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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;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><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Susan Veldsman <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 26, 2016 11:25 AM<br><b>To:</b> Dr Thomas Auf der Heyde <Thomas.AufderHeyde@dst.gov.za>; Danny Adams <Daniel.adams@dst.gov.za>; Thandeka.Halles@dst.gov.za; Sagren.Moodley@dst.gov.za; Parker.Diane <Parker.D@dhet.gov.za>; williams.s@dhet.gov.za; williams.sandile@dhet.gov.za; Simon CODATA <simon@codata.org>; Heide Hackmann <heide.hackmann@icsu.org>; iryna.kuchma@eifl.net<br><b>Cc:</b> Ina Smith <Ina@assaf.org.za><br><b>Subject:</b> ASSAf putting "open into action"<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><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'>The ASSAf Scholarly Publishing </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002060'>Unit</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>(SP</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002060'>U</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>) supports the ASSAf mission in making research of national importance openly accessible, and disseminating it as widely possible. We are proud to announce that our <a href="http://www.openaccessweek.org/profiles/blogs/academy-of-science-of-south-africa-assaf-influencing-the">article on Open Science</a> is now featured on the blog for <a href="http://www.openaccessweek.org/">International Open Access Week</a>, celebrated worldwide from 24-30 October 2016. <span style='background:white'>As a signatory to the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><a href="https://openaccess.mpg.de/Berlin-Declaration"><span style='color:#E97202;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white;text-decoration:none'>Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities</span></a><span style='color:#454545;background:white'>, </span><span style='color:black;background:white'>and together with other organisations worldwide, ASSAf aims to – among others - find ways and solutions to further support the development of policy frameworks in order to facilitate optimal use and access to publicly funded research, of interest to the SA community in general. ASSAf will be putting “open into action” when partnering with the SA Dept. of Science and Technology in starting the dialogue on an Open Science Policy Framework, with the first of a series of workshops scheduled for 12 and 13 December 2016. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'>ASSAf SPU will also be participating in the upcoming <a href="http://www.sfsa.co.za/">Science Forum South Africa</a>, and would like to invite all to the panel discussion on Open Science, scheduled for 8 December 2016, 13:30-15:00, Emerald Room, CSIR International Convention Centre. <a href="http://www.sfsa.co.za/programme/">Click to view</a> the draft programme.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'>More information on <a href="http://journals.assaf.org.za/blog/2016/10/26/on-the-assaf-calendar-december-2016/">ASSAf Open Science events planned for December 2016</a> is available from the ASSAf SPU Blog. </span><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'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>With kind regards<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:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century 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