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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-ZA link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Dear Colleagues<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>The following were previously only accessible in print, but has been made available as online courses for you to study online. Open Access and scholarly publishing are more and more becoming crucial and required skills. You can acquire the necessary skills through self-learning and through becoming involved in activities – locally, nationally, internationally. See <a href="http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/resources/news-and-in-focus-articles/all-news/news/unescos_open_access_oa_curriculum_is_now_online/#.VgkQX_mqqkp">http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/resources/news-and-in-focus-articles/all-news/news/unescos_open_access_oa_curriculum_is_now_online/#.VgkQX_mqqkp</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=bodytext style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Curriculum for Library Schools</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0cm;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Module 1:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0023/002319/231920E.pdf" target="_blank"><span style='color:#214A87'>Introduction to Open Access</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0cm;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Module 2:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0023/002322/232204E.pdf" target="_blank"><span style='color:#214A87'>Open Access Infrastructure</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0cm;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Module 3:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0023/002322/232201E.pdf" target="_blank"><span style='color:#214A87'>Resource Optimization</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0cm;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Module 4:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0023/002321/232199E.pdf" target="_blank"><span style='color:#214A87'>Interoperability and Retrieval</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0cm;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white;orphans: auto;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=bodytext style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Curriculum for Researchers</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0cm;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Module 1:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0023/002319/231938e.pdf" target="_blank"><span style='color:#214A87'>Scholarly Communications</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0cm;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Module 2:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0023/002322/232207E.pdf" target="_blank"><span style='color:#214A87'>Concepts of Openness and Open Access</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0cm;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Module 3:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0023/002322/232208E.pdf" target="_blank"><span style='color:#214A87'>Intellectual Property Rights</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0cm;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Module 4:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0023/002322/232210E.pdf" target="_blank"><span style='color:#214A87'>Research Evaluation Metrics</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0cm;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Module 5:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0023/002322/232211E.pdf" target="_blank"><span style='color:#214A87'>Sharing your Work in Open Access</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Ina<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Ina Smith<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century 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