<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">What a loss! My heartfelt condolences to all concerned!<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Geoffrey F. Salanje<br></span></div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">University Librarian<br></span></div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR)<br></span></div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">P.O. Box 219,<br></span></div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Lilongwe<br></span></div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">MALAWI<br><br></span><br><img src="cid:6D6B478B-EDDF-4635-81AF-44A4223213BC" height="110" width="585"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 8 May 2017 at 12:07, 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">


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<div>Dear IR Community member,</div>
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<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>
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<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>
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