OR2014 (#or2014). The conference will take place June 9-13
in Helsinki, Finland hosted by University of Helsinki‘s twin
libraries: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.helsinki.fi/library/" rel="nofollow"
target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none">Helsinki
University Library</a> and the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.nationallibrary.fi/" rel="nofollow"
target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none">National
Library of Finland</a>.</font></p>
<p
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:10px
0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:20px"><font color="#000000"
face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The theme this year is
"Towards Repository Ecosystems" emphasizing the
interconnected nature of repositories, institutions,
technologies, data and the people who make it all work
together. There are several different formats (see
below) provided to encourage your participation in this
year's conference. With the deadline for submissions fast
approaching the organizers invite you to review the call for
proposals here:<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://or2014.helsinki.fi/?page_id=281"
rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
style="text-decoration:none">http://or2014.helsinki.fi/?page_id=281</a>,
and to submit your proposal here:<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.conftool.com/or2014/" rel="nofollow"
target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none">https://www.conftool.com/or2014/</a> by
Feb. 3, 2014.</font></p>
<p
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:10px
0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:20px"><font color="#000000"
face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">KEY DATES</font></p>
<p
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:10px
0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:20px">
<font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• 3
February 2014: Deadline for submissions<br>
• 4 April 2014: Submitters notified of acceptance to general
conference<br>
• 17 April 2014: Submitters notified of acceptance to
interest groups<br>
• 9-13 June 2014: OR2014 conference</font></p>
<p
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:10px
0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:20px"><font color="#000000"
face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">SUBMISSION PROCESS</font></p>
<p
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:10px
0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:20px"><em><font
color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Conference
Papers and Panels</font></em></p>
<p
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:10px
0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:20px">
<span style="line-height:1.4285715"><font color="#000000"
face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">We welcome proposals
that are at least two pages and no more than four pages in
length for presentations or panels that deal with digital
repositories and repository services. Abstracts of
accepted papers will be made available through the
conference’s web site, and later they and associated
materials will be made available in a repository intended
for current and future OR content. In general, sessions
are an hour and a half long with three papers per session;
panels may take an entire session. Relevant papers
unsuccessful in the main track will automatically be
considered for inclusion, as appropriate, as an Interest
Group presentation.</font></span></p>
<p
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:10px
0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:20px"><em><font
color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Interest
Group Presentations</font></em></p>
<p
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:10px
0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:20px">
<font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">One
to two-page proposals for presentations or panels that focus
on use of one of the major repository platforms (DSpace,
ePrints, Fedora and Invenio) are invited from developers,
researchers, repository managers, administrators and
practitioners describing novel experiences or developments
in the construction and use of repositories involving issues
specific to these technical platforms.</font></p>
<p
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:10px
0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:20px"><em><font
color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">24x7
Presentation Proposals</font></em></p>
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style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:10px
0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:20px">
<font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">We
welcome one- to two-page proposals for 7 minute
presentations comprising no more than 24 slides. Similar to
Pecha Kuchas or Lightning Talks, these 24x7 presentations
will be grouped into blocks based on conference themes, with
each block followed by a moderated discussion / question and
answer session involving the audience and whole block of
presenters. This format will provide conference goers with a
fast-paced survey of like work across many institutions, and
presenters the chance to disseminate their work in more
depth and context than a traditional poster.</font></p>
<p
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:10px
0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:20px"><em><font
color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">"Repository
Rants" 24x7 Block</font></em></p>
<p
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:10px
0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:20px"><font color="#000000"
face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">One block of 24x7's at
OR14 will revolve around "repository rants": brief exposés
that challenge the conventional wisdom or practice, and
highlight what the repository community is doing that is
misguided, or perhaps just missing altogether. The top
proposals will be incorporated into a track meant to provoke
unconventional approaches to repository services.</font></p>
<p
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:10px
0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:20px"><em><font
color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Posters,
Demos and Developer "How-To's"</font></em></p>
<p
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:10px
0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:20px"><font color="#000000"
face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">We invite developers,
researchers, repository managers, administrators and
practitioners to submit one-page proposals for posters,
demonstrations, technical how-tos and technology briefings.
Posters provide an opportunity to present work that isn’t
appropriate for a paper; you’ll have the chance to do a
60-second pitch for your poster or demo during a plenary
session at the conference. Developer "How-To's" will provide
a forum for running a mini-tutorial or demonstration in the
developer lounge, if there are enough interested parties.</font></p>
<p
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:10px
0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:20px"><em><font
color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Developer
Challenge</font></em></p>
<p
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:10px
0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:20px">
<font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Each
year a significant proportion of the delegates at Open
Repositories are software developers who work on repository
software or related services, and once again OR2014 will
feature a Developer Challenge. An announcement will be made
in the future with more details on the Challenge. Developers
are also encouraged to make submissions to the other
tracks--including posters, demonstrations, and 24x7
presentations--to present on recently completed work and
works-in-progress.</font></p>
<p
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:10px
0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:20px"><em><font
color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Workshops
and Tutorials</font></em></p>
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0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:20px">
<font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">One-
to two-page proposals for Workshops and Tutorials addressing
theoretical or practical issues around digital repositories
are welcomed. Please address the following in your proposal:</font></p>
<p
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:10px
0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:20px"><font color="#000000"
face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• The subject of the
event and what knowledge you intend to convey<br>
• Length of session (e.g., 1-hour, 2-hour? half a day? whole
day?)<br>
• How many attendees you plan to accommodate<br>
• Technology and facility requirements<br>
• Any other supplies or support required<br>
• A brief statement on the learning outcomes from the
session<br>
• Anything else you believe is pertinent to carrying out the
session</font></p>
<p
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:10px
0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:20px"><font color="#000000"
face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Submit your paper,
poster, demo or workshop proposal through the conference
system. PDF format is preferred. Please include presentation
title, authors’ names and affiliations in the submission.
The conference system is now open and is linked from the
conference web site: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://or2014.helsinki.fi/" rel="nofollow"
target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none">http://or2014.helsinki.fi/</a></font></p>
<p
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0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:20px"><span
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font
color="#000000">See you in Helsinki!</font></span></p>
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<font color="#000000">-- <br>
Carol Minton Morris<br>
DuraSpace<br>
Director of Marketing and Communications<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:cmmorris@DuraSpace.org">cmmorris@DuraSpace.org</a><br>
Skype: carolmintonmorris<br>
607 592-3135<br>
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target="_blank">Twitter@DuraSpace</a><br>
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