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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>(Apologies for cross posting)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Open Access
Africa 2011: Speaker presentations, images and poster abstracts available
online<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><a
href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/developingcountries/events/openaccessafrica">Open
Access Africa 2011</a>, a BioMed Central and Computer Aid
International event, was hosted at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and
Technology (<a href="http://www.knust.edu.gh/pages/">KNUST</a>), Kumasi, Ghana,
during <a href="http://openaccessweek.org/">Open Access Week 2011</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>The conference,
now in its second year, discussed open access publishing in an African context
and the diverse programme offered insights from library, funding and technology
perspectives as part of <i>Open Access Africa</i>, a collection of
initiatives designed to increase the output and visibility of scientific
research published by African learning institutes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>All <a
href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/developingcountries/events/openaccessafrica/program">presentations</a>,
delivered by representatives from <a href="http://www.googleghana.com/">Google</a>, <a
href="http://www.bmj.com/">British Medical Journal</a> (BMJ), <a
href="http://www.dfid.gov.uk/">Department for International Development</a> (DFID), <a
href="http://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/">Pan African Medical Journal</a> and
the <a href="http://www.uneca.org/">United Nations Economic Commission for
Africa</a> (UNECA), are now available online, together with <a
href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/developingcountries/events/openaccessafrica/program#images">conference
images</a> and <a
href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/developingcountries/events/openaccessafrica/posterabstracts">poster
abstracts</a>. Videos of all presentations will follow shortly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Dr. Tobias I.
Ndubuisi Ezejiofor, one of the attending delegates, commented, ‘For us in
Africa, open access means liberation from information inhibitions and from
research/publication visibility clouds. Indeed the trappings and benefits of
open access can hardly be over estimated that I am sufficiently led to say:
“I see a great future for quality research and publication outputs for
and from African scientists and professionals through the open access
initiative.”’<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>The birth of
Sudan’s first <a href="http://oascir.uofk.edu/">Institutional Repository</a>,
created by the University of Khartoum, was a direct result of a meeting held
last year at <a
href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/developingcountries/events/openaccessafrica2010">Open
Access Africa 2010</a>. What further developments will be sparked by this
year’s event that will help ensure the <i>great future</i> for African
scientists?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>We hope that you enjoy the
presentations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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