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<P class=MsoNormal>Dear Colleagues</P>
<P><SPAN lang=EN-US>The OAI8 Workshop on <U>Current Developments in Scholarly Communication</U> is taking place in the University of Geneva and in CERN, Geneva, on 19-21 June 2013. The Programme can be found at </SPAN><A href="http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=211600"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT color=#0000ff>http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=211600</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN lang=EN-US>.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN lang=EN-US>There are six plenary sessions on:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<LI style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1" class=MsoNormal>Technical developments<o:p></o:p>
<LI style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1" class=MsoNormal>Metrics<o:p></o:p>
<LI style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1" class=MsoNormal>Semantic Indexing<o:p></o:p>
<LI style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1" class=MsoNormal>Research Data<o:p></o:p>
<LI style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1" class=MsoNormal>Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences<o:p></o:p>
<LI style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1" class=MsoNormal>Gold Open Access Infrastructures<o:p></o:p></LI></UL>
<P><SPAN lang=EN-US>The Tutorials, which start the Workshop, are devoted to:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<LI style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2" class=MsoNormal>Research Data Services<o:p></o:p>
<LI style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2" class=MsoNormal>OJS, beyond editorial tradition<o:p></o:p>
<LI style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2" class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US>The NISO/OAI ResourceSync Synchronization Framework<o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2" class=MsoNormal>Open Access Café 2013<o:p></o:p>
<LI style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2" class=MsoNormal>Metrics<o:p></o:p>
<LI style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2" class=MsoNormal>Metadata for the Research Lifecycle<o:p></o:p></LI></UL>
<P><SPAN lang=EN-US>Five Breakout Groups have been arranged so far for group discussions:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<LI style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3" class=MsoNormal>Altmetrics<o:p></o:p>
<LI style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3" class=MsoNormal>Open Access Policy developments<o:p></o:p>
<LI style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3" class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US>How to make your university a monograph publisher<o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3" class=MsoNormal>Open Annotations<o:p></o:p>
<LI style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3" class=MsoNormal>Gold Open Access infrastructures<o:p></o:p></LI></UL>
<P><SPAN lang=EN-US>There will also be 20+ posters in the timetabled poster session.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN lang=EN-US>OAI Workshops are prominent European OA events in the year in which they are held. Places are still available and registration is open at </SPAN><A href="http://indico.cern.ch/confRegistrationFormDisplay.py/display?confId=211600"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT color=#0000ff>http://indico.cern.ch/confRegistrationFormDisplay.py/display?confId=211600</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN lang=EN-US>. The OAI Workshops provide a space for all those interested in developments in Scholarly Communication to come together to learn from each other, to exchange ideas, and to hear papers from leading experts in the field.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN lang=EN-US>The OAI Organising Committee (see </SPAN><A href="http://indico.cern.ch/internalPage.py?pageId=7&confId=211600"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT color=#0000ff>http://indico.cern.ch/internalPage.py?pageId=7&confId=211600</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN lang=EN-US>) looks forward to meeting you all in Geneva in June.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN lang=EN-US>Paul Ayris, Chair of the OAI8 Organising Committee<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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