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An unfortunate conflict with the DLF Forum, but fyi, please share within your institutions. pb ------ Forwarded Message (via Don Waters, for Chris Greer, NSF) Dear Colleague, We are writing to draw your attention to a newly-released, NSF solicitation, entitled Sustainable Digital Data Preservation and Access Network Partners (DataNet). You can access the solicitation at the NSF web site: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07601/nsf07601.pdf The specific goals of this program are to support the development of a small set of full-scale exemplars of new types of digital data preservation and access organizations that: (1) combine expertise in library and archival sciences, computer, computational, and information sciences, cyberinfrastructure, and domain sciences and engineering; (2) develop models for economic and technological sustainability over multiple decades; (3) engage at the frontiers of science and engineering research and education as an information resource, an object of research, and a research entity; and (4) work cooperatively and in coordination to create a functional data network with revolutionary new capabilities for information access, use, and integration without regard to conventional barriers such as data type and format, discipline or subject area, and time and place. Please note that an informational meeting for prospective Principal Investigators will be held 10 am to noon, Tuesday, November 6, 2007, Room 595 NSF Stafford II building, Arlington, Virginia. The informational meeting will be webcast for remote viewing and archived for delayed viewing. Details will be posted on the OCI web page (www.nsf.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=OCI) or may be obtained by contacting any of the program contacts listed on this solicitation or calling the Office of Cyberinfrastructure at 703-292-8970. Please use the contact information on the solicitation to forward your questions or requests for additional information. Also, we hope you will share this information with others you think may have an interest in this solicitation. With Best Regards, Chris Greer, Lucy Nowell, Sylvia Spengler National Science Foundation Chris Greer, PhD Senior Advisor for Digital Data Office of Cyberinfrastructure (OCI) National Science Foundation 4201 Wilson Blvd, Rm 1145 Arlington, VA 22230 ------ End of Forwarded Message