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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-ZA link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.coar-repositories.org/">https://www.coar-repositories.org/</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444'>We are very pleased to announce our upcoming<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://www.coar-repositories.org/community/events/annual-meeting-2015/"><span style='font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#31927A;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'>conference</span></a>, jointly organized by COAR and SPARC, that will take place in the beautiful city of Porto, Portugal on April 15-16, 2015. The conference will be co-hosted by our members, the University of Porto and the University of Minho.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:15.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444'>In a rapidly evolving world, academic and research institutions must think about becoming agents of change, with greater flexibility and responsiveness than ever before. Part of this change is a shift away from the notion that researchers simply conduct research and produce publications, but rather the research community itself must begin to take on responsibility for ensuring research outputs are widely and openly disseminated, properly curated, and preserved. In this sense, the institution becomes one node in a larger, interconnected network of content producers and stewards.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:15.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444'>There are both challenges and opportunities inherent in this new role. For instance, how do we create a seamless global research network in which all countries and researchers can participate? How can we evaluate research outputs based on their quality, and not on whether they are attached to a prestige publication? How can we manage increasingly large and complex data to support new modes of science and innovation? And how can we ensure that content is appropriately licensed, annotated and preserved to allow it to be re-used and integrated with other related content? Clearly, libraries and institutions must forge new partnerships, nurture new skills and competencies, and develop new organizational structures.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:15.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444'>This conference will address some of the important challenges facing our libraries as we attempt to re-define our roles in an age of constant flux.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444'>Some<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://www.coar-repositories.org/community/events/annual-meeting-2015/general-information-and-travelling/"><span style='font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#31927A;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'>general information</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>about the venue and<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://www.coar-repositories.org/community/events/annual-meeting-2015/accommodation/"><span style='font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#31927A;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'>accommodation</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>are online already. More details about the program and registration will be available soon.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Ina Smith<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Planning Manager - Scholarly Publishing Unit<br></span><i><span style='color:#525252;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>(previously Open Scholarship Manager, Stellenbosch University – until 30 September 2014)</span></i><span style='color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><a href="http://www.assaf.org.za/">Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:middle'><span style='color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>1<sup>st</sup> Floor Block A, The Woods<br>41 De Havilland Crescent, Meiring Naudé Road<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:middle'><span style='color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Pretoria, South Africa, 0020<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><a href="https://www.google.co.za/maps/place/De+Havilland+Cres,+Pretoria,+0020/@-25.7453694,28.2727997,18z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x1e9560424c7df843:0x13cba2579ff86323?hl=en">-25.746092, 28.274414</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Tel.: +27 12 349 6641<br>E-mail: <a href="mailto:ina@assaf.org.za">ina@assaf.org.za</a></span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><img border=0 width=378 height=94 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D03951.E6980100" alt=ASSAf><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>