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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">This week institutions from all over the world are celebrating
<a href="http://www.openaccessweek.org/">Open Access Week</a>. Below was shared by Botswana Colleagues (specifically Bobana Badisang), also in building up to
<a href="http://internationaldataweek.org/">International Data Week 2018</a>, taking place form 5-8 November 2018 in Gaborone, Botswana. There is still time to register! Do so at
<a href="http://internationaldataweek.org/registration">http://internationaldataweek.org/registration</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Please feel free to share news on your OA activities with us!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Dear Colleagues<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">This morning lets’ recognize Nata Community Library and Cultural Centre; BOU Library; BIUST Library; BU Library with exciting scheduled activities
in commemoration of the Open Access Week. Congratulations colleagues!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">More activities are filling up the calendar and we are still updating so it will be colourful at the end of the OA week. Actually activities
continue into next week as a précis the International Data Week. The boldness of it all is the significance of IR presence for Botswana.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">This morning (23<sup>rd</sup> October) Botswana Open University (BOU) Library not only foregrounds scholarly discourse on OA by
bringing together Open Knowledge personalities but also showcases <b>BOU Repository.</b> This is a great achievement for scholarship in Botswana. The event will also unpack activities of the International Data Week 2018.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">This morning, Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) Library not only zeroes in on OA awareness
activities for their researchers and the library community but they also showcase the
<b>BIUST Institutional Repository Pilot Project.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">This morning (23<sup>rd</sup> October), Botho University (BU) Library, Teaching and Research Excellence (LTRE) celebrates through
among others OA seminar and a Movie. They will follow with <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">an Open day-showcasing LTRE services. Next week on 29th October 2018, the Emerald's Library Advisory Network will have an<b> Open Access Webinar</b>.
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Nata Community Library and Cultural Centre will on 25th October, hold a One Day Workshop: Advocacy on Open Access<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">What a week! Please share more activities. Upcoming : UBL; BITRI and more…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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