<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div>What a loss! Hilton was quite inspirational in his complete devotion to open access; many times I thought 'how compulsively passionate a professional could be!'. May the good Lord comfort his family and immediate colleagues. Condolences from Nigeria. <br><br></div><i>Stephen A. Akintunde, PhD</i><br></div>University Librarian<br></div>University of Jos<br></div>Jos, Plateau State 930001<br></div>Nigeria.<br></div><a href="mailto:librarian@unijos.edu.ng">librarian@unijos.edu.ng</a> <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 2:16 PM, Katongole Juma <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jumah377@gmail.com" target="_blank">jumah377@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>What a shock!!!!! and LOSS!!. Hilton was a great MAN who was always on target. I worked with him on standardizing and upgrading of Makerere University IR.<br><br></div>May his soul rest in eternal peace.<br><br>..............................<wbr>..<br><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 1:07 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></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5">
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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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