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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> Thompson, Christina <<a href="mailto:christinathompson@mst.edu">christinathompson@mst.edu</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, September 13, 2026 7:08 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Invite to attend regional IR User Group meeting</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">I want to personally invite you and your institution's repository staff to participate in the Heartland Digital Commons User Group IR+ Fall Meeting. The meeting will be held October 22–23, 2026 from 8:00 a.m. to
4:00 PM each day on the Missouri S&T campus in Rolla, Missouri.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">We are currently accepting registrations for both attendees and presenters. Please consider presenting a session to share your experiences with your repository, the Digital Commons platform, scholarly communications,
publishing, or other digital scholarship initiatives related to institutional repositories.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Attendance is free and will include a continental breakfast and lunch buffet each day. Digital Commons reps will be onsite.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Being a Digital Commons customer is not required to attend, so please feel free to invite colleagues who may be interested but use another platform for their IR. Meeting days will be filled with topics relevant
to all institutional repositories.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">I have attached the pdf flyer you are free to pass on and share with others who may be interested and benefit from this user group meeting. Click the links below to register to attend and present:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="color:#1A73E8"><a href="https://bit.ly/4ckYJhV" target="_blank" id="OWA1bcb6bac-0e2a-70a5-1c22-9b53a8e7fce0"><span style="color:#1A73E8">https://bit.ly/4ckYJhV</span></a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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To submit a workshop/presentation: <u> </u><span style="color:#1A73E8"><a href="https://bit.ly/4wDZbQs" target="_blank" id="OWA000fec7e-010e-6a15-b42d-cd081fcb83f0"><span style="color:#1A73E8">https://bit.ly/4wDZbQs?</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">We look forward to seeing you in Rolla this October! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.75pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#154734">Dr. Christina Thompson</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#154734"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#555555">ChristinaThompson@mst.edu</span></a> Phone: 573-341-7833 Fax: 573-341-4233 Site:
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