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<div><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Dear Colleagues</span></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Congratulations on the publication of the UCT Libraries first open access book. On behalf of LIASA, we are proud to have the wealth of knowledge shared on open access and believe that this is just
but the beginning. Let the expertise be widely shared in the Library and Information Services Sector, to take the impact of open access to higher levels.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#00B050"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#00B050">Segametsi Molawa</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Human Sciences Research Council</span></i></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jill Claassen<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 23 December 2015 12:01 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:irtalk@lists.lib.sun.ac.za">irtalk@lists.lib.sun.ac.za</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Irtalk] First open access book published by UCT Libraries</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear All,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">UCT Libraries have published their first open access book, using the Open Monograph Press platform. Implementing the principle of diamond open access publishing, the book is the combination of papers presented at the
preconference of the Academic and Research Libraries Standing Committee of IFLA that was held in August this year. The book is available at:
<a href="http://bit.ly/1keHMbP" target="_BLANK">http://bit.ly/1keHMbP</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Kind regards</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Jill</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:#595959">Jill Claassen </span></u></b></p>
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