*Open Repositories Conference Update: OR2014 Proposal Deadline Extended*
 *A message from the Open Repositories 2014 Conference organizers*

*Helsinki, Finland* The final deadline for submitting proposals for the
Ninth International Conference on Open Repositories (#or2014) has been
extended until Monday, Feb. 10, 2014. The conference is scheduled to take
place June 9-13 in Helsinki and is being hosted by University of Helsinki‘s
twin libraries: Helsinki University Library and the National Library of
Finland.

The theme this year is "Towards Repository Ecosystems" emphasizing the
interconnected nature of repositories, institutions, technologies, data and
the people who make it all work together. You may review the call for
proposals here: http://or2014.helsinki.fi/?page_id=281.

This year the Open Repositories team will be operating a pilot programme
to offer a small number of 'registration fee only' scholarships for
this conference. Details will be announced on the conference website
when registration opens.

*Submit your proposal here: https://www.conftool.com/or2014/
<https://www.conftool.com/or2014/> by Feb. 10, 2014.*

We look forward to seeing you at OR2014!
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-Mike, on behalf of the OR2014 Program Committee​