<div dir="ltr"><div>Sorry Omo. I missed the 2 last webinars. Is it possible to have a synthesis on the key elements discussed please?<br>Thanks a lot Omo.<br>Best regards</div><div><br><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div><i><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">Dr OUATTARA-COULIBALY Cécile</span></b></i></div></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">PhD en sciences de l'information et de la Documentation</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Enseignante-chercheure</div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3792-1527" target="_blank">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3792-1527</a></span><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Sous-Directrice en charge des commissions scientifiques</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Coordinatrice des activités techniques de la Bibliothèque Virtuelle de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique de Côte d'Ivoire</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">C<font color="#444444">el : +225 01 02 02 77 81</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#444444">E-mails : <a href="mailto:ouattara.cecile1@gmail.com" target="_blank">ouattara.cecile1@gmail.com</a>, </font><a href="mailto:cecile.coulibaly@uvci.edu.ci" style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">cecile.coulibaly@uvci.edu.ci</a><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:12.8px"> </span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><img src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif" style="font-size:12.8px"><br><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le mar. 5 sept. 2023 à 16:08, Omo Oaiya <<a href="mailto:omo.oaiya@wacren.net">omo.oaiya@wacren.net</a>> a écrit :<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>The date is Sept 5.  We announced in August that the last session was postponed to today.  You missed a great session.  <br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 5 Sep 2023, at 15:16, Nana Opoku Osei-Sraha <<a href="mailto:nanaopoku@gimpa.edu.gh" target="_blank">nanaopoku@gimpa.edu.gh</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large">August is past ohhhh</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large">please re check the date.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large">thank you</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span><div dir="ltr" align="left"><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="204"><col width="510"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:135.831pt"><td style="border-right:2.25pt solid rgb(241,194,50);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><div style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:174px;height:174px"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/MtdInJTdgvkEN_uWBa71cIydBE_P84lqyVSppNCsfMMCMCQApR_E6wfLHEBiBPQjzrqOo3W88s8dxudYpNf6FuskpJyUtdFnSWqRpwluXkeL1Po2EjnG0y_u7eX68YM8Jgay1qK8Vh5g6t7Xcg" width="96" height="96" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></span></div></td><td style="border-left:2.25pt solid rgb(241,194,50);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><div style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:14.1732pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Nana Opoku Osei-Sraha</span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.8;margin-left:14.1732pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Position:</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Programmes Advisor / ICT Supervisor, </span></div><div style="line-height:1.8;margin-left:14.1732pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">GIMPA - TRAINING & CONSULTING</span></div><div style="line-height:1.8;margin-left:14.1732pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align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d for August. The webinar series is in three sessions, each lasting for one hour. The dates for these sessions are as follows: August 1st, August 15th, and August 22nd.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">To register for this enlightening webinar series, please click on the following link: <a href="https://wacren.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ek5nnZ21SB6Dm70IRHarrg#/registration" target="_blank">https://wacren.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ek5nnZ21SB6Dm70IRHarrg#/registration</a></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">We look forward to you joining us for the first session next week in this opportunity to expand our understanding of ARK and its significance in the context of persistent identifiers.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best wishes,</div><div dir="auto">Omo</div></div><div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>
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