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<DIV>[With apologies for cross-posting]</DIV>
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<DIV>Dear Colleagues</DIV>
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<DIV>One of the <STRONG>University of Pretoria, Department of Information Science</STRONG>'s second year students Josua Goodman, has won the <STRONG>2011 Sparky Awards prize</STRONG> for <STRONG>BEST LIVE ACTION</STRONG>! His video will be highlighted in a new announcement for the 2011 Sparky Awards and featured on the Sparky website. The Sparky Awards are organized by <A onclick=newWindow(this); href="http://www.arl.org/sparc/">SPARC</A>, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, who promote the universal benefits of sharing ideas of all kinds. <A onclick=newWindow(this); href="http://www.arl.org/sparc/"></A> <BR style="CLEAR: both"></DIV>
<DIV>The SPARKY Awards <A href="http://www.sparkyawards.org/">http://www.sparkyawards.org/</A> is a video contest to showcase students' call for Open access.</DIV>
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<DIV>Watch the UP winner video : <STRONG>Breaking News - Open Access Wave Sweeps World</STRONG> <A href="http://vimeo.com/24171277">http://vimeo.com/24171277</A> </DIV>
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<DIV>Congratulations to lecturer Tina van Heerden (from Media Studies) who organized the initiative!</DIV>
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<DIV>Regards</DIV>
<DIV>Elsabé</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri><FONT color=#00006f><STRONG><EM>Elsabe Olivier</EM></STRONG></FONT> </FONT></DIV>
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