<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Dear Colleagues,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">So sad to hear of the passing of Hilton. He was a dedicated and committed member of the library profession and LIASA. I passed on so many of his links to our academic staff and lecturers.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">My deepest sympathy and condolences to his family, friends and colleagues.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Warm regards</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Ilana Barling and TSiBA</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 12:07 PM, Leti Kleyn <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Leti.Kleyn@up.ac.za" target="_blank">Leti.Kleyn@up.ac.za</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">


<div style="MARGIN:16px 16px 4px;FONT:10pt Segoe UI">
<div id="m_828019144433073729GroupWiseSection_1494237322000_Leti.Kleyn@up.ac.za_BC59DA010B5900008413000000000000_" class="m_828019144433073729GroupWiseMessageBody">
<div>Dear IR Community member,</div>
<div> </div>
<div>it is with great regret that I have to inform you that our Open Access colleague, Hilton Gibson, passed away this morning after a struggle with pancreatic cancer.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Hilton was know for his irreplaceable contribution to the DSpace and Open Access community in South African and the African continent at large.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Regards</div>
<div>Leti Kleyn </div><span style="PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;DISPLAY:block;MARGIN-BOTTOM:5px" id="m_828019144433073729GWSignatureSent"><span style="DISPLAY:block"><br><span style="DISPLAY:inline-block;WORD-WRAP:normal;FONT-SIZE:10pt">
<div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Arial Baltic','serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt">Dr Leti Kleyn</span></strong><u></u><u></u><u></u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Arial Baltic','serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt">Manager: Open Scholarship & Digitisation Programmes</span><u></u><u></u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Arial Baltic','serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt">Department of Library Services </span><u></u><u></u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Arial Baltic','serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt">Merensky Library Room 2.24.2</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Arial Baltic','serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt">University of Pretoria</span><u></u><u></u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Wingdings;FONT-SIZE:10pt">8</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt"> <a href="mailto:leti.kleyn@up.ac.za" target="_blank"><span style="COLOR:windowtext">leti.kleyn@up.ac.za</span></a> </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Wingdings;FONT-SIZE:10pt">)</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt"> 012 420 3876</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt"></span> </div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt"><a href="http://repository.up.ac.za" target="_blank"><img border="0" hspace="0" alt="" align="baseline" src="cid:VDSLJKWOGXDE.IMAGE_2.jpg"></a></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt"></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt"></span> </div></span></span></span><span style="DISPLAY:block;MARGIN-BOTTOM:5px"> </span></div></div>
<br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
IRTalk mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:IRTalk@lists.lib.sun.ac.za">IRTalk@lists.lib.sun.ac.za</a><br>
<a href="http://lists.lib.sun.ac.za/mailman/listinfo/irtalk" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.lib.sun.ac.za/<wbr>mailman/listinfo/irtalk</a><br>
<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="880" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium;width:660pt"><tbody><tr style="height:123.75pt"><td width="245" style="width:183.75pt;padding:0cm;height:123.75pt"><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><img width="245" height="165" src="http://www.tsiba.org.za/signature/logo.jpg" border="0"><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p></td><td width="635" valign="top" style="width:476.25pt;padding:1.5pt 0cm 0cm;height:123.75pt"><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(215,28,57)"><br><br><br></span></b><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(215,28,57)">Ilana Barling</span></b><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(215,28,57)"><br></span></b><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(215,28,57)">Librarian</span></b><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(215,28,57)"><br><br>Mupine, 307 Forest Drive Extension, Pinelands 7405 <br>P.O. Box 13071, Mowbray, 7705, Cape Town<br>Phone +27 (0) 21 532 2750 (ext 106) Fax +27 (0) 21 532 3924<br>Cell +27833255551 <a href="mailto:ilana.barling@tsiba.ac.za" style="color:purple" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(215,28,57);text-decoration:none">Email ilana.barling@tsiba.ac.za</span></a><br><a href="http://www.tsiba.org.za/" style="color:purple" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(215,28,57);text-decoration:none">Website www.tsiba.ac.za</span></a></span></b></p><br></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </p></div></div>
</div></div>