[Irtalk] Invitation to Online Open Access Seminar: University of Stellenbosch (South Africa), 20 October 2010

Smith, Ina <ismith@sun.ac.za> ismith at sun.ac.za
Fri Oct 8 12:33:17 SAST 2010


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Dear Colleagues

We take pleasure in inviting your organization to the Virtual Seminar on Open Access to Information<http://oa.sun.ac.za/>, to be hosted by the Library and Information Service,
University of Stellenbosch.

Date: 20 October 2010
Time: 14h00-17h30 (UTC+2), Africa/Johannesburg Timezone
Venue: Online at http://oa.sun.ac.za

During this event various aspects of open access will be explored, amongst others, publishing in an open access journal, editing an
open access journal, the use of open source software to facilitate greater sharing of information, a presentation by Mr Mark Shuttleworth, and more.

This forms part of activities worldwide in support of open access to information, celebrated during Open Access Week<http://www.openaccessweek.org/> 18-24 October 2010.
On this day the Rector or his designate will be signing the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities<http://oa.mpg.de/openaccess-berlin/berlindeclaration.html> to demonstrate
the University's commitment to openly sharing its research output with Africa and the rest of the world. The seminar will be broadcasted in real time via the
Internet - all in the spirit of opening access and sharing. More information is available at: http://oa.sun.ac.za

RSVP on or before 15 October 2010 - please click here<http://oa.sun.ac.za/register.htm> and complete the online form if you wish to follow the seminar online. Instructions will be forwarded to you once you have registered.

With kind regards

Dr Reggie Raju
Director: Information Technology and Communication/Direkteur: Inligtingstegnologie en Kommunikasie
Library and Information Service/Biblioteek- en Inligtingsdiens
Stellenbosch University/Universiteit, South Africa/Suid-Afrika
E-mail/E-pos: rraju at sun.ac.za<mailto:rraju at sun.ac.za>
Tel.: +27 (0) 21 808 4641

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