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normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;mso-hansi-font-family:
Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:"Big Caslon";mso-ansi-language:EN-ZA;mso-fareast-language:
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mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:"Big Caslon"" lang="EN-US"></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;" lang="EN-US">Global participation in e-research
and scholarly communication: Open access strategies for African institutions</span></b></font></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:
Cambria;mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:"Big Caslon"" lang="EN-US">What
are the emerging trends in e-research, scholarly communication and open access?<br>What
do these trends mean for institutions?<br>What
is the role of open access in the context of development?<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="mso-no-proof:yes"></span></b><br>What
does the university need to do to align itself as a global research partner?</span></font></p>
<p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:
Cambria;mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:"Big Caslon"" lang="EN-US">The
Scholarly Communication in Africa Programme (SCAP), OpenUCT and Berlin10 invite
you to a seminar and discussion on the key trends in addressing impact,
development and policy in new forms of e-research and open access
dissemination. Featuring
presentations by international experts Alma Swan, Cameron Neylon and Leslie
Chan, the seminar provides an opportunity to discuss the issues with global
thought leaders in the area of open access and scholarly communication.</span></font></p>
<p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="1"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;mso-hansi-font-family:
Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:"Big Caslon"" lang="EN-US">Date:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;mso-hansi-font-family:
Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:"Big Caslon"" lang="EN-US"> Friday 10 August 2012</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;mso-hansi-font-family:
Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:"Big Caslon"" lang="EN-US"><br>Venue:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;mso-hansi-font-family:
Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:"Big Caslon"" lang="EN-US"> African Studies Gallery</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;mso-hansi-font-family:
Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:"Big Caslon"" lang="EN-US"><br>Time:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;mso-hansi-font-family:
Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:"Big Caslon"" lang="EN-US"> 1–4pm</span></font></p>
<p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:
Cambria;mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:"Big Caslon"" lang="EN-US">The
event will be opened by UCT Vice Chancellor Dr Max Price.<br>Please
join us for a light lunch at 12h00.</span></font></p>
<p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:
Cambria;mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:"Big Caslon"" lang="EN-US">RSVP
to Thomas King <thomas.king@uct.ac.za> by Monday 6 August.</span></font></p>
<p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:
Cambria;mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:"Big Caslon"" lang="EN-US"></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;mso-hansi-font-family:
Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:"Big Caslon"" lang="EN-US">This is an official pre-event to the
international Berlin10 open access conference ‘</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Big Caslon"" lang="EN-US">Networked scholarship in a networked world:
Participation in Open Access’, Stellenbosch, 6–8 November 2012.</span></i></font></p>
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<p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="1"><span lang="EN-US"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.berlin10.org/programme.html"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
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"Big Caslon"">http://www.berlin10.org/programme.html</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;mso-hansi-font-family:
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<p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:
Cambria;mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:"Big Caslon"" lang="EN-US">___________________________</span></font></p>
<p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:
Cambria;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Big Caslon"" lang="EN-US">Alma Swan is a consultant working in the
field of scholarly communication. She is a director of Key Perspectives Ltd and
holds honorary academic positions in the University of Southampton School of
Electronics & Computer Science and the University of Warwick Business
School. She is Convenor for Enabling Open Scholarship, the global organisation
of universities promoting the principles of open scholarship in the academic
community, and an elected member of the Governing Board of Euroscience, the
European Association for the Promotion of Science & Technology.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;mso-hansi-font-family:
Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:"Big Caslon"" lang="EN-US"></span></font></p>
<p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:
Cambria;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Big Caslon"" lang="EN-US">Cameron Neylon is Advocacy Director for the
Public Library of Science, a research biophysicist and well known agitator for
opening up the process of research. He speaks regularly on issues of open
science including open access publication, open data, and open source as well
as the wider technical and social issues of applying the opportunities the
internet brings to the practice of science. He was named as a SPARC Innovator
in 2010 for work on the Panton Principles and is a proud recipient of the Blue
Obelisk for contributions to open data. He writes regularly at his blog,
Science in the Open.</span></font></p>
<p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:
Cambria;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Big Caslon"" lang="EN-US">Leslie Chan is Senior Lecturer and Program
Supervisor for the International Development Studies programme at the University
of Toronto Scarborough. He is the Director of Bioline International, a
collaborative platform based at CRIA Brazil for open access distribution of
research journals from close to 20 developing countries. An early practitioner
in the use of the Web for knowledge exchange and learning, Leslie is
particularly interested in the roles of openness and control in the flow of
knowledge and their impact on local and international development. A Trustee of
the Electronic Publishing Trust for Development, Leslie is on the editorial
board of Open Medicine and a member of the Research Dissemination Committee of
the Canadian Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences.</span></font></p>
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