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<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.75pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.5pt;
margin-left:0cm'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dear OAI Community,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.75pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.5pt;
margin-left:0cm'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>OAI is fundamental to the discovery and
efficient use of digital materials held in digital repositories, and forms a
vital element in the infrastructure for repositories. You are therefore invited
to respond to a public consultation questionnaire issued by the European
Commission, inviting views to inform the development of e-science digital
repositories in <st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place>. The letter of
invitation is copied below, and the questionnaire is available at </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://ec.europa.eu/yourvoice/ipm/forms/dispatch?form=eSciDR"
title="http://ec.europa.eu/yourvoice/ipm/forms/dispatch?form=eSciDR">http://ec.europa.eu/yourvoice/ipm/forms/dispatch?form=eSciDR</a><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'>.</span></font></span></font><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.75pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.5pt;
margin-left:0cm'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The consultation is part of the e-SciDR
study to help the Commission to promote further the use of digital repositories
in Europe </span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>(<a
href="http://www.e-scidr.eu/" title="http://www.e-scidr.eu/">http://www.e-scidr.eu/</a>)</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>. To this end the study will inform the senior decision
makers in the Commission on the current status of digital repositories, on the
views of all stakeholders in repositories, and propose policy options to the
Commission. Thus the study will inform how funding will be directed to
repository development.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.75pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.5pt;
margin-left:0cm'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The study has the active interest of key
institutions and individuals involved in OAI.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.75pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.5pt;
margin-left:0cm'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>With apologies for any cross-posting,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.75pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.5pt;
margin-left:0cm'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Philip Lord,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.75pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.5pt;
margin-left:0cm'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Director, Digital Archiving Consultancy<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.5pt;
margin-left:0cm'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.5pt;
margin-left:0cm'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The Commission’s invitation; <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.75pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.5pt;
margin-left:0cm'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>“May I invite you, to contribute to
the development of a knowledge society and digital infrastructure in <st1:place
w:st="on">Europe</st1:place>, by taking part in the European Commission’s
online public consultation on e-Science Digital Repositories which is available
at </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://ec.europa.eu/yourvoice/ipm/forms/dispatch?form=eSciDR"
title="http://ec.europa.eu/yourvoice/ipm/forms/dispatch?form=eSciDR">http://ec.europa.eu/yourvoice/ipm/forms/dispatch?form=eSciDR</a><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.75pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.5pt;
margin-left:0cm'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>This consultation forms a key part of the
e-SciDR (<a href="http://www.e-scidr.eu/" title="http://www.e-scidr.eu/">http://www.e-scidr.eu/</a>)
study funded by the Commission into repositories holding digital data and
publications for use in the sciences (in the widest sense, encompassing
disciplines from the humanities and social sciences to the life sciences and
physical sciences). <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.75pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.5pt;
margin-left:0cm'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Your answers will help identify needs,
priorities and opportunities which the European Union, through the Commission,
can help address and drive forward in the FP7 Capacity</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'> Programme</span></font><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> and
will provide an important input to developing future policy initiatives.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.75pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.5pt;
margin-left:0cm'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>All answers will be strictly confidential
and anonymised.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.75pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.5pt;
margin-left:0cm'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>If you would like to receive a summary of
the consultation results, please tick the corresponding box on the questionnaire.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>-----------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Philip Lord, MSc CILIP
MIMA CMath FRSA<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>The Digital Archiving
Consultancy Limited<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>T: +44 (0)20 8607 9102 | F:
+44 (0)70 5067 5010 </span></font><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Registered in <st1:country-region
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4900634<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="mailto:pwl@d-archiving.com">pwl@d-archiving.com</a>
| www.d-archiving.com</span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>-----------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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