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<h3 style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-size:2.15em;color:rgb(63,149,195);clear:both;font-weight:normal;line-height:1em">Call for applications: CERN-UNESCO School on Digital libraries 2018</h3><div class="gmail-content_intro" style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;text-align:left;overflow:hidden;zoom:1"><div class="gmail-news-single-img gmail-video" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 15px 0px 0px;text-align:left;float:left;width:240px"></div><h4 style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;clear:both;color:black;font-weight:bold;display:inline;float:none;font-size:1.05em">Deadline: 1 August 2018</h4></div><div class="gmail-news-content gmail-clearfix" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-align:left;display:block"><p class="gmail-bodytext" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-size:1.05em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will co-organize the “UNESCO-CERN School on Digital Libraries 2018” which will be held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 8 to 12 October 2018 and will be hosted by Nairobi University.</p><p class="gmail-bodytext" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-size:1.05em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The purpose of the school is to deepen the participants’ understanding of digital libraries, expose new trends in scientific publishing and emphasize a set of principles related to open access, both for data and publications, crucial to promoting open science.</p><p class="gmail-bodytext" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-size:1.05em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The programme, which will consist of a mix of lectures and practical tutorials, will cover the following topics:</p><ul style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:11.76px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px 20px 10px 0px;overflow:visible;background:none">Overview of open software solutions for operation of digital libraries, in particular Invenio</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px 20px 10px 0px;overflow:visible;background:none">Introduction to relevant web technologies and APIs</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px 20px 10px 0px;overflow:visible;background:none">Cataloguing formats</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px 20px 10px 0px;overflow:visible;background:none">Persistent identifier systems</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px 20px 10px 0px;overflow:visible;background:none">Available information resources</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px 20px 10px 0px;overflow:visible;background:none">Open access principles</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px 20px 10px 0px;overflow:visible;background:none">Operation of institutional repositories</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px 20px 10px 0px;overflow:visible;background:none">Opportunities for developing countries</li></ul><p class="gmail-bodytext" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-size:1.05em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The lectures will be given by information professionals working within leading international organizations, the publishing industry and the library IT business.</p><p class="gmail-bodytext" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-size:1.05em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The school is aimed at librarians and IT information specialists working with libraries. We welcome applications from all African countries. Preferences will be given to duos, consisting of one librarian and one IT specialist, both working in the same academic environment, with 5-15 years of experience.</p><p class="gmail-bodytext" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-size:1.05em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Spoken and written English is a compulsory requirement to participate in the programme (a certificate of English competency for applicants for non-anglophone countries will be required).</p><p class="gmail-bodytext" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-size:1.05em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bold">Financial support</span></p><p class="gmail-bodytext" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-size:1.05em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The expenses for non-Kenyan participants, namely: travel, accommodation, meals, health insurance and visa expenses will be paid by the organizers. For participants working in Kenya only accommodation (for non-Nairobi residents) and meals will be covered by the organizers.</p><p class="gmail-bodytext" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-size:1.05em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bold">Applications</span></p><p class="gmail-bodytext" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-size:1.05em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">All candidates should send their applications by email to:<span> </span><a style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(33,74,135);text-decoration:none">school.digilibr(at)cern.ch.</a></p><p class="gmail-bodytext" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-size:1.05em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Applications comprised a CV and a motivation letter.</p><p class="gmail-bodytext" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-size:1.05em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bold">More information</span></p><p class="gmail-bodytext" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-size:1.05em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">School website (<a href="http://school-digilibr.web.cern.ch/" target="_blank" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(33,74,135);text-decoration:none">http://school-digilibr.web.cern.ch/</a>)</p><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline">

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