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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Press Release </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">January 1<SUP>st</SUP>
2012</SPAN></SPAN></B></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoTitle style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">INAUGURAL EPT AWARD for
OPEN ACCESS</SPAN></DIV>
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style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><BR></DIV>
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style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Electronic Publishing
Trust for Development is pleased to announce the winners of a new annual award
to be made to <I>individuals </I>working in developing countries who have made a
significant personal contribution to advancing the cause of open access and the
free exchange of research findings. </SPAN></B></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoTitle
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><BR></DIV><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">We received 30
proposals from organisations in 17 developing countries on four continents,
naming individuals who have worked hard to promote Open Access and who have
achieved substantial progress. The selection of a single winner was extremely
difficult as we received nominations for so many individuals who have made
impressive strides by any or all of the following means:</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">- </SPAN><BR>
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<LI><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"></SPAN><SPAN
dir=ltr><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">establishing OA
institutional repositories;</SPAN></SPAN></LI></UL>
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<LI><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">setting up or encouraging
conversion to OA journals;</SPAN></SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">achieving
establishment of OA mandates requiring </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">research to be OA
on publication, or other policy developments;</SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">advocating OA
via seminars, publications, workshops, videos;</SPAN></SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"></SPAN><SPAN
dir=ltr><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">training others in the
technology of setting up IRs;</SPAN></SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">preparing and
establishing e-learning projects;</SPAN></SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">working
towards the acceptance of Creative Commons licensing arrangements for research
publications;</SPAN></SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">developing
software for use in OA practices.</SPAN></SPAN></LI></UL>
<DIV class=MsoTitle
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Because of the high
standard of the applicants, we have decided to name a single winner, but also to
recognise three other individuals who were very close runners-up. All will
receive a certificate and the winner will receive in addition an engraved plaque
in the next few weeks.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoTitle
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoTitle
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">We are very happy to
announce that the winner of the inaugural award is </SPAN><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: purple; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Dr Francis
Jayakanth</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"> of the National Centre for
Scientific Information, Indian Institute of Science, </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Bangalore</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">, </SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">India</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">. Dr
Jayakanth played a significant role in the establishment of </SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">India</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">’s first
institutional repository (IR) (<A
href="http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/">http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in</A>). He now
manages the IR and has provided technical support for establishing IRs in many
other universities and institutes in </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">India</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">. He has been
the key resource person at many events to train people in setting up IRs and OA
journals. He has delivered presentations on IRs, OA journals, the OAI protocol,
OAI compliance, the benefits of OA to authors and institutions and the role of
libraries. He has developed a free and open source software tool (CDSOAI), which
is widely used. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Indian Institute of
Science is the most prestigious institute in </SPAN></B><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">India</SPAN></B><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"> and its IR now holds
>31,400 records, making <SPAN style="COLOR: black">the century-old
institute's research far more globally</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon">
v</SPAN>isible than before. The University Grants Commission in
</SPAN></B><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">India</SPAN></B><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"> has been impressed by the
IISC’s IR and has directed all universities in </SPAN></B><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">India</SPAN></B><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"> to replicate this
effort</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoTitle
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Francis Jayakanth can
indeed be considered an OA ‘renaissance man’, an advocate and technical expert
in all aspect of Open Access development and an inspiration to all, both at the
research and policy level. </SPAN></DIV>
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style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoTitle
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The EPT is proud to
congratulate Dr Jayakanth as our first Award winner. We believe this Award and
the example of our first winner will inspire many others and lead to similarly
impressive nominations in 2012. </SPAN></DIV>
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style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoTitle
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The runners-up for this
award were (in alphabetical order): </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoTitle
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"> - <B>Ina Smith</B>,
</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">University of
Stellenbosch</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">, </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">South Africa</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">; </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoTitle style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"> - <B>Tatyan
Zayseva</B>, </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Khazar
University</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">, </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Azerbaijan</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">;<B><BR> -
Xiaolin Zhang</B>, National Science Library, </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Chinese</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"> </SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Academy</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"> of
Science.</SPAN></DIV>
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style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoTitle
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The EPT wishes to
congratulate them and <U>all</U> who have been proposed, since without exception
they have made a significant personal contribution to the sharing of research
findings across the world. We will be sharing some of their stories and
successes on our blog over the next few weeks.</SPAN></DIV>
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style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoTitle
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Electronic Publishing Trust
for Development</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoTitle
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Web site <A
href="http://www.epublishingtrust.org/">http://www.epublishingtrust.org</A></SPAN></DIV>
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style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Ept Blog <A
href="http://www.epublishingtrust.blogspot.com/">http://www.epublishingtrust.blogspot.com</A></SPAN></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>