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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:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Thanks for this information Hilton.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>The Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA) is <a href="http://www.liasa-new.org.za/declarations-signed/">also a signatory to this declaration</a>. It can be signed by an individual or an organisation. I would really like to encourage all advancing knowledge discovery in the digital age to sign this declaration. South Africa needs to play a bigger role – see <a href="http://thehaguedeclaration.com/the-hague-declaration-on-knowledge-discovery-in-the-digital-age/">http://thehaguedeclaration.com/the-hague-declaration-on-knowledge-discovery-in-the-digital-age/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Ina<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> irtalk-bounces@lists.lib.sun.ac.za [mailto:irtalk-bounces@lists.lib.sun.ac.za] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Hilton Gibson<br><b>Sent:</b> 23 January 2016 09:57 AM<br><b>To:</b> irtalk@lists.lib.sun.ac.za; fabteam@lists.lib.sun.ac.za<br><b>Subject:</b> [Irtalk] The Hague Declaration<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>The Hague Declaration aims to foster agreement about how to best enable access to facts, data and ideas for knowledge discovery in the Digital Age. By removing barriers to accessing and analysing the wealth of data produced by society, we can find answers to great challenges such as climate change, depleting natural resources and globalisation.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><a href="http://thehaguedeclaration.com/">http://thehaguedeclaration.com/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>