[IRTalk] Hilton Gibson passed away

[Katongole Juma]

What a shock!!!!! and LOSS!!. Hilton was a great MAN who was always on
target. I worked with him on standardizing and upgrading of Makerere
University IR.

May his soul rest in eternal peace.

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On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 1:07 PM, 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
> Merensky Library Room 2.24.2
> University of Pretoria
> 8 leti.kleyn at up.ac.za ) 012 420 3876
>
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