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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'>That is indeed good news! I forgot to also mention – the Library and Information Association of SA (LIASA) also signed it during the past LIASA Conference.<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'>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ina<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;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"'> ikuchma@gmail.com [mailto:ikuchma@gmail.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Iryna Kuchma<br><b>Sent:</b> 03 November 2011 12:55<br><b>To:</b> Smith, Ina <ismith@sun.ac.za><br><b>Cc:</b> irtalk@lists.lib.sun.ac.za<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Irtalk] Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>UCT has just signed: <a href="http://blogs.uct.ac.za/blog/oer-uct/2011/11/02/university-of-cape-town-signs-the-berlin-declaration-on-open-access-to-scientific-knowledge" target="_blank">http://blogs.uct.ac.za/blog/oer-uct/2011/11/02/university-of-cape-town-signs-the-berlin-declaration-on-open-access-to-scientific-knowledge</a> and some more African signatories will be announced at Berlin 9 conference, e.g. <span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Makerere University from Uganda is one of them. <br><br>Congratulations to all!<br><br>Best wishes,<br>Iryna<br><br>Iryna Kuchma<br>EIFL Open Access Programme Manager<br><a href="http://www.eifl.net">www.eifl.net</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 3 November 2011 12:43, Smith, Ina <<a href="mailto:ismith@sun.ac.za" target="_blank">ismith@sun.ac.za</a>> <<a href="mailto:ismith@sun.ac.za" target="_blank">ismith@sun.ac.za</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Colleagues<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Congratulations to all who have recently signed the Berlin Declaration! From Africa – on the list (<a href="http://oa.mpg.de/lang/en-uk/berlin-prozess/signatoren/" target="_blank">http://oa.mpg.de/lang/en-uk/berlin-prozess/signatoren/</a>):<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>323 24.10.2011 University of the Free State Jonathan D. Jansen<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>320 23.09.2011 National University of Lesotho Mafa M. Sejanamane<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>312 12.08.2011 University of Pretoria Stephanie Burton<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>289 30.09.2010 Universiteit Stellenbosch – Stellenbosch University Arnold van Zyl<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>UCT to sign soon!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Also see:<o:p></o:p></p><h2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="http://digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/2011/11/01/association-of-research-libraries-endorses-the-berlin-declaration-on-open-access-to-knowledge-in-the-sciences-and-humanities/" target="_blank" title="Permanent Link: Association of Research Libraries Endorses the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities">Association of Research Libraries Endorses the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities</a></span><o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Ina<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>Ina Smith</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/usscholar" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=21 height=25 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CC9A2A.28DB5AF0" alt="Description: 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