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<P CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"></SPAN><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="1"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> coar-member [<a href="mailto:coar-member-bounces@sub.uni-goettingen.de">mailto:coar-member-bounces@sub.uni-goettingen.de</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kathleen Shearer via coar-member<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 29, 2016 5:43 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:members@coar-repositories.org">members@coar-repositories.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [coar-member] Fwd: Announcement: ETDplus Curation Workbench Tool Available for Public Review and Use<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Dear COAR members,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>If your repository collects theses and dissertations (ETDs), please consider reviewing this curation tool that has recently been released for comment by a group in the US.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Best, Kathleen<br><br>Kathleen Shearer<br>Executive Director, Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR)<br><a href="mailto:m.kathleen.shearer@gmail.com">m.kathleen.shearer@gmail.com</a> - +1 514 992 9068<br>Skype: kathleen.shearer2 - twitter: @KathleeShearer<br><br>--------<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Preserving and Curating ETD Research Data and Complex Digital Objects, Curation Workbench Tool Available for Public Review and Use - (July25 - September 19, 2016)</span></b><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><b><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>The ETDplus project (<a href="https://educopia.org/research/grants/etdplus" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>https://educopia.org/research/grants/etdplus</span></a>) invites Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) program staff, librarians, faculty advisors, and graduate students to participate in a public review of the</span></b><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'></span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'></span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Curation Workbench Tool for Preserving & Curating ETD Research Data & Complex Digital Objects</span></i></b><b><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>. </span></b><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><b><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>About the ETDplus Curation Workbench Tool</span></b><b><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'> </span></b><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The Curation Workbench is a web based tool that is designed to assist students in preparing and packaging ETD supplementary materials for long-term preservation and access. The Curation Workbench includes configurable functions and features that integrate basic preservation actions such as virus scans, integrity checks, file format identification and validation, personally identifiable information scans, and metadata and versioning support into a simple data upload and review workflow. The tool also packages uploaded data and metadata as Bags that users can download and ingest into an array of repository and storage</span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'></span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'></span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>environments. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The development of the Curation Workbench tool has been led by the Digital Library Development Team</span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'></span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>from Virginia Tech University in collaboration with the Educopia Institute. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><b><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Review (and Use!) the Curation Workbench Tool</span></b><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Interested ETD stakeholders can test a demonstration version of the Curation Workbench at the following website: </span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><a href="http://etdplusdemo.educopia.org/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1155CC'>http://etdplusdemo.educopia.org/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>To test and use the tool you will first need to create an account by selecting “sign up” and then entering an email and password. This account will only be functional for the duration of the review phase of the Curation Workbench tool (until September 2016). The maximum size for uploaded files is 200 MB and no more than 100 files can be uploaded at one time during the review phase. </span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>We are releasing the Curation Workbench--both during this initial public review phase and after it is refined--as open source software. We want institutions to use, integrate, and implement this tool in whatever way works for their local audiences.</span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'> </span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>We invite you to help us refine the Curation Workbench tool by drawing our project team’s attention to any features or functions that need to be modified, revised, broadened, or narrowed. Please send us an email with your suggestions at the addresses below by or before</span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'></span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'></span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>September 19, 2016. We plan to integrate the community’s feedback before formally releasing the tool on GitHub later this summer. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br>We will gladly accept feedback between July 25 and</span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'></span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'></span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>September 19, 2016. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>If you have any further questions about the</span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'></span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'></span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Curation Workbench<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'></span></i><i><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></i><i><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'></span></i><i><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>or about the ETDplus project, don't hesitate to reach out to us:</span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><a href="mailto:katherine@educopia.org" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1155CC'>Katherine Skinner, Principal Investigator</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="mailto:katherine@educopia.org" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC'></span><span style='color:#1155CC'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC'></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>(<a href="mailto:katherine@educopia.org" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>katherine@educopia.org</span></a>)</span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><a href="mailto:sam@educopia.org" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1155CC'>Sam Meister, Co-Principal Investigator</span></a></span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> (<a href="mailto:sam@educopia.org" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>sam@educopia.org</span></a>)</span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><a href="mailto:courtney@educopia.org" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1155CC'>Courtney Vukasinovic, Administrative Coordinator</span></a></span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> (<a href="mailto:courtney@educopia.org" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>courtney@educopia.org</span></a>)</span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><b><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>About the </span></b><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><a href="https://educopia.org/research/grants/etdplus" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1155CC'>ETDplus Project</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The project is generously funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and led by the</span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'></span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'></span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://educopia.org/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC'>Educopia Institute</span></a></span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>, in collaboration with the NDLTD, HBCU Alliance, bepress, ProQuest, and the libraries of Carnegie Mellon, Indiana State, Morehouse, Oregon State, Penn State, Purdue, University of Louisville, University of Tennessee, the University of North Texas, and Virginia Tech.</span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Project Advisory Group</span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:47.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Dr. Tyler Walters (Dean of Libraries, Virginia Tech)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:47.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span 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style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:47.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Gail McMillan (Virginia Tech, Director of Digital Research & Scholarship Services)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:47.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Kathleen Shearer (Confederation of Open Access Research, Executive Director)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:47.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Dwayne K. Buttler (University of Louisville, Evelyn J. Schneider Endowed Chair for Scholarly Communication)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:47.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Amy Jo Barton (Purdue University Libraries, Metadata Specialist)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Project Steering Committee</span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:47.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Dr. Martin Halbert (UNT, Dean of Libraries and Associate Professor)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:47.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-ZA 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style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:47.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Carly Dearborn (Purdue University Libraries, Digital Preservation & Electronic Records Archivist)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:47.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Gabrielle Michalek (Carnegie Mellon University, Head of Archives & Digital Library Initiatives)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:47.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Michael Boock (Oregon State University, Head of Center for Digital Scholarship and Services)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:47.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-ZA 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style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:47.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Eli Windchey (Bepress, Vice President of Consulting Services)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:47.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Joe Swanson, Jr. (Morehouse College, Director of Morehouse School of Medicine Library)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:47.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Zhiwu Xie (University Libraries Virginia Tech, Associate Professor & Technology Development Librarian)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:47.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-ZA 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<TD STYLE="WIDTH: 100%" WIDTH="100%"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><STRONG>Lazarus Matizirofa</STRONG></SPAN><BR><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="1">Team Leader: DCCM</FONT></SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="1">Knowledge Management Corporate (KMC)</FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="1"><BR>Tel: +27 12 481 4016</FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="1"></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="1"> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="1"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="1"><BR>Email: lazarus.matizirofa@nrf.ac.za</FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"> </FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></SPAN></B></FONT></FONT></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></P><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="1">
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