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		<title>What is digital curation?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dilbert&#8217;s take:

I prefer &#8220;digital preservation&#8221; or &#8220;permanent access&#8221; as long as we understand usability/understandability as a necessary part.
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		<link>http://www.alliancepermanentaccess.org/index.php/2011/10/30/what-is-digital-curation/</link>
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		<title>Riding the Wave to the European Parliament</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Both the Riding the Wave report and ODE’s Ten Tales made a big splash to the European Parliament on Thursday (21st Oct). This is especially important at this time, as the next Framework programme is about to come out.
The meeting, a workshop on Scientific Data Infrastructures, involved MEPs, led by Teresa Riera Madurell and also ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alliancepermanentaccess.org/index.php/2011/10/23/riding-the-wave-to-the-european-parliament/</link>
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		<title>APA daily newspaper</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just as the Guardian newspaper was a little cautious about the paper.li service, I was not sure about its value. However I did set up the APA Daily News a few weeks ago and it does seem useful. To supplement what the paper.li service provides I added a combined RSS feed which brings together as ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alliancepermanentaccess.org/index.php/2011/08/23/apa-daily-newspaper/</link>
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		<title>EU Public hearing on access to and preservation of scientific information</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The EU is holding a consultation in Luxembourg today in preparation  for a new EU Communication on access to and preservation of scientific  information.
I was asked to speak for 7 minutes under the heading of preservation  of research outputs. Here is what I said &#8211; I hope that I reflected at  ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alliancepermanentaccess.org/index.php/2011/05/30/eu-public-hearing-on-access-to-and-preservation-of-scientific-information/</link>
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		<title>PV 2001 deadline extended to April 11</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The deadline for submission of abstracts to the PV2011 conference, which will take place in Toulouse on 15-17 Nov, has been extended to April 11th. This conference is unusual in that it focusses on preservation and adding value to scientific data.
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		<link>http://www.alliancepermanentaccess.org/index.php/2011/03/24/pv-2001-deadline-extended-to-april-11/</link>
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		<title>What Researchers Want</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was pleased to receive an email recently which pointed me to a publication by the SURF Foundation -  http://www.surffoundation.nl/en/publicaties/Pages/Whatresearcherswant.aspx. The report is a review of literature describing what researchers want with regard to storage of and access to research data and makes extensive use of the PARSE.Insight reports, as well as quoting the .
One ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alliancepermanentaccess.org/index.php/2011/03/10/what-researchers-want/</link>
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		<title>Oracle Preservation and Archiving Special Interest Group (PASIG) EMEA Meeting 4-5 April, London</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Monday April 4, 2011 &#8211; Wednesday April 6, 2011
British Library Conference Centre
Map and Directions &#124; Register
Description:
Over two days, this meeting will bring together Education, Government, Healthcare and Research organisations from Europe, the Middle East and Africa interested in discussing computing solutions and best practices in the area of long-term data retention and access. This meeting ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alliancepermanentaccess.org/index.php/2011/03/09/oracle-preservation-and-archiving-special-interest-group-pasig-emea-meeting-4-5-april-london/</link>
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		<title>PV 2011: Ensuring Long-Term Preservation and Adding Value to Scientific and Technical Data. 15-17 No</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday November 15, 2011 &#8211; Friday November 18, 2011
Hôtel Mercure Atria Toulouse Compans Caffarelli
Map and Directions &#124; Register
Description:
DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS SUBMISSION: 15 March 2011 11 April 2011

Standards for Archives and Interoperability enabling new added value services
After five very successful events, PV 2002 at CNES in Toulouse, France, PV 2004 at ESA/ESRIN in Frascati, Italy, PV ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alliancepermanentaccess.org/index.php/2011/03/09/pv-2011-ensuring-long-term-preservation-and-adding-value-to-scientific-and-technical-data-15-17-nov-toulouse/</link>
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		<title>APARSEN Kicked-Off</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What really works in digitall preservation....]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alliancepermanentaccess.org/index.php/2011/02/14/aparsen-kicked-off/</link>
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		<title>FEMA Loses Lessons Learned Data</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An interesting article at http://bit.ly/fuTK1z about access to a database at FEMA &#8211; a story of digital preservation albeit in the short-term.
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		<link>http://www.alliancepermanentaccess.org/index.php/2011/02/14/fema-loses-lessons-learned-data/</link>
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