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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><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>A reminder to please join us for the last two webinars this month:<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'>General criteria for high quality Open Access journals </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>(18 November 2016 – Susan Veldsman)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>For funders, to decide whether to fund research to be published. For authors, to select a quality journal to publish with. For readers, to know which quality journals to use when conducting research.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Monitoring and evaluating the usage & impact of your Open Access journal </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>(25 November 2016 – ASSAf staff (Susan, Ina, Nadine, Linda, Louise))<br><i>We will be looking at what you can do to increase the digital presence of your journal, share success stories from the South African Journal of Science, and look at the impact of SciELO SA journals.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Please register: <a href="https://goo.gl/forms/DITMpGve1xFWYNh03">https://goo.gl/forms/DITMpGve1xFWYNh03</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'>Guidelines on how to connect on the day of the webinar will be shared once you have registered to attend. It is a very straight forward process. Please note that you can choose from one of two sessions on the above dates. Read more about this series at <a href="http://journals.assaf.org.za/blog/2016/10/31/series-of-sa-african-webinars-on-open-access-journal-publishing/">http://journals.assaf.org.za/blog/2016/10/31/series-of-sa-african-webinars-on-open-access-journal-publishing/</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'>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Ina<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'><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 id="_x0000_i1026" 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