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</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'>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><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Webinar: “Safeguarding Research in South Africa<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span>- iThenticate & Crossref Similarity Check”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>A variety of similarity detection tools can be utilized to assist journals in detecting plagiarism within the online scholarly environment. The use of these tools can assist editors to protect the quality and integrity of the journal, but also of all individuals associated with the journal. Tools often used include </span><a href="http://turnitin.com/"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Turnitin</span></a><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'> and </span><a href="http://www.ithenticate.com/"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>iThenticate</span></a><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>. The ideal would be to have these tools integrated as part of the scholarly publishing workflow, and fortunately online journal management systems such as </span><a href="https://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Open Journal Systems (OJS)</span></a><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'> and </span><a href="http://ipscience.thomsonreuters.com/product/scholarone/?utm_source=Adwords&utm_medium=paid&utm_campaign=scholar1&gclid=CLjKpNH5hs4CFUSfGwodnDALkg&gclsrc=aw.ds"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>ScholarOne</span></a><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'> make provision for this.<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'>ASSAf takes pride in hosting the following event which aims to help South African journals adhere to international high quality standards of trustedness. <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 invite all journal editors and others interested to the mentioned webinar, to be presented by Shivendra Naidoo (CrossRef/iThenticate/Turnitin and Nadine Wubbeling (ASSAf).<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'>Date:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'> 11 August 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Time<span style='color:black'>:</span></span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'> 9:00 (SA) or 10:00 (UK)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>Venue:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'> Virtual via ASSAf </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Webinar (connection details to be forwarded once you have registered)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Requirements:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'> Stable Internet with good connectivity, Internet Browser such as Chrome or Firefox, Sound/Speakers (please test beforehand)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Please register by <span style='color:#C00000'>9 August 2016</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span></span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>– <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfxXQTi02_7ZN9fW7nZdQIQMX0WoswgYCGj0mp59fCVSZ7Rdw/viewform?usp=send_form">click here to register</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;color:black'>Looking forward to you joining us for this much needed event!<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'>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>Ina (on behalf of ASSAf Scholarly Publishing Unit 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:#1F497D'><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:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Ina Smith</span></b><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><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;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>SciELO Planning Manager<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;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)<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;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://orcid.org/"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#338CAF;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=16 height=16 style='width:.1666in;height:.1666in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.gif@01D1E40F.CBBF2880" alt="http://orcid.org/sites/default/files/images/orcid_16x16(1).gif"></span></a><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9710-3668"><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:blue'>http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9710-3668 </span></a><u><span 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