<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><font size="3" class="">(Sorry for the cross posting)</font><br class=""><div class="">
<div><div style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">We are pleased to announce that registration for the COAR Annual Meeting and Conference from April 20-24, 2020 in Cusco and Lima, Peru is now open.</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">The theme of this year’s meeting is </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Fostering Diversity in Scholarly Communication</span></div><br class=""><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Diversity is an important characteristic of any healthy ecosystem, including scholarly communications. As we continue on the path towards full and immediate open access (and open scholarship more broadly) we must consider how to ensure diversity can be nurtured and will flourish. This meeting will be an opportunity to learn about new trends and models in scholarly communications including</span><a href="https://www.coar-repositories.org/news-updates/pubfair-version-2-now-available/" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Pubfair: A distributed framework for open publishing services</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">(tambien disponible</span><a href="https://www.coar-repositories.org/news-updates/pubfair-disponible-en-espanol/" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">en espanol</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">); and to discuss the role of repositories in supporting diversity, with a special focus on the Latin American perspective.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">The meeting will be hosted by the</span><a href="https://www.upc.edu.pe/en/" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> and is organized by</span><a href="https://www.coar-repositories.org/" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">COAR</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> in conjunction with</span><a href="https://portal.concytec.gob.pe/" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">CONCYTEC</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> and</span><a href="http://www.lareferencia.info/en/" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">LA Referencia</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Several pre-conference workshops will be held in </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Cusco, Peru on April 20-21,</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> focusing on topics of next generation repositories, peer-review and overlay services for repositories, national and regional network services, as well as a workshop for DSpace users. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">The main COAR Annual Meeting will be held in </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Lima, Peru on April 23-24</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">, and include an international round table with participants from Africa, Asia, North and South America, and Europe; a panel on research assessment; and several keynote speakers.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">The COAR community is very international and therefore most of the sessions will take place in English. The preconference will offer participants simultaneous translation (English-Spanish)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Registration costs for the meeting are €105 for COAR members, €125 for non-members.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Space is limited, so please register soon.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">For more information about the conference, please visit the </span><a href="https://biblioteca.upc.edu.pe/coar2020/" style="text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">conference website</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">.</span></p><a href="https://biblioteca.upc.edu.pe/coar2020/" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">CONFERENCE PAGE</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> </span><a href="https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?utm_source=upc.edu.pe&utm_medium=urlshortener&id=nqplKssl7kiFm3JpfMgFXD81E90GGGREv8-I8U_DjzlUOVNLU1pFUjE1RUhTUk8zT1NSTDhBVzc5Ry4u" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">REGISTRATION</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> </span><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/coar-2020-annual-meeting-general-assembly-tickets-94849460289" style="text-decoration:none;" class="">PAYMENT FOR REGISTRATION</a></span></div></div><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""></div><br class=""><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font><div class="">
<div><font size="3" class="">Kathleen Shearer</font></div><div><font size="3" class="">Executive Director</font></div><div><font size="3" class="">Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR)</font></div><div><font size="3" class=""><a href="http://www.coar-repositories.org" class="">www.coar-repositories.org</a></font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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