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<p style="padding-left:10px;padding-right:10px"> <br><strong>In This Issue</strong></p>
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<li style="padding-bottom:6px"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff" href="#m_-6551196274451592186_m_8594865387791798686_a01">Spring into ICPSR for a Bit!</a></li>
<li style="padding-bottom:6px"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff" href="#m_-6551196274451592186_m_8594865387791798686_a02">2017 Biennial ICPSR Meeting – Registration is Open!</a></li>
<li style="padding-bottom:6px"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff" href="#m_-6551196274451592186_m_8594865387791798686_a03">A Bouquet of Fresh Workshops!</a></li>
<li style="padding-bottom:6px"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff" href="#m_-6551196274451592186_m_8594865387791798686_a04">School’s Out for Summer, but “ICPSR 101” Continues</a></li>
<li style="padding-bottom:6px"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff" href="#m_-6551196274451592186_m_8594865387791798686_a05">openICPSR – Refreshed and Purrfectly Ready for Deposit!</a></li>
<li style="padding-bottom:6px"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff" href="#m_-6551196274451592186_m_8594865387791798686_a06">Spring Clean Your ICPSR Membership!</a></li>
<li style="padding-bottom:6px"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff" href="#m_-6551196274451592186_m_8594865387791798686_a07">FY2018 Member Invoices Issued in April</a></li>
<li style="padding-bottom:6px"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff" href="#m_-6551196274451592186_m_8594865387791798686_a08">Share your Data in a New Fashion this Spring!</a></li>
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<p style="padding-left:10px;padding-right:10px"><strong>Membership Bits</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left:10px;padding-right:10px">Current membership count: 759</p>
<p style="padding-left:10px;padding-right:10px"># ICPSR Facebook Fans: 4,368</p>
<p style="padding-left:10px;padding-right:10px"># Twitter Followers: 3,092</p>
<p style="padding-left:10px;padding-right:10px"># YouTube Subscribers: 697</p>
<p style="padding-left:10px;padding-right:10px">This newsletter was broadcast on behalf of:</p>
<p style="padding-left:10px;padding-right:10px">ICPSR<br>
University of Michigan<br>
330 Packard<br>
Ann Arbor, MI 48104</p>
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<h2 style="background-color:#d8e0ed;font-size:12pt;padding:10px"><a id="m_-6551196274451592186m_8594865387791798686a01" name="m_-6551196274451592186_m_8594865387791798686_a01"></a>Spring into ICPSR for a Bit! </h2>
<p style="line-height:1.5">Spring is in full bloom in Ann Arbor, and ICPSR is blossoming with many bits and bytes to share! </p>
<p align="center"><img src="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/files/ICPSR/enewsletters/2017-06-05a.png" border="0" width="95%" alt=" "></p>
<h2 style="background-color:#d8e0ed;font-size:12pt;padding:10px"><a id="m_-6551196274451592186m_8594865387791798686a02" name="m_-6551196274451592186_m_8594865387791798686_a02"></a>2017 Biennial ICPSR Meeting — Registration is Open!</h2>
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<p style="line-height:1.5">ICPSR has laid the foundation for the biennial meeting that will take place October 11-13, 2017. The theme is, "<strong>Building for a Data-Driven Future</strong>," and the <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/membership/or/ormeet/workshops.html" target="_blank">meeting program</a> is focused on professional development and practical tips for delivering data services to your institutions. Over 17 workshops and sessions will deliver practical approaches and strategies to discover and access research data, work with data producers to share data, write data management plans, and locate tools and resources to assist in curating, preserving, and managing research data while utilizing ICPSR's resources. Workshops fill quickly — <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/membership/or/ormeet/register.html" target="_blank">register now</a>!</p>
<h2 style="background-color:#d8e0ed;font-size:12pt;padding:10px"><a id="m_-6551196274451592186m_8594865387791798686a03" name="m_-6551196274451592186_m_8594865387791798686_a03"></a>A Bouquet of Fresh Workshops!</h2>
<p style="line-height:1.5">The 2017 ICPSR Meeting will offer <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/membership/or/ormeet/workshops.html" target="_blank">five workshops</a> taking place on Wednesday, October 11. Workshops offer gentle introductions to understanding research methods metadata and statistical software, teaching with data, curating and managing research data for re-use, and an orientation to ICPSR and the Official Representative role. Spaces in many workshops are limited, so <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/membership/or/ormeet/register.html" target="_blank">register</a> soon!</p>
<h2 style="background-color:#d8e0ed;font-size:12pt;padding:10px"><a id="m_-6551196274451592186m_8594865387791798686a04" name="m_-6551196274451592186_m_8594865387791798686_a04"></a>School's Out for Summer, but "ICPSR 101" Continues</h2>
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<p style="line-height:1.5">Ever needed to explain, "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEkqF8cL2qQ&list=PLqC9lrhW1VvZo0M_DE5PrKm2jgmXn_7OY" target="_blank">What is Data Curation?</a>"" and "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4_MFhi4GpU" target="_blank">What are Metadata?</a>"" in two minutes or less? ICPSR's new video series, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqC9lrhW1VvZo0M_DE5PrKm2jgmXn_7OY" target="_blank">ICPSR 101</a>, aims to educate and entertain in an introductory, comfortable, and efficient way whether or not class is in session!</p>
<h2 style="background-color:#d8e0ed;font-size:12pt;padding:10px"><a id="m_-6551196274451592186m_8594865387791798686a05" name="m_-6551196274451592186_m_8594865387791798686_a05"></a>openICPSR — Refreshed and Purrfectly Ready for Deposit!</h2>
<p style="line-height:1.5"><a href="https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/" target="_blank">openICPSR</a>, ICPSR's self-publishing data collection, started the spring season with a fresh, new look and enhanced functionality! Indeed, this is data sharing made so easy, even your cat could do it!</p>
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</p><h2 style="background-color:#d8e0ed;font-size:12pt;padding:10px"><a id="m_-6551196274451592186m_8594865387791798686a06" name="m_-6551196274451592186_m_8594865387791798686_a06"></a>Spring Clean Your ICPSR Membership!</h2>
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<p style="line-height:1.5">Seasons pass. Time moves on. And your membership account gets outdated. We encourage all ORs and DRs to take a quick look at the state of your account. Have you <strong><em>updated your IP range</em></strong>? Your <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/membership/administration/institutions" target="_blank">OR/DR contact information</a> <em>(click on your institution to see your contact names)?</em> Reviewed your <strong><em>utilization reports</em></strong>? All these cleaning tools can be found by visiting <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/membership/index.html" target="_blank">ICPSR's Membership site</a> <strong><em>(select Manage your Membership)</em></strong> and using your OR/DR credentials to log in.</p>
<h2 style="background-color:#d8e0ed;font-size:12pt;padding:10px"><a id="m_-6551196274451592186m_8594865387791798686a07" name="m_-6551196274451592186_m_8594865387791798686_a07"></a>FY2018 Member Invoices Issued in April</h2>
<p style="line-height:1.5">Invoices for the membership period beginning July 1, 2017, were mailed in April and are due on August 30. Missing your invoice? Please <a href="mailto:arun@umich.edu" target="_blank">contact us</a>!
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<h2 style="background-color:#d8e0ed;font-size:12pt;padding:10px"><a id="m_-6551196274451592186m_8594865387791798686a08" name="m_-6551196274451592186_m_8594865387791798686_a08"></a>Share your Data in a New Fashion this Spring!
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<p style="line-height:1.5">ICPSR is in the midst of replacing its digital asset management system from ingest (deposit) to access (dissemination). The beta launch of the new deposit manager has launched and is ready to accept your data deposits! Among other benefits, the <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/deposit/index.jsp" target="_blank">ICPSR deposit manager</a> offers depositors more control over the presentation of data and documentation files, more project status communications, and a customizable workspace. Still more enhancements will roll out this summer!</p>
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