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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
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your information:</span></font></i></b><font face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-family:Arial'> (please excuse cross-posting)<b><i><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>An international workshop on digital preservation of
datasets will be held at SLU in Uppsala/Sweden <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>26-27
April 2006.</span></font></i></b><font face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-family:Arial'> Fourteen Swedish universities are involved and share
costs for a project on joint digital university archives. A pilot project has
been carried out at the SLU with a test of four different scientific datasets
within DSpace environment as a technical solution for archiving. We focused on
both “bit and functional” preservation, and implementation of OAIS
(Open Archival Information System Reference Model).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The workshop will touch upon the critical issues for
preservation of datasets, possibilities and scientists’ needs to future
access and reuse of the material. One of the major aims is to provide an
international forum to exchange experience in digital preservation of datasets
and get feed-back for the initiative to establish a joint digital university
archives. Conference language is English.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The workshop is <b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>open to all interested</span></i></b> in digital
preservation. For the preliminary programme and registration details,
please see:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www-conference.slu.se/digitalpreservation"
title="http://www-conference.slu.se/digitalpreservation">http://www-conference.slu.se/digitalpreservation</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Welcome!<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>/Renata Arovelius <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>for the AGDA - group (Working Group on Joint Digital
University Archives)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>______________________________________</span></font><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Renata Arovelius<br>
SLU (Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet)/<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Swedish</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> of Agricultural Sciences<br>
Universitetsledningens kansli<br>
Rector Office<br>
Arrheniusplan 2
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Tel: +46 18 671283<br>
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Fax: +46 18 672000<br>
S-750 07 <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Uppsala</st1:place></st1:City><br>
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e-post/E-mail: Renata.Arovelius@adm.slu.se<br>
</span><a href="http://www-jurdok.adm.slu.se/" eudora=autourl><span lang=EN-GB>http://www-jurdok.adm.slu.se/</span></a></font>
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