<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]--><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Wingdings;
panose-1:5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Century Gothic";
panose-1:2 11 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
h2
{mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 2 Char";
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#954F72;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.Heading2Char
{mso-style-name:"Heading 2 Char";
mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 2";
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
font-weight:bold;}
p.headingsnewsletter, li.headingsnewsletter, div.headingsnewsletter
{mso-style-name:"headings newsletter";
mso-style-priority:99;
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
line-height:115%;
font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black;
font-weight:bold;}
span.EmailStyle19
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";
color:windowtext;
font-weight:normal;
font-style:normal;}
span.EmailStyle20
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D;
font-weight:normal;
font-style:normal;}
span.EmailStyle21
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D;}
span.EmailStyle22
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";
color:#002060;}
span.EmailStyle23
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D;}
span.EmailStyle24
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D;}
span.EmailStyle25
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D;}
span.EmailStyle26
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D;
font-weight:normal;
font-style:normal;}
span.EmailStyle27
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D;
font-weight:normal;
font-style:normal;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
/* List Definitions */
@list l0
{mso-list-id:234249106;
mso-list-template-ids:1488073490;}
@list l0:level1
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level2
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level3
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level4
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level5
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level6
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level7
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level8
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level9
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1
{mso-list-id:440801496;
mso-list-template-ids:-1489222144;}
@list l1:level1
{mso-level-tab-stop:.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l1:level2
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:o;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";}
@list l1:level3
{mso-level-tab-stop:1.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l1:level4
{mso-level-tab-stop:2.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l1:level5
{mso-level-tab-stop:2.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l1:level6
{mso-level-tab-stop:3.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l1:level7
{mso-level-tab-stop:3.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l1:level8
{mso-level-tab-stop:4.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l1:level9
{mso-level-tab-stop:4.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l2
{mso-list-id:1834103494;
mso-list-template-ids:969575068;}
@list l3
{mso-list-id:2083525159;
mso-list-template-ids:433873112;}
@list l3:level1
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l3:level2
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:o;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";}
@list l3:level3
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l3:level4
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l3:level5
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l3:level6
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l3:level7
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l3:level8
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l3:level9
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
ol
{margin-bottom:0in;}
ul
{margin-bottom:0in;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Dear Colleagues<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>This our second communication to keep you posted on developments on our side. Through this initiative we would like to create a forum to stay in touch with journal editors and other role players, but also to take scholarly publishing in our country forward in terms of international best practice. Thank you for being part of this forum, and for your contributions to all these successes. It would not have been possible without you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>ASSAf now an international ORCID ambassador<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>It is with great excitement that we would like to announce that ASSAf is now an official ambassador for ORCID, together with the following</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>ambassadors:<span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#939598;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.editage.com/"><span style='color:#338CAF;text-decoration:none'>Editage</span></a>, USA</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#939598;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.knowledgee.com/"><span style='color:#338CAF;text-decoration:none'>KnowledgeE</span></a>, Dubai, Middle East<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#939598;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.redalyc.org/home.oa"><span style='color:#338CAF;text-decoration:none'>Redalyc</span></a>, Mexico<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#939598;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.scienceopen.com/home" target="_blank"><span style='color:#338CAF;text-decoration:none'>ScienceOpen</span></a>, Germany and USA<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>More information on the role of an ORCID Ambassador: <a href="https://orcid.org/content/orcid-ambassadors">https://orcid.org/content/orcid-ambassadors</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=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Example ORCIDs: <br>Prof Robin Crewe <a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-8250">http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-8250</a> <br>Prof John Butler-Adam <a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3364-4131">http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3364-4131</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>View the following clip to see what ORCID is about:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://vimeo.com/97150912"><span style='color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=601 height=326 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D16FA1.DB576290"></span></a><span style='color:#1F497D'><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";color:black'>We would like to encourage editors, reviewers, authors and others involved in scholarly publishing to please <a href="https://orcid.org/signin">register for an ORCID</a> if they haven’t done so already. Also encourage other researchers at your institutions to start using this ID, which can be added to email signatures, as well as publications, web pages, and metadata associated with these. Looking forward to </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>seeing all <span style='color:black'>researchers connected via ORCID! Well done to institutions who</span> have <span style='color:black'>already implemented ORCID successfully! Please do not hesitate to contact us should you need any assistance.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Available ORCID APIs:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ol start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Free public API (<a href="http://members.orcid.org/api/introduction-orcid-public-api">see more</a>)</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Member API (<a href="http://members.orcid.org/api/introduction-orcid-member-api">see more</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Peer reviews of DHET accredited scholarly journals<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>The reviews of journals in the following three discipline groups will be taking place in the first half of 2016: Humanities II: Visual & Performing Arts; Communication, Information Science & Knowledge Systems; and, Engineering & Architecture. The peer review panels for these groups will meet in March 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>We have sent out another reminder to journal editors who have not completed the questionnaire. Your responses will assist peer reviewers in conducting a thorough review of your journal. We would like to emphasise that the delay in completing and submitting the questionnaire will delay the peer review process. If you do not submit the questionnaire then the published report of the results will state that the “editor did not complete the questionnaire”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>We are also feeding the data from the questionnaire through to the Centre for Research on Evaluation and Technology (CREST) in Stellenbosch. CREST has been commissioned by ASSAf to complete a Study of Scientific Journal and Book Publishing in South Africa which will look at the trends and changes in journal publishing over the last decade. The information you provide will assist CREST with this research.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Thank you to all who have already completed and sent the questionnaires (in this case, please ignore the reminder!). We do appreciate the time and energy that goes into completing it. Please let us know if you have not received the email request and questionnaire. <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"'>Progress re digital preservation of SciELO SA issues<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>The transfer of retrospective SciELO SA issues to the Portico dark archive has begun. The most vulnerable journal titles will be given priority. <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=headingsnewsletter style='text-align:justify;line-height:110%'><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Journal Information on SciELO SA Web Site<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=headingsnewsletter style='text-align:justify;line-height:110%'><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>If your editorial board or publisher has changed in the last few months you need to let us know about the changes that need to be made for your journal on the SciELO SA web site </span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F4E79;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_alphabetic&lng=en&nrm=iso"><span style='color:#1F4E79'>http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_alphabetic&lng=en&nrm=iso</span></a></span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=headingsnewsletter style='text-align:justify;line-height:110%'><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>Corrections can be forwarded to Louise van Heerden, Email: </span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F4E79;font-weight:normal'><a href="mailto:louise@assaf.org.za"><span style='color:#1F4E79'>louise@assaf.org.za</span></a></span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=headingsnewsletter style='text-align:justify;line-height:110%'><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:110%'><b><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>SciELO SA Journal Status<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Our collection has grown to <span style='color:#1F4E79'><a href="http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_alphabetic&lng=en&nrm=iso"><span style='color:#1F4E79'>61 titles</span></a></span>, and it was visited more than 1.3 million times during 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>SciELO SA: Collection Growth February 2014 – February 2016<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=120 valign=top style='width:89.7pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Date <o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=124 valign=top style='width:93.1pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Articles<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=122 valign=top style='width:91.25pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Issues <o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=112 valign=top style='width:83.65pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Titles<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width=120 valign=top style='width:89.7pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>1 February 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=124 valign=top style='width:93.1pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>7 060<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=122 valign=top style='width:91.25pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>419<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=112 valign=top style='width:83.65pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>40<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=120 valign=top style='width:89.7pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>1 February 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=124 valign=top style='width:93.1pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>11 310<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=122 valign=top style='width:91.25pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>702<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=112 valign=top style='width:83.65pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>49<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=120 valign=top style='width:89.7pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>1 February 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=124 valign=top style='width:93.1pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>16 973<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=122 valign=top style='width:91.25pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>1 102<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=112 valign=top style='width:83.65pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>61<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>SciELO SA usage 2009 - 2015<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=579 height=313 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image001.png@01D16EED.BCF21020"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA 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";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Invitation to next ASSAf webinar on journal article retractions<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>We would like to make use of this opportunity to invite you to our next webinar, which will deal with best practice in terms of journal article retractions, handling complaints, managing comments, and all other errors that might occur post-publication. <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"'>Date: 10 March 2016 (Thursday)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Time: 11:00-12:00 SA Time<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Venue: Virtually via ASSAf Webinar (more details will be shared following registration)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Presenter: <a href="http://www.pspconsulting.org/resume.shtml">Pippa Smart</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Please register</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'> by 8 March 2016. <a href="http://goo.gl/forms/4iI0Ew73ug">Click here</a> to register.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002060'><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><h2 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://journals.assaf.org.za/blog/2016/02/23/growing-your-journals-reputation-and-impact/"><span style='color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'>Growing Your Journal’s Reputation and Impact</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>The following video is worthwhile to watch! Also in terms of capacity building when it comes to guaranteeing the sustainability of your journal. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr-fAbK681o">Click here</a> to view. <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><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr-fAbK681o"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=643 height=414 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image003.png@01D16EFA.97968B00"></span></a><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"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Progress with ASSAf OJS Pilot<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>The editors of our four pilot OJS journal project are making huge progress! Once the pilot has come to an end, a report with recommendations will be compiled and ASSAf will be entering into a MoU with these journals. The outcome of the project is important in terms of identifying how ASSAf can assist journals to publish in line with international standards, at the same time making it more affordable. Click on the titles to view and give us some feedback:<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"'><a href="http://journals.assaf.org.za/index.php/per">Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal (PELJ)/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad (PER)</a><br>Prof Christa Rautenbach<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"'><a href="http://journals.assaf.org.za/index.php/sacq">South African Crime Quarterly</a><br>Dr Chandré Gould & Dr Andrew Faull<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"'><a href="http://journals.assaf.org.za/index.php/sajsm">South African Journal of Sports Medicine</a><br>Prof Mike Lambert<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 style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><a href="http://journals.assaf.org.za/index.php/tvl">Tydskrif vir Letterkunde</a><br>Prof Hein Willemse<o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Please contribute to the ASSAf SPU News Blog!<o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'>If you run into interesting articles, or would like to contribute in any way to our informal news blog, please send your contributions to <a href="mailto:susan@assaf.org.za">susan@assaf.org.za</a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>. <span style='color:black'>Access this news blog from <a href="http://journals.assaf.org.za/blog/">http://journals.assaf.org.za/blog/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></h2><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"'>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Susan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Susan Veldsman<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Director: Scholarly Publishing Unit<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Switchboard: +27 12 349 6600 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tel: +27 12 349 6611 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Fax: +27 (0) 86 576 9525<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Email: </span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:susan@assaf.org.za"><span lang=EN-US>susan@assaf.org.za</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=565 height=87 id="_x0000_i1028" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D16FBA.CA8C2F40" alt="20 years signature"></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>1st Floor Block A, The Woods, 41 De Havilland Crescent, Persequor Park <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Meiring Naudé Road, Lynnwood 0020, Pretoria, South Africa. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>PO Box 72135, Lynnwood Ridge 0040, Pretoria, South Africa. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Website: </span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.assaf.org.za/"><span lang=EN-US>www.assaf.org.za</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>