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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>We are glad to announce the publication of the portal
Openarchives.eu (</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a href="http://www.openarchives.eu/"><span
lang=EN-GB>http://www.openarchives.eu</span></a></span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>)
developed by Horizons Unlimited (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Bologna</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Italy</st1:country-region></st1:place> – <a
href="http://www.horizons.it/">http://www.horizons.it</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>This portal uses repositories and collections’
descriptions harvested from the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Illinois OAI-PMH Data Provider Registry</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>.
The search engine and other editorial contents that complete the originary
database have been developed by Horizons Unlimited.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>We hope Openarchives.eu will help the OAI community
in searching OAI-PMH compliant digital collections around the world, we also
provide a gateway for searching metadata through the most important service
providers’ engines.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Openarchives.eu is a contribution to the Open Access community.
Our mission is providing the Italian and European open access community with a
new set of tools for data and service providers in the Universities, Public Libraries
and the Public Administration. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Please refer to our web site (<a
href="http://www.horizons.it/">http://www.horizons.it</a>) for more details on
our OAI-PMH services.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>We will be very grateful for any suggestion, comment,
correction, integration or new infos you will send us to make our work better.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName ProductID="Giulio Blasi" w:st="on"><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Giulio
Blasi</span></font></st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Arial'>________________________________________________</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Horizons Unlimited srl<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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font-family:Arial'>via Fioravanti 59/2 | 40128 - Bologna</span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>tel. 051-41.56.611 | fax 051-3370387</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Email e MSN Messenger: <a href="mailto:blasi@horizons.it">blasi@horizons.it</a> |
Web: <a href="http://www.horizons.it">http://www.horizons.it</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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