SURFshare, an experimental sandbox to help explore microcredit models for independent publishers, has announced that it is accepting nominations for its Open Access Award for outstanding efforts to promote Open Access. Nominations can be submitted on or before January 15, 2010.
The award will honour two people who have made outstanding strategic and practical contributions to OA in the Netherlands. Each winner will receive the SURFshare Open Access Award and a personal gift. The winner in the practical category will also receive € 2000 to devote to an Open Access activity at his/her own organisation. The SURFshare programme office will select the winner in each category. The winners will be announced and will receive their awards at the Open Access seminar on February 2, 2010.
The nomination – no more than a single sheet of standard A4 paper – must comprise the name of the nominee (or nominees) and the organisation where he/she works; an indication of whether the nomination is for the ‘strategic’ or ‘practical’ category; and a description of the nominee’s efforts and results, with reasons why he/she deserves to win the Open Access Award. All nominations should be e mailed to vanderkuil at surf.nl.
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