[GOAL] Re: Fred Friend

[Alma Swan]

I second that. Thank you very much, Xiaolin.


On 28/04/2014 16:38, "Paul Ayris" <p.ayris at ucl.ac.uk> wrote:

> Xiaolin
>  
> Many thanks for this. It will be tremendous comfort to Fred’s family for them
> to learn how extensive his contribution was.
>  
> With best regards.
>  
> Paul
> UCL
>  
> Dr Paul Ayris
> Director of UCL Library Services & UCL Copyright Officer
> Chief Executive, UCL Press
> President of LIBER  (Association of European Research Libraries)
> Chair of the LERU Chief Information Officers Community (League of European
> Research Universities)
>  
> From: zhangxl at mail.las.ac.cn [mailto:zhangxl at mail.las.ac.cn]
> Sent: 28 April 2014 16:12
> To: 'Alma Swan (a.swan at talk21.com)'; Ayris, Paul
> Cc: Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci)
> Subject: Re: [GOAL] Fred Friend
>  
> Dear Alma and Paul,
> 
> This is really sad news!
> 
> Fred is one of those coming to China early on to help us in China to explore
> the challenging territories of open access and then to push forward efforts in
> OA publishing and OA institutional repositories. It is with the guidance from
> people like Fred that we have come this far. Fred will be remembered for all
> his determination and devotion to open access and a healthy & sustainable
> scholarly communication system.
> 
> Xiaolin Zhang
> --
> Xiaolin Zhang
> Director, National Science Library, CAS
> 33 Beisihuan Xilu, Beijing, 100190, China
> Tel: 86-10-82628347; Fax 86-10-82626600
> zhangxl at mail.las.ac.cn
>> 
>> -----原始邮件-----
>> 发件人: "Alma Swan" <a.swan at talk21.com>
>> 发送时间: 2014年4月28日 星期一
>> 收件人: "Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci)" <goal at eprints.org>
>> 抄送: 
>> 主题: [GOAL] Fred Friend
>> 
>> A message from Alma Swan (a.swan at talk21.com
>> <https://mail.cstnet.cn/coremail/XJS/htmleditor/a.swan@talk21.com> ) and Paul
>> Ayris (p.ayris at ucl.ac.uk
>> <https://mail.cstnet.cn/coremail/XJS/htmleditor/p.ayris@ucl.ac.uk> ):
>> 
>> Friends,
>> 
>> It is with great sadness that we have to tell you of the death last week of
>> Fred Friend. 
>> 
>> Fred was one of the staunchest supporters of Open Access and worked to
>> further its aims for almost two decades. Early in that period he was, of
>> course, Librarian at University College London, a position that gave him
>> influence and the means to push arguments for openness that were at the time
>> new and considered rather heretical. After retirement from that post Fred
>> served for many years as a consultant to JISC, advising and carrying out
>> research work for JISC on scholarly communications. He was in his element in
>> this role as it gave him the opportunities he needed to continue making the
>> arguments for Open Access and to develop practical initiatives that helped to
>> advance the cause. Latterly, Fred pursued his aims through continuing
>> consultancy jobs and indeed at the time of his death he was embarking on an
>> ambitious analysis of OA policies.
>> 
>> We have lost a very good friend of Open Access and a great humanitarian. For
>> many there will also be the feeling of losing a kind and loyal personal
>> friend. 
>> 
>> His daughter, Cate, said to us, “It means so much to hear about his
>> professional life - he was so private and so humble that he never really
>> talked about what he did (I used to joke with him and tell him that I told
>> everyone that he was a spy!).” We would like the OA community -- Fred’s
>> friends -- to let Cate and the rest of Fred’s family know about the work Fred
>> did and the great colleague that he was, so we are going to collect tributes
>> to Fred and his work and will put these together into a book for his family.
>> 
>> If you have something to say, please email your words to one of us, including
>> your job title where relevant to give some context to your comments for the
>> family. Thank you in advance for your contributions.
>> 
>> For those who can attend the funeral, the ceremony will be held at 12.30pm on
>> Thursday 1st May at St Michael and All Angels, Hughenden, near High Wycombe
>> in the UK. The family will welcome anyone who can be with them on that
>> occasion.
> 
> 
> 

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