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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-ZA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Carol Minton Morris [mailto:cmmorris@fedora-commons.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> 25 October 2011 17:47<br><b>To:</b> SPARC-IR@arl.org; SPARC-OAForum@arl.org; dspace-general@lists.sourceforge.net<br><b>Subject:</b> [Dspace-general] Open Access Week: DSpace in Africa: Growing Open Access to Knowledge and Culture<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Dear Friends and Colleagues,<br><br>In celebration of Open Access Week Oct. 24-30, 2011, DuraSpace takes a look at DSpace Open Access repository development in twelve African countries in a five-part series co-authored by Open Access advocates, librarians and repository managers:<br><br>• Monday, Oct. 24 <b>"<span class=field-content>DSpace in Africa: Growing Open Access to Knowledge and Culture (Botwana, Ethiopia, Ghana)" </span></b><br></span><a href="http://duraspace.org/dspace-africa-growing-open-access-knowledge-and-culture"><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>read post</span></i></a><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br><br>• Tuesday, Oct. 25 <b>"<span class=field-content>DSpace Open Access repository development in Africa: Kenya, Malawi"</span></b><br></span><a href="http://duraspace.org/dspace-open-access-repository-development-africa-mozambique-senegal"><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>read post</span></i></a><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br><br>• Wednesday, Oct. 26 <b>"<span class=field-content>DSpace Open Access repository development in Africa: Mozambique, Senegal"</span></b><br><i>To come </i><br><br>• Thursday, Oct. 27 <b>"<span class=field-content>DSpace Open Access repository development in Africa: Sudan, South Africa"</span></b><br><i>To come </i><br><br>• Friday, Oct 28 <b>"<span class=field-content>DSpace Open Access repository development in Africa: Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe"</span></b><br><i>To come </i><br><br><span class=field-content>All five articles released throughout Open Access Week may be accessed at DuraSpace.org (<a href="http://duraspace.org">http://duraspace.org</a>) or the Open Access Week blog (<a href="http://www.openaccessweek.org/">http://www.openaccessweek.org/</a>).</span><br><br><span class=field-content>"</span>... Learning and inquiry are impeded when scholars lack access to fellow researchers’ work, and when students lack access to the work of scholars before them." </span><a href="http://righttoresearch.org/"><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>—Student Statement on The Right to Research</span></a><br><br>-- <br>Carol Minton Morris<br>DuraSpace<br>Director of Marketing and Communications<br><a href="mailto:cmmorris@DuraSpace.org">cmmorris@DuraSpace.org</a><br>Skype: carolmintonmorris<br>607 592-3135<br><a href="http://twitter.com/duraspace" target="_blank">Twitter@DuraSpace</a><br><a href="http://twitter.com/duracloud" target="_blank">Twitter@DuraCloud</a><br><a href="http://DuraSpace.org" target="_blank">http://DuraSpace.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>