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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">Dear Colleagues<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">Please share widely. Please also see attached for more details and brief biographies. Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:red;background:white">#didyouknow<b>
</b></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:red">#OAWeek #OpenForWhom #SAJSOAWeek #ASSAfOAWeek</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">All are invited to the following ASSAf events, planned for Open Access Week 2019:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#ED7D31">22 October 2019, 10:00-11:00 SAST<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#FF3300">Webinar: An SA Journal’s Move to Open Access/
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002060">Dr Lara Skelly, Research Manager and Head: PhD Business Management and Administration, University of Stellenbosch Business School<br>
<b>Register:</b> <span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:#002060"><a href="https://forms.gle/gDD1hMBmVWmJWNxT6"><span style="color:#002060">https://forms.gle/gDD1hMBmVWmJWNxT6</span></a></span></span> (free)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002060">Venue:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002060"> Virtual (information
to be shared on registration) <br>
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</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#ED7D31">*************************************</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#ED7D31"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#ED7D31">23 October 2019, 11:00-12:00 SAST</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#FF3300">Webinar: The Future of Open Access Books: Findings from a global survey of academic book authors</span></i></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002060">/</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002060">Ms
Christina Emery, Marketing Manager, Open Access Books at Springer Nature, London</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002060"><br>
<b>Register:</b> <span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:#002060"><a href="https://forms.gle/gDD1hMBmVWmJWNxT6"><span style="color:#002060">https://forms.gle/gDD1hMBmVWmJWNxT6</span></a></span></span> (free)<br>
</span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002060">Venue:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002060"> Virtual (information to be shared
on registration) <br>
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</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#ED7D31"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#ED7D31">24 October 2019,
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#ED7D31">17:00 for 17:30 – 19:30 SAST</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#ED7D31"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002060">ASSAf Presidential Roundtable: Science, Scholarship and Society on:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#FF3300">‘Is Scholarly Publishing becoming Unaffordable?’ An Evidence-based Dialogue on the Implications of a European Plan S on
South African Research</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#FF3300"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002060">Date:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002060"> 24 October 2019<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002060">Time:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002060"> 17:00 for 17:30 – 19:30 SAST<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002060">Venue:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002060"> JS Gericke Library Auditorium, Stellenbosch University,
Victoria & Ryneveld Streets<br>
<b>Register:</b> <span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:#002060"><a href="https://forms.gle/UHarRau5edjNhq736"><span style="color:#002060">Click here</span></a></span></span> to RSVP by 21 October 2019 (Free)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002060">In collaboration with
<a href="https://library.sun.ac.za/en-za/Pages/Home.aspx"><span style="color:#002060">Stellenbosch University Library</span></a>.<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:#1F4E79"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:#ED7D31"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#ED7D31">25 October 2019, 09:00-10:00 SAST<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#FF3300">Webinar: Getting the Best out of Data for Open Access Monograph Presses</span></i></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002060">/</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002060">Mr
Alkim Ozaygen, Research Associate: School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry, Faculty of Humanities, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia<br>
<b>Register:</b> <span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:#002060"><a href="https://forms.gle/gDD1hMBmVWmJWNxT6"><span style="color:#002060">https://forms.gle/gDD1hMBmVWmJWNxT6</span></a></span></span> (free)<br>
</span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002060">Venue:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002060"> Virtual (information to be shared
on registration) <br>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002060">Enquiries re webinars:
</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002060">mmaphuthi@assaf.org.za</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002060"> or
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:#002060"><a href="mailto:desre@assaf.org.za"><span style="color:#002060">desre@assaf.org.za</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002060;text-decoration:none">Enquiries re roundtable:
<a href="mailto:renate@assaf.org.za"><span style="color:#002060">renate@assaf.org.za</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA">Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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