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<h3>Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></h3>
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<p><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">We are here calling for contributions to and participation in iPRES2021, Oct. 19-22, 2021.
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<p><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">iPRES, or the International Conference on Digital Preservation(
<a href="%20https:/ipres-conference.org/" target="_blank">https://ipres-conference.org/ </a>), is the premier conference series on digital preservation. Since 2004 there have been annual iPRES conferences around the globe for the international digital preservation
community to share their recent research, development projects, implementation efforts, and other practical experiences, and to enhance collaborations within the field and across the related domains.
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<p><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Because of the COVID-19 outbreak, the iPRES2020 had to be postponed to iPRES2021. With the support of the whole community, the 17th International Conference on Digital Preservation, iPRES2021, (<a href="http://ipres2021.ac.cn/" target="_blank">http://ipres2021.ac.cn/ </a>
), will be held at the National Science Library, in Oct 19-22, 2021, Beijing, China, and will be organized in a hybrid mode. iPRES2021 will be co-hosted by the National Science and Technology Library (NSTL) and the National Science Library of Chinese Academy
of Sciences(NSL). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">With this letter, we are sending you the Call for Contributions and the Call for Participation. Please see the attached documents for details. Or, you can refer to the documents at
<a href="http://ipres2021.ac.cn/dct/page/70005" target="_blank">http://ipres2021.ac.cn/dct/page/70005 </a>
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<p style="text-align:start"><strong><span style="font-size:15.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Important Dates</span></strong><span style="font-size:15.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:red">30 Apr. 2021: All peer-reviewed paper submissions due</span><span style="color:red">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:red">30 Apr. 2021: Proposals for other peer-reviewed due</span><span style="color:red">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">01 May, 2021: Registration open for early birds
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">15 Jun. 2021: All peer-reviewed contributions notified</span>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">15 Jun. 2021: Submission begins for Lightning Talks</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">31 Jul. 2021: Revisions due</span>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">01 Aug. 2021: Registration closed for early birds and open for regular registration.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">15 Aug. 2021: Acceptance decisions notified</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">15 Aug. 2021: First full program</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">15 Spt. 2021: Second full program</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">10 Oct. 2021: Final full program</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">19-22 Oct. 2021: Conference</span>
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<p><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any question about iPRES2021 at
<a href="mailto:ipres2021@mail.las.ac.cn">ipres2021@mail.las.ac.cn </a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Looking forward to see you at iPRES2021 on-site or online.
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<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Chairs of iPRES2021 Organizing Committee<br>
Director & Professor Yiqi Peng, National Science and Technology Library, Ministry of Science and Technology of China<br>
Director & Professor Xiwen Liu, National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Stefan Strathmann<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Georg-August-Universität Göttingen<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Göttingen State and University Library<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">D-37070 Göttingen<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Platz der Göttinger Sieben 1 (Central Library, Room 2.23)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">+49 551 39-7806 (Tel.)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">strathmann@sub.uni-goettingen.de<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">http://www.sub.uni-goettingen.de/<o:p></o:p></p>
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