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If it's June it's time for the 14th Annual Open Repositories Conference this year being held at the University of Hamburg in Hamburg, Germany. DuraSpace will be was represented in workshops and conference sessions by staff and community members. Please be sure and say hello to Andrew Woods, Davis Wilcox, Michele Mennielli and Tim Donohue if you see them and plan on joining them at the DuraSpace reception which will be held at the Pony Bar from 7-9 PM on Monday, June 10.
Thanks to those of you who attended the 14th International Open Repositories Conference and made time to say hello to DuraSpace representatives during the Conference or at the Pony Bar reception. With 550 registered delegates this year's conference was the best-attended OR yet. Our global community remains focused on sharing knowledge and technologies that enable access and preservation of digital content. DuraSpace and Lyrasis are proud to be part of this vibrant and growing scholarly landscape.
We continue to work withIn addition, we are pleased to invite you to submit proposals by June 21 for the upcoming North American DSpace Users Meeting to be held September 23 and 24, 2019 at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
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Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions or feedback.
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