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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>as announced, it is my duty to announce the next downtime for the Labfolder MPDL Instance. This will be on <b>Thursday 11 March from 8 a.m. CET</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>With this downtime the Labfolder MPDL Instance will be updated to the version 2.3.2 (<a href="https://www.labfolder.com/release-notes/cloud/">https://www.labfolder.com/release-notes/cloud/</a>). This update contains the <b>new group concept for Labfolders Material Database</b> and will therefore allow you to manage inventories based on your Labfolder group(s).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>This requires a safety precaution on your part:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Together with your local IT admin, you should be able to generate a list of all registered users on your local server and send an informative newsletter to those.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Prior to this update</span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>, we recommend to temporarily assign all inventory lists to the respective Labfolder group admin - this is a precaution <b>to prevent the loss of access to certain inventory lists and to maintain the validity of all your material links</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>As a group admin or inventory list creator, please follow these steps:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>• Go to Manage > Material Database<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>• Select each of your existing inventory lists individually<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>• Go to the inventory Options > Manage Permissions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>• Make sure your Labfolder <b>group admin is the only owner</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>When accessing the Material Database, after the release was successfully installed on your local server, you will be prompted with a pop-up window. This will enable you to assign the inventory lists back to the entire group. Ensuring that no one will lose access to the created material lists, it is recommended that you review the share settings of each Material Database category.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <img border=0 width=235 style='width:2.4513in' id="_x0000_i1040" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/i2V2LyALUeMQrJs0fYktwtJsGNAWKl80W2JntxHz99S99EohTSpDUZkaD3ZoPJ5x0mKE2VFoy5DdcsWhB8XdEkXrGlGkxjQFzgbXHF-D3ekYzjBPQ2ZCUV1jdXRVYsWZuOSgpoqT"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>In addition to this new feature, the release further encompasses a drop-down attribute for inventory lists, the possibility to copy/paste images from the clipboard into your Labfolder entries and the addition of API endpoint to create and extract templates.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>For more details, please visit our website or specifically the release notes via <a href="http://www.labfolder.com/release-notes/server/">www.labfolder.com/release-notes/server/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Please don't hesitate to contact the Labfolder support team (feedback@labfolder.com) if you have any further questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Kind regards from Munich,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Yves Vincent Grossmann<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:DE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:DE'>_________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:DE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:DE'>Dr. Yves Vincent Grossmann<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:DE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:DE'>Max Planck Digital Library<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:DE'>Collections<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:DE'>Forschungsdatenmanagement<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:DE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:DE'>Amalienstr. 33<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:DE'>80799 München<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:DE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:DE'>089-909311-294<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:DE'>grossmann@mpdl.mpg.de<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:DE'><a href="http://www.mpdl.mpg.de/"><span lang=EN-GB>www.mpdl.mpg.de</span></a></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:DE'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:DE'><a href="https://rdm.mpdl.mpg.de/"><span lang=EN-GB>www.rdm.mpdl.mpg.de</span></a></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:DE'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>