EPT 2nd Annual OA Award | Electronic Publishing Trust for Development

abernard102@gmail.com 2013-02-15

Summary:

"The Electronic Publishing Trust for Development (EPT [i]) is pleased to announce the winner of its 2nd Annual Award in recognition of the effort made by individuals working in the developing and emerging countries in the furtherance of Open Access (OA) to scholarly publications. The panel of 5 EPT Trustees unanimously agreed that the Award should be made to Iryna Kuchma, Ukraine. Iryna is the Programme Manager of the EIFL-OA Programme [ii] (Electronic Information for Libraries), that advocates nationally and internationally for the adoption of OA policies and mandates and provides training and support in the establishment of appropriate activities. In this capacity Iryna has achieved astonishing results, far beyond any expectation. Since the establishment in 2003 of the EIFL-OA progamme, Iryna has been the first full-time programme manager, thus she is largely responsible for EIFL’s accomplishments in the field of Open Access, which include: • The establishment of more than 490 Open Repositories in the 45 developing and transition countries which form the EIFL region of work • The development of more than 3,400 Open Access Journals in the EIFL region * The development of 34 OA policies in the EIFL region (for a list of the policies which have been adopted, please see: http://www.eifl.net/oa-policy) ... The EPT is also very pleased to announce that the panel wished to recognise the work of Susan Veldsman, South Africa, with the award of a certificate of commendation. She has been responsible for much advocacy and training work in her region. We are happy to provide this certificate of special recognition to Susan for all her efforts in the progress of OA. She is the manager of the SciELO-SA [v]programme (an excellent example of south-south collaboration – between Latin American countries and South Africa). Susan has also been responsible for setting up an Institutional Repository, has been involved in training, and conference organisation throughout southern Africa and – in addition to the activities of many other excellent nominations received by the EPT – has contributed to many advocacy initiatives ..."

Link:

http://epublishingtrust.net/ept-2nd-annual-oa-award/

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Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » abernard102@gmail.com

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Date tagged:

02/15/2013, 12:20

Date published:

02/15/2013, 07:20