[Oa-italia] Fwd: [IFLA-L] Call for Proposals: Open Repositories Annual Conference, 2013 and 2014
Mauro Guerrini
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Mar 13 Set 2011 07:58:32 CEST
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Saluti,
Mauro Guerrini
*Call for Proposals: Open Repositories Annual Conference, 2013 and 2014*
The Open Repositories Steering Committee seeks proposals from candidate
host organisations for the 2013 and 2014 Open Repositories Annual
Conference. Preference will be given to North American hosts for OR2013,
and to European hosts for OR2014. Proposals from all geographic areas
will, however, are given consideration.
_Important Dates_
The Committee is accepting proposals to host OR2013 through October 28,
2011. Please submit initial expressions of interest by October 7, 2011.
Proposals for the OR2014 conference will be accepted until March 1,
2012. Initial expressions of interest are encouraged and should be
received by December 31, 2011.
Candidate institutions must have the ability to host a four-day
conference of approximately 350-500 attendees (OR2011 drew approximately
315 attendees). This includes appropriate access to conference
facilities, lodging, and transportation, as well as the ability to
manage a range of supporting services (food services and conference
social events; conference web site; management of registration and
online payments; etc.). The candidate institutions and their local
arrangements committee must have the means to support the costs of
producing the conference through attendee registration and independent
fundraising. The OR Steering Committee can provide further information
on costs and fund-raising associated with recent conferences, or a
sample proposal, to sites that have a potential interest in hosting the
conference.
_Proposal Guidelines_
Organisations interested in proposing to organise a future OR conference
should follow the steps listed below:
1. The target dates for initial enquiries and proposals specified above
should be observed. Please direct enquiries and proposals to OR Steering
Committee Chair John Howard, john.b.howard a ucd.ie
<mailto:john.b.howard a ucd.ie>. Preliminary enquiries to review
requirements of proposals are welcomed. Decisions on proposals can be
expected within approximately 6-8 weeks of the submission deadline.
2. Proposals should include: identification of venue and facilities;
proposed management framework (local arrangements committee), a
preliminary budget and discussion of financial arrangements; a brief
summary of the proposed conference structure. It will be useful to
identify the host institution's engagement with the technologies and
substantive themes relevant to open repositories. Suggestions for
potential conference themes, presentation formats, and so forth are
welcomed. However, the focus of proposals should be on the suitability
of the site and ability of the host institution to manage a conference
that typically includes diverse presentation formats, workshops and
collaborative activities. Proposals should include specific dates for
the event, and note the scheduling of any other potentially conflicting
meetings within several months before or after the proposed meeting
date. Further, written commitments of financial support from sponsoring
institutions, if any, should be submitted in the proposal.
3. The OR Steering Committee will review proposals and may seek advice
from additional reviewers. If the evaluation is positive, the Steering
Committee will tentatively accept the proposal and the proposer will be
asked to prepare and submit a detailed budget to the Steering Committee.
_About Open Repositories_
Since 2006 Open Repositories has hosted an annual conference that brings
together users of open digital repository platforms. For further
information about Open Repositories and links to past conference sites,
please visit the OR home page: http://sites.tdl.org/openrepositories/.
Subscribe to announcements about Open Repositories conferences by
joining the OR Google Group:
http://groups.google.com/group/open-repositories.
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Dr John B Howard, University Librarian and Adjunct Professor,
UCD School of Computer Science and Informatics
UCD James Joyce Library
University College Dublin
Belfield
Dublin 4
Ireland
An Dr John B Howard, Leabharlannaí Ollscoile, agus Ollamh Adjunct,
Scoil na Ríomheolaíochta agus na Faisnéisíochta UCD
Leabharlann James Joyce UCD,
An Coláiste Ollscoile, Baile Átha Cliath,
Belfield,
Baile Átha Cliath 4,
Éire
t: +353 1 716 7067
f:+353 1 283 7667
john.b.howard a ucd.ie <mailto:john.b.howard a ucd.ie>
http://www.ucd.ie/research/people/library/drjohnhoward/
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