[IRTalk] Hilton Gibson passed away

[Kelemwork Kassahun]

Dear Leti

I am so sorry to hear this sad news, even though I have never meet him, I
have been benefited a lot from him, may god rest his soul in peace




On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 8:07 AM, Bedassa Motuma <bedassamm at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Leti,
> It was so sad to hear the pass away of Gibson, the Dspace and Open Access
> Community hero. Really the Open Access Community have lost one a great man.
> RIP.
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> *Bedassa Motuma (MSc)Director, Library SystemMobile: +251945052133
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> On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 10:55 PM, Naniki Maphakwane <
> nmaphakwane at staff.bocodol.ac.bw> wrote:
>
>> Dear Leti,
>> On behalf of Botswana Library Consortium and on my own behalf I would
>> like to pass my condolences to Gibson's family and to the DSpace and Open
>> Access family in South  Africa and indeed in the far end of the world.
>> Botswana's  DSpace and Open Access community has benefited a lot from
>> Gibson's knowledge, skills and experience. May His Soul  Find Eternal Peace
>> in The Lord.
>> Kind regards,
>> Naniki Maphakwane
>>
>> On 8 May 2017 at 12:07, Leti Kleyn <Leti.Kleyn at up.ac.za> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear IR Community member,
>>>
>>> it is with great regret that I have to inform you that our Open Access
>>> colleague, Hilton Gibson, passed away this morning after a struggle with
>>> pancreatic cancer.
>>>
>>> Hilton was know for his irreplaceable contribution to the DSpace and
>>> Open Access community in South African and the African continent at large.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Leti Kleyn
>>>
>>> *Dr Leti Kleyn*
>>> Manager: Open Scholarship & Digitisation Programmes
>>> Department of Library Services
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>>> University of Pretoria
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>>>
>>> <http://repository.up.ac.za>
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