[LIS-Forum] Announcing the 3rd Annual EPT Award for individuals

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From:    "Subbiah Arunachalam" <subbiah.arunachalam at gmail.com>
Date:    Sat, October 12, 2013 12:26 am

Friends:

It is time to send nominations for this year's EPT award for individuals
working for the advancement of OA in developing and transition countries. I
am attaching the announcement. Please ensure wide publicity.

Thanks and best wishes.

Arun

Below is the press release announcing the 3rd Annual Award for individuals
in the developing world who have made a significant contribution to Open
Access. The application form for nominations follows the announcement. The
EPT hopes to receive a similarly large number of representations as were
received for the award in its first two years.

THE 2013 EPT AWARD FOR INDIVIDUALS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WORKING FOR OA
 Open Access Week arrives again this October, and is a time to celebrate
all that has been achieved in the previous twelve months. The Electronic
Publishing Trust is a long standing advocate of OA and the difference it
can make. As our contribution to this year’s OA Week, we are offering our
third annual international award to recognise the impact that individuals
can make. The huge interest in and success of the first two awards makes
it clear that such international recognition acknowledges the very real
efforts being made by many individuals throughout the world, and
accelerates the development of models for achieving the open and free
transfer of essential information for the progress of research.

ANNOUNCEMENT : The Electronic Publishing Trust* is pleased to announce
that it is offering its third annual award for individuals in developing
and transition countries** who have made significant advances to the cause
of open access and the free exchange of research findings. Information on
previous winners can be found on our website at
http://epublishingtrust.net/

Nominations are sought for the award. Individuals may be nominated by
themselves or others or by organisations, sending a statement using the
attached form to the chair of the EPT Board, (d.law at strath.ac.uk)
outlining the achievements of the individual. Please find the nominations
form below.

Nominations should be received by 30th November 2013. Selection of a
winner will be made by a panel of EPT Board Members which will be chaired
by Dr Patrick Corran, and will include Leslie Chan, Subbiah Arunachalam,
Barbara Kirsop, co-founder of the charity, and Judy Ugonna.

The result will be announced in January 2014 and it is intended that a
presentation will be made at a location convenient to the winner. The
award recipient will be publicly recognised through the presentation of a
certificate and an engraved award. It is also hoped to have a “side” event
at future OA meetings to celebrate the work of the winner.

EPT Award submission form for nominations
1. The EPT Award is for individuals who have made an impact on the
progress of open access to research findings.
2. Nominations may be made by individuals or organisations.
3. Please supply the following information:
Name of nominee:
Affiliation of nominee:
Position or role of nominee:
Contact address and email of nominee:
Contact address and email of proposer:

Please provide a brief statement to describe the ACTIVITIES of the nominee
in support of Open Access (no more than 250 words):

Please describe the RESULTS  AND SIGNIFICANCE of these activities (no more
than 500 words):
 
Please send your proposal by 30/11/2013 to: EPT Chair, Derek Law, at
d.law at strath.ac.uk