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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:heather.thuynsma@up.ac.za">heather.thuynsma@up.ac.za</a> <<a href="mailto:heather.thuynsma@up.ac.za">heather.thuynsma@up.ac.za</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Humanities Spokesperson<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 9, 2022 10:29 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:hum@kendy.up.ac.za">hum@kendy.up.ac.za</a><br><b>Subject:</b> ANNOUNCEMENT: Promotion of the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)'s Data Set Collection</p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><img width="542" height="136" style="width:5.6458in;height:1.4166in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:ii_kzg086hz1"></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Dear Humanities Colleagues</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Below and attached please find a note advertising the Data Set Collections that are housed at the HSRC. I would like to encourage you and your postgraduate students to consider using these databases as part of your research.</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">For more information, please contact<a href="mailto:datahelp@hsrc.ac.za"> datahelp@hsrc.ac.za</a>. </span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><br><span style="color:black">Regards</span></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">Vasu</span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><div><div><p style="margin:0in"><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#e2571e">Prof Vasu Reddy </span></strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"></span></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5d5d5d">Dean </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New 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Pretoria</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"></span></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5d5d5d">Private Bag X20, Hatfield 0028, South Africa</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"></span></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5d5d5d">t: +27 (0)12 420 <strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">2318</span></strong></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"></span></p><p style="margin:0in"><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5d5d5d;font-weight:normal">f: +27 (0)12 420 4501</span></strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"></span></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#444444">e</span><span 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style="margin:0in;box-sizing:border-box;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272728">Subject: Promotion of the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)'s Data Set Collection</span></p><p style="margin:0in;box-sizing:border-box;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272728">To: <a href="https://mailto:vasu.reddy@up.ac.za/" target="_blank">vasu.reddy@up.ac.za</a> <<a href="https://mailto:vasu.reddy@up.ac.za/" target="_blank">vasu.reddy@up.ac.za</a>></span></p><p class="gmail-interlineformatapplierfontsize" style="margin:0in;box-sizing:border-box;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272728"> </span></p><p class="gmail-interlineformatapplierfontsize" style="margin:0in;box-sizing:border-box;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272728"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in;box-sizing:border-box;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Dear Prof Vasu Reddy</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272728"></span></p><p style="margin:0in;box-sizing:border-box;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272728"></span></p><p style="margin:0in;box-sizing:border-box;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span><em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Re: Promotion of the HSRC’s data set collection</span></em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272728"></span></p><p style="margin:0in;box-sizing:border-box;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272728"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in;box-sizing:border-box;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Greetings from the HSRC and hope you are well.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272728"></span></p><p style="margin:0in;box-sizing:border-box;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272728"></span></p><p style="margin:0in;box-sizing:border-box;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">The Digital Scholarship Services (DSS) unit in the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) is responsible for curating and disseminating the data sets produced by our researchers. Both quantitative and qualitative data sets are available.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272728"></span></p><p style="margin:0in;box-sizing:border-box;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272728"></span></p><p style="margin:0in;box-sizing:border-box;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Characteristics of the data sets are that: </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272728"></span></p><p style="margin:0in;box-sizing:border-box;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1f497d">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272728"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">The data is of good quality</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272728"></span></p><p style="margin:0in;box-sizing:border-box;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1f497d">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272728"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">The data sets are longitudinal and repeated cross-sectional – this allows for trend analysis</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272728"></span></p><p style="margin:0in;box-sizing:border-box;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1f497d">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272728"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Data sets are free of charge</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272728"></span></p><p style="margin:0in;box-sizing:border-box;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1f497d">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272728"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">They save you time and effort</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272728"></span></p><p style="margin:0in;box-sizing:border-box;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272728"></span></p><p style="margin:0in;box-sizing:border-box;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">In addition to the curation and dissemination, we track the data set downloads every quarter and provide a report to the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) on the targets reached.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272728"></span></p><p style="margin:0in;box-sizing:border-box;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272728"></span></p><p style="margin:0in;box-sizing:border-box;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">It would be very much appreciated if you would consider promoting the HSRC data sets to your students or consider including them in any of your courses where data might be required for secondary use and/or analysis.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272728"></span></p><p style="margin:0in;box-sizing:border-box;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272728"></span></p><p style="margin:0in;box-sizing:border-box;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">We have created a short communication piece (attached) to explain the value of the HSRC’s data sets and how to access these. You are very welcome to share it with a wider audience.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272728"></span></p><p style="margin:0in;box-sizing:border-box;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272728"></span></p><p style="margin:0in;box-sizing:border-box;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">For any enquiries regarding the HSRC’s data set collection, how to access the data sets (or any issues experienced accessing them), please contact</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272728"> <a href="https://mailto:datahelp@hsrc.ac.za/" target="_blank">datahelp@hsrc.ac.za</a></span></p><p style="margin:0in;box-sizing:border-box;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272728"></span></p><p style="margin:0in;box-sizing:border-box;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">We will be grateful and delighted if you are able to assist us in our endeavour to promote the use of the data sets.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272728"></span></p><p style="margin:0in;box-sizing:border-box;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272728"></span></p><p style="margin:0in;box-sizing:border-box;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">With kind regards</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272728"></span></p><p style="margin:0in;box-sizing:border-box;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Hanlie</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272728"></span></p><p style="margin:0in;box-sizing:border-box;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272728"></span></p><p style="margin:0in;box-sizing:border-box;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7f7f7f">Hanlie Baudin</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272728"></span></p><p style="margin:0in;box-sizing:border-box;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:gray">Acting head: Digital Scholarship Services</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272728"></span></p><p 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