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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'><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 style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Ina Smith [mailto:ina@doaj.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 4, 2016 2:01 PM<br><b>To:</b> Ina Smith <ina@doaj.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Invitation to a Webinar on the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>*Please also share with colleagues in scholarly publishing, who might be interested. Thank you.*</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",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'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Dear Prof/Dr/Mr/Ms/Other<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",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'>Invitation to a Webinar on the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",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'>This invitation to Scholarly Journal Editors/Publishers/Librarians/Other in the southern African region, to attend a webinar on the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",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'>About DOAJ</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",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 <a href="http://doaj.org/">Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)</a> – launched in 2003 at Lund University, Sweden - is a centrally, publicly and internationally available community-curated list of high quality open access journal titles across all disciplines. It aims to be the starting point for all information searches for quality, peer-reviewed open access material.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",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'>About the webinar</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",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'>This webinar will try to address the requirements a high quality scholarly journal shoud adhere to, as well as the process involved to be acknowledged through being recorded in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",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 style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'> Friday, 12 August 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Time:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'> 09:00-10:00 SA Time (UCT + 02:00) (Time Zone Converter)<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 style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'> Virtual via your Chrome/Firefox Internet Browser. More details to follow once registered for the webinar.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><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, most recent version of Chrome/Firefox Internet Browser, Sound<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Costs:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'> None<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#CC0000'>Please register by 10 August 2016</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>, by completing the following online form: <a href="https://goo.gl/forms/TWcqh9KZHsjTDoZi1">https://goo.gl/forms/TWcqh9KZHsjTDoZi1</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",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'>We are looking very much forward to you joining us for this webinar, in trying to address quality in scholarly journal publishing in the southern African region.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",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'>With kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>-- <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Ina Smith<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>DOAJ Ambassador - Southern African Region<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Email: <a href="mailto:ina@doaj.org" target="_blank">ina@doaj.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Phone: +27 82 818 0117<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",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'>More about DOAJ: <a href="https://doaj.org/about" target="_blank">https://doaj.org/about</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>