Congratulations Alma! You now have one more forum through which to advance the cause of open access. Arun ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stevan Harnad" To: Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 1:23 AM Subject: Alma Swan elected to Euroscience governing board

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Alma Swan elected to Euroscience governing board

Alma Swan has been elected to the Governing Board of Euroscience (the European Association for the Promotion of Science & Technology). http://www.euroscience.org/

Her election was announced at the Euroscience Open Forum 2006, which concluded in Munich yesterday. http://www.esof2006.org/

(BTW, the meeting had an important session on OA, organized by Hélène Bosc.) http://www.esof2006.org/scientific_session_detail.php4?ID=146

Alma is a biologist-turned-consultant on scholarly communication with a commitment to the advance of science and its communication. Her studies of open access for Key Perspectives are among the most important empirical studies of OA to date. http://www.keyperspectives.co.uk/openaccessarchive/reports.html

Alma is also a member of Euroscience Working Group on Science Publishing (convened by Hélène Bosc). http://www.euroscience.org/WGROUPS/SC_PUBLISHING/index.htm

Congratulations, Alma!

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