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Universiteit Stellenbosch is ook deel van hierdie internasionale gemeenskap, en het reeds die</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <a href="http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/4816">Berlynse Verklaring</a> <span style='color:black'>onderteken om te demonstreer dat ons daartoe verbind is om ons navorsing met ander te deel. Gedurende die afgelope jaar het die Universiteit aansienlik vordering gemaak ten opsigte van oop toegang. Die digitale navorsingsbewaarplek, </span><a href="http://scholar.sun.ac.za/">SUNScholar</a>, <span style='color:black'>wat gebruik word om tesisse, verhandelinge, navorsingsartikels, ens. digitaal te bewaar, het onder andere aansienlik gegroei. Dit bevat reeds 14 100 rekords en groei steeds. Die Universiteit se verbintenis tot oop toegang het ook gelei tot die ‘publisering’ van veertien ooptoegangstydskrifte (waarvan nege DvO-geakkrediteer) gedurende die afgelope vyf maande. Dit was ’n besonderse jaar vir ons, en daarom is dit aangenaam om u uit te nooi om deel te hê in die opwinding wat gepaard sal gaan met die bekendstelling van die tydskriftitels wat gepubliseer word met behulp van <i>Open Journal Systems (OJS)</i> sagteware.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Datum:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> 27 Oktober 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Tyd:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> 14:00-17:30 (UTC+2), Afrika/Johannesburg Tydsone<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Fisiese lokaal:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> JS Gericke Biblioteek, Ouditorium, Stellenbosch Universiteit, Wes-Kaap, Suid-Afrika</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> (<a href="http://www.sun.ac.za/university/Virtual%20Views/route_SU_n2.jpg">Aanwysings na Universiteit</a> – <a href="http://www.sun.ac.za/university/campusmap/newmap/Afr/map1BIG.html">Kampuskaart</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Virtuele ruimte:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.sun.ac.za/streaming">http://www.sun.ac.za/streaming</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Twitter:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> #usscholar of @usscholar<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Hierdie seminaar vind plaas ter ondersteuning van wêreldwye aktiwiteite om oop toegang te bevorder tydens </span><a href="http://www.openaccessweek.org/">Oop<span style='color:#1F497D'>t</span>oegangsweek</a> 24 - 28 Oktober 2011. Die <a href="http://oa.sun.ac.za/?page_id=126">program</a> <span style='color:black'>sal fokus op die publisering in ooptoegangtydskrifte, en die Biblioteek- en Inligtingsdiens is baie bevoorreg om twee internasionale navorsers en sprekers oor die onderwerp te kan insluit, naamlik proff</span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevan_Harnad">Stevan Harnad</a> en <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Suber">Peter Suber</a>. <span style='color:black'>Prof Stevan Harnad sal ’n interaktiewe virtuele aanbieding doen om onsekerhede oor oop toegang uit die weg te ruim. Proff Harnad en Suber,</span> <a href="http://www.gray-area.co.za/"><span style='color:#1F497D'>d</span>r Eve Gray</a> (<span style='color:#1F497D'>o</span>op<span style='color:#1F497D'>t</span>oegang-aktivis, UCT) en <a href="http://www.imasa.org/"><span style='color:#1F497D'>p</span>rof Arrie de Beer</a> (iMasa, <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'>Ecquid Novi)</span></strong><span style='color:black'> sal daarna deelneem aan ’n paneelbespreking waartydens kwessies insake publisering in ooptoegangtydskrifte, kopiereg, intellektuele eiendom, outeursregte, die kwaliteit van die redigeerproses, en baie meer gedebatteer sal word.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>U word uitgenooi om genoemde vordering saam met ons te vier, ook by die funksie na afloop van die geleentheid. Ons sien daarna uit dat u die seminaar sal kan bywoon!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>RSVP voor of op 18 Oktober 2011</b> – <a href="http://oa.sun.ac.za/?page_id=105">registreer asb. deur die aanlynvorm te voltooi</a> (gebruik asb. <b>Firefox</b> of <b>Chrome</b>, en nie Internet Explorer), ook indien u beplan om die virtuele sessie te volg.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Vriendelike groete<o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="45%" style='width:45.78%'><tr><td width="50%" valign=bottom style='width:50.16%;background:white;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.14%;background:white;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td valign=top style='background:white;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td valign=top style='background:white;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td width="49%" valign=top style='width:49.16%;background:white;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td width="0%" nowrap valign=top style='width:.14%;background:white;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></div><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Colleagues<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>In the international arena the Open Access Movement has made significant strides with leading universities and research institutions committing to openly sharing its research output. Stellenbosch University has also joined this international cohort of open access advocates and has signed the</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <a href="http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/4816">Berlin Declaration</a> <span style='color:black'>confirming its commitment to openly sharing its research output. During the past year the University has made considerable progress in terms of opening access to information. The University is also actively preserving its research output (research articles, theses, dissertations, etc.) via its institutional repository,</span> <a href="http://scholar.sun.ac.za/">SUNScholar</a>, <span style='color:black'>with 14 100 records listed to date. The University commitment has grown in leaps and bounds culminating in ‘publishing’ journal titles in open access forums using open source software. The year 2011 has been exceptional for Stellenbosch University in terms of showcasing its commitment to open access and the concomitant showcasing of its research output. Therefore the University has pleasure in inviting you to the launch of fourteen journal titles (of which nine are DoE accredited) that will be published using the open source software, <i>Open Journal Systems (OJS).</i> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Date:</span></strong><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>27 October 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Time:</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> 14:00-17:30 (UTC+2), Africa/Johannesburg Timezone<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Physical venue: </span></strong><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'>JS Gericke Library Auditorium,</span></strong><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Stellenbosch University, Western Cape, South Africa </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>(<a href="http://www.sun.ac.za/university/Virtual%20Views/route_SU_n2.jpg">Directions to University</a> – <a href="http://www.sun.ac.za/university/campusmap/newmap/Afr/map1BIG.html">Campus Map</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Virtual <span style='color:#1F497D'>s</span>pace:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <a href="http://www.sun.ac.za/streaming">http://www.sun.ac.za/streaming</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Twitter:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> #usscholar or @usscholar<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>This event forms part of activities worldwide in support of open access to information, celebrated during </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.openaccessweek.org/">Open Access Week</a> 24 - 28 October 2011. The <a href="http://oa.sun.ac.za/?page_id=126">program<span style='color:#1F497D'>me</span> for the day</a> <span style='color:black'>will focus on publishing in open access journals, and the Library and Information Service is fortunate enough to have international experts on open access, Professors</span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevan_Harnad">Stevan Harnad</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Suber">Peter Suber</a>. <span style='color:black'>Prof Stevan Harnad will do a virtual interactive presentation on Open Access. </span><a href="http://www.gray-area.co.za/">Dr Eve Gray</a> <span style='color:black'>(Open Access Activist, UCT) and </span><a href="http://www.imasa.org/">Prof Arrie de Beer</a> (iMasa, <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'>Ecquid Novi)</span></strong> <span style='color:black'>will join Profs Harnad and Suber in a panel discussion to debate issues such as publishing in open access journals, copyright, intellectual property, authors’ rights, the quality of the peer-review process, and many more. You are invited to celebrate the above achievements with us, and to join us for the social event afterwards. We are looking forward to you attending this seminar!</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Kindly RSVP </span></strong><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>on or before</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>18 October 2011</span></strong> – please <a href="http://oa.sun.ac.za/?page_id=105">register by completing the online form</a> (please use <b>Firefox</b> or <b>Chrome</b>, and not Internet Explorer), also if you plan to follow the event via live streaming.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Kind regards</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Ina Smith<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/usscholar"><span 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