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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>*<b>Posted on behalf of the LIASA Eastern Cape Branch</b>*<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'>Dear Colleagues<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:black'>Develop your skills in becoming a Scholarly Communication Librarian – closing date for registration is 20 May:<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Workshop on managing and publishing your scholarly journal online using Open Journal Systems (OJS)</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>The scholarly publishing arena has been influenced by the Internet and specifically the World Wide Web (WWW) in many ways. Online journal management offers many benefits, including higher dissemination, increased access, reach, and visibility, leading to higher impact of individual research articles published. Journals all over the world are more and more joining hands with IT, Research and Library Divisions on campus to start hosting their own, instead of making use of sometimes very expensive publishers.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>The<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.assaf.org.za/"><span style='color:#954F72'>Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)</span></a>, in collaboration with higher education and research institutions in the Eastern Cape (LIASA Eastern Cape Branch/SEALS), would like to invite all editors, journal managers, librarians and other role players in the scholarly publishing process to a one day workshop on managing and publishing a scholarly journal in the online environment, using<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/"><span style='color:#954F72'>Open Journal Systems</span></a>. The following will also be addressed: workflow, unique identifiers, metadata, roles & responsibilities and criteria for a high quality open access journal, in line with the Department of Higher Education and Training policy for research output and criteria for accreditation.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'> </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Workshop Details</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Date:</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Friday 27 May 2016, 09:00 - 16:00</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Venue:</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (details to follow once registered)</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Costs:</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>R 150.00 (you will receive an invoice following registration, with banking details for payment)<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Facilitator:</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Ina Smith, Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Please register:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><a href="http://goo.gl/forms/3tWGxRFHBN"><span style='color:#954F72'>Click here to register online.</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>Please register by 20 May 2016.</b></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Looking very much forward meeting you at the workshop!<span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span></span><i>Please share with journal editors and journal managers*</i></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Kind regards</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Linda Ntaka</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>PRO: LIASA Eastern Cape Branch (2014 – 2016)</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;background:white'>Tel.: +</span><span class=skypec2ctextspan><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white'>27(0)</span></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'> </span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>46 603 7338<span class=apple-converted-space><span style='background:white'> </span></span><br><span style='background:white'>Email:<span style='color:#888888'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:l.ntaka@ru.ac.za"><span style='color:#954F72'>l.ntaka@ru.ac.za</span></a></span></span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>