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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> NSEF [mailto:nsef-bounces@lists.assaf.org.za] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Susan Veldsman<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 17, 2017 2:47 PM<br><b>To:</b> Nsef <nsef@assaf.org.za><br><b>Subject:</b> [NSEF] ASSAf Scholarly Publishing Porgramme: January 2017 Communique<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'>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'>On behalf of the ASSAf Scholarly Publishing Team, I would like to wish you all the best for the year. We are looking forward working and learning along with you, in taking high quality Open Access scholarly publishing (incl. scholarly communication) forward, contributing to our research output having a bigger impact on the world of science. We expect another full year, but are always ready to assist where needed. If you need to get in touch, please do not hesitate to do so. Please scroll down for a reminder of who we are, and what we do.<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'>Newly Appointed Editors<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>A warm welcome to all the newly appointed scholarly journal editors! Please feel free to introduce yourselves, and get in touch with us. We would also like to keep our database with contact information up to date. A kind request therefore to please forward any changes in editors for our information. Thank you very much for assisting with this task.<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'>DHET Accredited Lists<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>These lists are issued by the DHET, and will also be sent to the research offices at institutions. Once we have more information, we will certainly share from our side also. Contact person at DHET: Walter Ntuli <a href="mailto:Ntuli.W@dhet.gov.za">Ntuli.W@dhet.gov.za</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'>Following just a brief summary of our highlights from the last quarter of 2016.<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'>SciELO SA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>Our <a href="http://www.scielo.org.za/">SciELO SA</a> collection consisting of 65 Open Access journal titles, has grown in usage – from 1 331 849 site visits on 31 December 2015 to 1 711 094 site visits on 31 December 2016. This collection – which has been accessed more than 5.5 million times – received a positive evaluation during 2016 and remains to be accredited.<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><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>National Scholarly Book Publishers’ Forum<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 National Scholarly Book Publishers’ Forum meeting was held on 6 December 2016, during which Open Monograph Press as a monograph publishing system was introduced to publishers, among others. <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><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>Peer-review of scholarly journals<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>Reviews have been completed of journals in the Humanities II: Visual and Performing Arts group (10 journals), Communications, Information Science and Knowledge Systems group (14 journals), and Engineering and Architecture group (15 journals). The reports are currently being finalized.<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><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>National Site License<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>A business case for a National Site License </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>for higher education institutions and research councils to have equal access to a core set of research databases was approved by the Executive Committee of the Department of Science and Technology. The business case will now be advanced to the Minister for final approval and recommendation to the Department of Higher Education and Training.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormalCxSpLast style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;line-height:13.5pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>International Open Access Week 24 – 28 October 2016</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>A blog article was authored and published on the SPARC Blog: </span><a href="http://www.openaccessweek.org/profiles/blogs/academy-of-science-of-south-africa-assaf-influencing-the"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) influencing the direction of open science in SA</span></a><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>A paper was presented to the SA National School of Government (27 October 2016): </span><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/inaviljoensmith/your-research-matters-increasing-visibility-usage-and-impact"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Your research matters: increasing visibility, usage and impact</span></a><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>A paper was presented during the North West University Open Access Day on 28 October 2016: </span><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/inaviljoensmith/your-research-matters-increasing-visibility-usage-and-impact"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Your research matters: increasing visibility, usage and impact</span></a><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>ASSAf was represented at the </span><a href="http://www.icsti.org/"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI)</span></a><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'> meeting on 12 December 2016, Lagoon Beach Hotel, Milnerton, Cape Town. Important networks were established and ASSAf SPU is looking forward to future initiatives in collaboration with ICSTI member countries. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>The ASSAf Research and Publication Repository was launched in support of International Open Access Week. The repository can be access at </span><a href="http://research.assaf.org.za/"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>http://research.assaf.org.za/</span></a><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'> . During the pilot period 5 items were uploaded to the repository, which were well received by the media and scholarly community. <b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-align:justify;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>Open Science Initiatives<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>The </span><a href="http://154.114.26.175/"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>African Open Science Platform</span></a><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'> initiative that seeks to put into practice the principles and enabling practices for Open Data and Open Science was launched during SFSA 2016. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>The Platform will play a critical role to assist African countries in developing the necessary capacities to manage and exploit scientific data for the benefit of society<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>ASSAf and CODATA organised a side-event workshop and a parallel session at Science Forum South Africa. The programmes for these events are linked below.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://www.codata.org/uploads/side_event_workshop-program_7dec_version30nov2016%20(1).pdf"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>African Open Science Platform Side Event: a forum for conversations on data policy, data training and data infrastructure</span></a><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>, 6 December 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://www.codata.org/uploads/parallel_session-program_8dec_version29nov2016.pdf"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>African Open Science Platform Side Event: Conversations around Openness in African Research, Open Access, Open Data, Open Science</span></a><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>, 7 December 2016 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Other events in which ASSAf SPU participated in preparation for the initiative include: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:105%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'>International Conference on Research Infrastructure (<em><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>ICRI</span></em>) & Pre-ICRI, </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>2-4 Oct 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:105%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>International Research Conference on Scientometrics, STI Policy and Science Communication, 31 October – 3 November 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>A webinar on the African Open Science Platform was presented to the Network of Data & Information Curation Communities (NeDICC) on 19 October 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>A </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc7GXJ_F152v4BbVLneSCe-13ibZDkF_iLUU5MvqAAD0N9LMg/viewform"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>survey</span></a><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'> was created to share with the data community, in an effort to collect data about data initiatives and activities on the African continent.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>SA Open Science Policy Workshop<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>A workshop intended to prepare recommendations towards the preparation of a White Paper on Open Research in South Africa, was hosted in collaboration with the Department of Science and Technology. The workshop was facilitated by Dr Cameron Neylon, and well attended by policymakers and key stakeholders from SA research institutions. The report is in the process of being compiled.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:105%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://www.codata.org/uploads/programme_12_13dec_version30nov2016.pdf"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Open Research South Africa: high-level stakeholder meeting on Open Research</span></a><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>, 12 December 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:105%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>An opinion piece was written by Eve Gray on behalf of ASSAf and appeared in the Mail and Guardian (December 9<sup>th</sup>, 2016), <i><a href="http://journals.assaf.org.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/mg.pdf">Open access, open data, open science</a></i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>Evaluation of African Institutional Repositories</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>ASSAf has partnered with the Association of African Universities (AAU) to compile an </span><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/KgU8Q7EwfRvo8eKo2"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>evaluation instrument</span></a><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'> for the evaluation of African institutional repositories, aligned with instruments used globally, but adapted for an African context. Once approved, the repositories will be included for harvesting through DATAD-R (Database of African Theses and Dissertations, incl. Research), which is a DSpace OAI-PMH compliant harvester, used to harvest quality metadata from African institutional repositories, containing theses and dissertations, as well as peer-reviewed research articles.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>Open Journal Initiatives</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>In addition to SciELO SA, ASSAf SPU continues to assist 5 SciELO SA journals to be managed and published online, using Open Journal Systems open source software. The journals have been managed on this platform for 12 months now, and the platform remains to be stable, trusted and financially sustainable. Although there is a huge need among other scholarly journals to be supported in a similar way, ASSAf does not have the human or financial resources to do so.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>ASSAf continued to provide training and support where needed:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:105%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo8'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Training provided to editorial members of <i>Tydskrif vir Letterkunde</i>, 5 October 2016, University of Pretoria.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:105%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo8'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>OJS Workshop to editors from the University of the Free State, 18 – 19 October 2016, University of the Free State.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:105%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo8'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://journals.assaf.org.za/blog/2016/10/31/series-of-sa-african-webinars-on-open-access-journal-publishing/"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>9 Webinars</span></a><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'> were presented on best practice scholarly journal publishing during November 2016. This was a collaborative effort between DOAJ and ASSAf.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:105%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo8'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>As a DOAJ Ambassador, ASSAf continues to assist with the rigorous evaluation involved in Open Access journal publishing, evaluating Open Access journals for possible inclusion in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:105%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo8'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>ASSAf participated together with DOAJ in a webinar which was hosted by the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA). The webinar was used to share experiences regarding publishing practices and challenges in the global South.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:105%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo8'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>ASSAf SPU continues to send out frequent Communiques to the National Scholarly Editors Forum via its mailing list, and also shares information via the </span><a href="http://journals.assaf.org.za/blog/"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>ASSAf SPU Blog</span></a><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:105%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo8'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>The </span><a href="http://academyofsciencesa.wikispaces.com/"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>ASSAf SPU wiki</span></a><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'> is maintained and serves as a valuable tool for reference by scholarly publishers worldwide.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-align:justify;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormalCxSpFirst style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Awards<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>During the LIASA Conference 8-14 Oct 2016, Ina Smith was <span style='color:black'>awarded <a href="http://www.liasa.org.za/5735-2/">LIASA Librarian of the Year 2016</a></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><b><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Meet the ASSAf SPU Team<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=588 style='width:441.35pt;margin-left:27.0pt;background:white;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=183 valign=bottom style='width:137.5pt;border:none;border-top:solid #EDEDED 1.0pt;padding:4.5pt 7.5pt 4.5pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Susan Veldsman</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='vertical-align:baseline;margin:1.71429rem'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>Director: Scholarly Publishing Unit</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#757575'><br><a href="mailto:susan@assaf.org.za"><span style='color:#9F9F9F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>susan@assaf.org.za<br></span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>012 349 6661</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#757575'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=97 valign=bottom style='width:73.1pt;border:none;border-top:solid #EDEDED 1.0pt;padding:4.5pt 7.5pt 4.5pt 0in;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image: initial'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#757575'> </span><a href="http://journals.assaf.org.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/susan.png"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#9F9F9F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=84 height=97 id="Picture_x0020_11" src="cid:image003.png@01D270CC.9CC9DD00" alt=susan></span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#757575'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=308 valign=bottom style='width:230.75pt;border:none;border-top:solid #EDEDED 1.0pt;padding:4.5pt 7.5pt 4.5pt 0in;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image: initial'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>Oversees the strategic and operational management of the Scholarly Publishing Unit.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=183 valign=bottom style='width:137.5pt;border:none;border-top:solid #EDEDED 1.0pt;padding:4.5pt 7.5pt 4.5pt 0in;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image: initial'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Louise van Heerden</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><br>SciELO SA Operations Manager</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#757575'><br><a href="mailto:louise@assaf.org.za"><span style='color:#9F9F9F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>louise@assaf.org.za<br></span></a><b>012 349 6626</b><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=97 valign=bottom style='width:73.1pt;border:none;border-top:solid #EDEDED 1.0pt;padding:4.5pt 7.5pt 4.5pt 0in;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image: initial'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#757575'> </span><a href="http://journals.assaf.org.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/louise.jpg"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#9F9F9F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=82 height=87 id="Picture_x0020_10" src="cid:image005.jpg@01D270CC.9CC9DD00" alt=louise></span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#757575'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=308 valign=bottom style='width:230.75pt;border:none;border-top:solid #EDEDED 1.0pt;padding:4.5pt 7.5pt 4.5pt 0in;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image: initial'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>Ensures that SciELO criteria, policies and procedures are adhered to. Invites journals to join SciELO SA. Ensures the most recent issues of journals are uploaded according to SciELO criteria. ASSAf Agreements, Creative Commons Licensing.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=183 valign=bottom style='width:137.5pt;border:none;border-top:solid #EDEDED 1.0pt;padding:4.5pt 7.5pt 4.5pt 0in;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image: initial'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Ina Smith</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><br>SciELO SA Planning Manager</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#757575'><br><a href="mailto:ina@assaf.org.za"><span style='color:#9F9F9F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>ina@assaf.org.za<br></span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>012 349 6641</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#757575'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=97 valign=bottom style='width:73.1pt;border:none;border-top:solid #EDEDED 1.0pt;padding:4.5pt 7.5pt 4.5pt 0in;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image: initial'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#757575'> <img border=0 width=81 height=92 id="Picture_x0020_12" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D270CE.E396CB10"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=308 valign=bottom style='width:230.75pt;border:none;border-top:solid #EDEDED 1.0pt;padding:4.5pt 7.5pt 4.5pt 0in;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image: initial'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>Engages in new scholarly publishing initiatives, best practice in scholarly publishing, and focuses on journal hosting via Open Journal Systems. African Open Science Platform.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=183 valign=bottom style='width:137.5pt;border:none;border-top:solid #EDEDED 1.0pt;padding:4.5pt 7.5pt 4.5pt 0in;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image: initial'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Desré Stead</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><br></span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>Senior Project Officer<br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#757575'><a href="mailto:desre@assaf.org.za"><span style='color:#9F9F9F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>desre@assaf.org.za<br></span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>012 349 6640</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#757575'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=97 valign=bottom style='width:73.1pt;border:none;border-top:solid #EDEDED 1.0pt;padding:4.5pt 7.5pt 4.5pt 0in;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image: initial'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#757575'> </span><a href="http://journals.assaf.org.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/desre.jpg"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#9F9F9F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=82 height=78 id="Picture_x0020_8" src="cid:image008.jpg@01D270CC.9CC9DD00" alt=desre></span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#757575'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=308 valign=bottom style='width:230.75pt;border:none;border-top:solid #EDEDED 1.0pt;padding:4.5pt 7.5pt 4.5pt 0in;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image: initial'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>Manages and coordinates ASSAf’s Peer Review Panels for journals, scholarly books and conference proceedings and supports the Academy’s Committee on Scholarly Publishing in South Africa (CSPiSA).<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=183 valign=bottom style='width:137.5pt;border:none;border-top:solid #EDEDED 1.0pt;padding:4.5pt 7.5pt 4.5pt 0in;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image: initial'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Mmaphuthi Mashiachidi</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><br>Project Administrator<br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#757575'><a href="mailto:mmaphuthi@assaf.org.za"><span style='color:#9F9F9F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>mmaphuthi@assaf.org.za<br></span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>012 349 6644</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#757575'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=97 valign=bottom style='width:73.1pt;border:none;border-top:solid #EDEDED 1.0pt;padding:4.5pt 7.5pt 4.5pt 0in;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image: initial'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#757575'> </span><a href="http://journals.assaf.org.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/mmaphuti.jpg"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#9F9F9F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=80 height=91 id="Picture_x0020_7" src="cid:image009.jpg@01D270CC.9CC9DD00" alt=mmaphuti></span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#757575'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=308 valign=bottom style='width:230.75pt;border:none;border-top:solid #EDEDED 1.0pt;padding:4.5pt 7.5pt 4.5pt 0in;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image: initial'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>Project Administration of the SPU and the ASSAf’s Peer Review Panels for journals, scholarly books and conference proceedings; supports the CSPiSA; assists with the drafting of relevant minutes and reports and maintains records of all project activities.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=183 valign=bottom style='width:137.5pt;border:none;border-top:solid #EDEDED 1.0pt;padding:4.5pt 7.5pt 4.5pt 0in;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image: initial'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Mohau Moja</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><br>Project Officer</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#757575'><br><a href="mailto:mohau@assaf.org.za"><span style='color:#9F9F9F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>mohau@assaf.org.za<br></span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>012 349 6610</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#757575'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=97 valign=bottom style='width:73.1pt;border:none;border-top:solid #EDEDED 1.0pt;padding:4.5pt 7.5pt 4.5pt 0in;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image: initial'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#757575'> </span><a href="http://journals.assaf.org.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/mohau.jpg"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#9F9F9F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=81 height=86 id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:image010.jpg@01D270CC.9CC9DD00" alt=mohau></span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#757575'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=308 valign=bottom style='width:230.75pt;border:none;border-top:solid #EDEDED 1.0pt;padding:4.5pt 7.5pt 4.5pt 0in;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image: initial'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>Populates SciELO SA Journals; Digital Preservation of SciELO SA Journals; SciELO SA IT<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=183 valign=bottom style='width:137.5pt;border:none;border-top:solid #EDEDED 1.0pt;padding:4.5pt 7.5pt 4.5pt 0in;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image: initial'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Chief Dingiswayo</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><br></span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>Junior Project Officer<br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#757575'><a href="mailto:chief@assaf.org.za"><span style='color:#9F9F9F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>chief@assaf.org.za</span></a><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>012 349 6634</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#757575'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=97 valign=bottom style='width:73.1pt;border:none;border-top:solid #EDEDED 1.0pt;padding:4.5pt 7.5pt 4.5pt 0in;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image: initial'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#757575'> </span><a href="http://journals.assaf.org.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/chief.jpg"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#9F9F9F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=80 height=100 id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image011.jpg@01D270CC.9CC9DD00" alt=chief></span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#757575'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=308 valign=bottom style='width:230.75pt;border:none;border-top:solid #EDEDED 1.0pt;padding:4.5pt 7.5pt 4.5pt 0in;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image: initial'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>Populates SciELO SA Journals; registers DOI metadata<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=183 valign=bottom style='width:137.5pt;border:none;border-top:solid #EDEDED 1.0pt;padding:4.5pt 7.5pt 4.5pt 0in;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image: initial'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Tyrone Ngonyama</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><br></span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>Junior Project Officer<br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#757575'><a href="mailto:tyrone@assaf.org.za"><span style='color:#9F9F9F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>tyrone@assaf.org.za<br></span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>012 349 6629</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#757575'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=97 valign=bottom style='width:73.1pt;border:none;border-top:solid #EDEDED 1.0pt;padding:4.5pt 7.5pt 4.5pt 0in;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image: initial'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#757575'> </span><a href="http://journals.assaf.org.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/tyrone.jpg"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#9F9F9F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=83 height=95 id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image012.jpg@01D270CC.9CC9DD00" alt=tyrone></span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#757575'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=308 valign=bottom style='width:230.75pt;border:none;border-top:solid #EDEDED 1.0pt;padding:4.5pt 7.5pt 4.5pt 0in;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image: initial'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>Populates SciELO SA Journals; registers DOI metadata<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=183 valign=bottom style='width:137.5pt;border:none;border-top:solid #EDEDED 1.0pt;padding:4.5pt 7.5pt 4.5pt 0in;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image: initial'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Menzi Nhlenyama</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><br></span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>Junior Project Officer</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#757575'><br><a href="mailto:menzi@assaf.org.za"><span style='color:#9F9F9F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>menzi@assaf.org.za<br></span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>012 349 6636</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#757575'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=97 valign=bottom style='width:73.1pt;border:none;border-top:solid #EDEDED 1.0pt;padding:4.5pt 7.5pt 4.5pt 0in;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image: initial'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#757575'> </span><a href="http://journals.assaf.org.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/menzi.jpg"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#9F9F9F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=81 height=96 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image013.jpg@01D270CC.9CC9DD00" alt=menzi></span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#757575'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=308 valign=bottom style='width:230.75pt;border:none;border-top:solid #EDEDED 1.0pt;padding:4.5pt 7.5pt 4.5pt 0in;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image: initial'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>Populates SciELO SA Journals; DOI Coordinator & registers DOI metadata<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>This all from us for now. We will remain in touch, and continue to communicate important information via our <a href="http://www.assaf.org.za/">web</a>, <a href="http://journals.assaf.org.za/blog/">blog</a> and <a href="http://academyofsciencesa.wikispaces.com/">wiki</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Susan<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>