<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Dear Colleagues</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Open Access is high on LIASA’s agenda for this coming year.
This e-mail just to share a few observations/comments ….</font></p>
<p class="" style><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">1. 1. Please join LIASA, and become a member of LIASA
HELIG. We need you all, especially in taking OA forward. Librarians are instrumental in this.</font></p>
<p class="" style><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">2. 2. LIASA is in the process of collaborating with
SPARC to also establish a SPARC Africa Chapter. We need your support, and will
keep all posted.</font></p>
<p class="" style><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">3. 3. As LIASA members, we will be offering you
exciting webinars on topics of high importance. We will be giving local and
international experts the opportunity to share their expertise during this
coming year.</font></p>
<p class="" style><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">4. 4. We will soon be sharing more news on the OA Standing
Committee for LIASA. Watch this space!</font></p>
<p class="" style><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">5. 5. It was a privilege to be co-presenter with
Lazarus Matizirofa during the past conference. View the slides from here: <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/inaviljoensmith/open-access-be-seen-be-read-be-cited-have-impact">http://www.slideshare.net/inaviljoensmith/open-access-be-seen-be-read-be-cited-have-impact</a>
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<br>6. More practical, useful examples of the impact of OA – shared during the LIASA
conference:<br>
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Jack Andraka (16) invented a diagnostic test for pancreatic cancer using OA
articles <a href="http://chronicle.com/article/Open-Access-to-Research-Can/136065">http://chronicle.com/article/Open-Access-to-Research-Can/136065</a><br><br>Daniel Mietchen: <a href="http://www.openhealthnews.com/news-clipping/2013-10-01/asap-awards-%E2%80%93-interview-daniel-mietchen">http://www.openhealthnews.com/news-clipping/2013-10-01/asap-awards-%E2%80%93-interview-daniel-mietchen</a><br><br>Opening Tesla patents to advance innovation: <a href="http://www.dailytech.com/Elon+Musk+Freely+Offers+All+Tesla+Motors+Patents+to+Everyone+Hopes+to+Spur+EV+Movement/article36047.htm">http://www.dailytech.com/Elon+Musk+Freely+Offers+All+Tesla+Motors+Patents+to+Everyone+Hopes+to+Spur+EV+Movement/article36047.htm</a></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"></font></p>
<p class="" style><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">6. 7. If a resource is open access for an academic
library, it means it is also open for public and school libraries. Please work
with public and school libraries and help them to take OA forward, so that all
can benefit.<br>
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See LIASA OA Workshop presentation for public, school, academic libraries etc.
- introduction: <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/inaviljoensmith/open-access-oa-introduction">http://www.slideshare.net/inaviljoensmith/open-access-oa-introduction</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Many thanks for the great work you all do in terms of OA!
All the best with your OA week activities, and all the best with taking OA
forward with renewed effort, energy and enthusiasm.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Would be great to hear all the success stories at some
stage!</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">With kind regards</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Ina (on behalf of LIASA HELIG)</font></p></div>