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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The last workshop as part of the Wits Library – NRF digitisation training initiative will be presented
 on the <b><span style="color:blue">28 and 29 November 2022</span></b> as an online event.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The theme will centre around the pilot aggregator which the Wits—NRF Initiative developed in collaboration
 with EBSCO and participating institutions. It will be presented in its present format during the workshop. This is an important outcome from the Wits Library – NRF Initiative, with prospects of developing a national aggregator project for South Africa.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The workshop will be presented by
<b><span style="color:blue">EBSCO</span></b> <b><span style="color:blue">on the 28 November 2022</span></b>, followed by a response from
<b><span style="color:blue">Dr Roger Layton on the 29 November 2022</span></b> . The main objective is to establish a way forward for a national heritage aggregator, identifying opportunities, requirements, responsibilities and commitments, in order to achieve
 that. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The online presentations will be as follows – and we will be sending the Zoom links closer to the
 time:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><u><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">DAY 1    PRESENTATION BY EBSCO - Contributing to the National Aggregator – Technical
 requirements, metadata and standards</span></u></b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:54.0pt">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">How does EBSCO make your information available?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">What happens with hosting?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">How is the metadata delivered? Preferred methods and alternatives<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">What formats are supported?
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The information that is needed<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">What then? How can I take part?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><u><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">DAY 2    PRESENTATION BY DR ROGER LAYTON – Vision and a Reference Model of a national
 aggregator</span></u></b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">       Reference Model based on the Digital Heritage Framework model<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">       Future-proofing of the national aggregator, based on the Trusted Digital Repositories concerns for sustainability
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">       An interactive approach in which data is gathered during the workshop to gather inputs from the delegates to be conducted both in terms of short group discussions<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">      and presentations, and online surveys conducted and reported during the presentation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please confirm your attendance or indicate the names and contact email of people from your organisation
 who would be attending the workshop – <b><span style="color:blue">by no later than the 24 November 2022 –
</span></b>and copy <b><span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:gabriele.mohale@wits.ac.za" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">gabriele.mohale@wits.ac.za</span></a>
</span></b>,<b><span style="color:blue"> <a href="mailto:Azizo.dafonseca@wits.ac.za" target="_blank">
<span style="color:blue">Azizo.dafonseca@wits.ac.za</span></a> </span></b>, <b><span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:charl.roberts@wits.ac.za" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">charl.roberts@wits.ac.za</span></a> .</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#C0504D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA">Azizo Da Fonseca<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#C0504D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA">Digitisation Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#548DD4;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA">African Digital Humanities’ Project<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA">Historical Papers Research Archive,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA">Wits Digitisation Centre,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA">William Cullen Library,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA">University of the Witwatersrand,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA">Private Bag X1, Wits 2050, Johannesburg,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA">South Africa.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:azizo.dafonseca@wits.ac.za"><span style="color:blue">azizo.dafonseca@wits.ac.za</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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