<div dir="ltr"><br><div><br></div><div>Se ne è andato un grande... una persona specialissima...</div><div>Antonella</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2014-04-30 15:55 GMT+02:00 Paola Gargiulo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:p.gargiulo@cineca.it" target="_blank">p.gargiulo@cineca.it</a>></span>:<br>
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Cari colleghi,<br>
alcuni di voi che partecipano da diversi anni al movimento
dell'accesso aperto ricorderanno Fred Friend per l'impegno profuso
sin dalla Budapest Initiative fino ad oggi. Purtroppo Fred è venuto
a mancare la settimana scorsa. <br>
Chi ha avuto l'occasione di conoscerlo personalmente, ha potuto
apprezzare la sua adesione convinta e motivata all'accesso aperto,
accompagnata da una gentilezza d'animo e da una squisita cortesia
che gli ha permesso negli anni di interloquire con tutti, editori
compresi, in modo pacato, ma fermo. <br>
Fred era conosciuto nel mondo dei consorzi delle biblioteche per le
acquisizioni delle risorse elettroniche,anche in questo contesto ha
avuto un ruolo attivo anche nella fondazione dell'ICOLC (
International Coalition of Library Consortia).<br>
Fred ha dato il suo contributo anche al nascere del movimento in
Italia, ha partecipato con suoi interventi sia alla Dichiarazione di
Messina, poi a Padova per Berlin 5, poi successivamente è tornato a
Roma invitato dalla Sapienza per una giornata dell'OA.<br>
Vorrei esprimere a mio nome e a nome della comunità OA il nostro
rammarico per questa perdita, la nostra gratitudine per aver
incontrato nel nostro cammino una persona come Fred.<br>
Chi l'ha conosciuto o ha letto i suoi lavori e vuole mandare un
breve ricordo alla famiglia è invitto scrivere ad Alma Swan o a Paul
Ayris.<br>
<br>
Cordialmente<br>
Paola<br>
PS accludo i messaggi di Alma Swan<br>
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<td>[GOAL] Fred Friend</td>
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<td>Mon, 28 Apr 2014 07:23:19 +0100</td>
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<td>Alma Swan <a href="mailto:a.swan@talk21.com" target="_blank"><a.swan@talk21.com></a></td>
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<td>Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci) <a href="mailto:goal@eprints.org" target="_blank"><goal@eprints.org></a></td>
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<td>Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci) <a href="mailto:goal@eprints.org" target="_blank"><goal@eprints.org></a></td>
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<font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:18pt">A message from Alma Swan (<font color="#0000FF"><u><a href="http://a.swan@talk21.com" target="_blank">a.swan@talk21.com</a></u></font>)
and Paul Ayris (<font color="#0000FF"><u><a href="http://p.ayris@ucl.ac.uk" target="_blank">p.ayris@ucl.ac.uk</a></u></font>):<br>
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Friends,<br>
<br>
It is with great sadness that we have to tell you of the death
last week of Fred Friend. <br>
<br>
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. <br>
<br>
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. <br>
<br>
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. <br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
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<td>[Icolc] Personal recollections on the death of Fred Friend
(former director, UCL library & open access advocate)</td>
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<td>Mon, 28 Apr 2014 09:17:30 -0400</td>
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<td>Arnold Hirshon <a href="mailto:axh374@case.edu" target="_blank"><axh374@case.edu></a></td>
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<td>ICOLC Confidential List <a href="mailto:icolc@lyralists.lyrasis.org" target="_blank"><icolc@lyralists.lyrasis.org></a></td>
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<td>ICOLC Confidential List <a href="mailto:icolc@lyralists.lyrasis.org" target="_blank"><icolc@lyralists.lyrasis.org></a></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Ordinarily
I would not contribute to a listserv thread about a colleague,
but would rather send along my remembrances directly to
individual family members or colleagues. However, in the
case of Fred Friend I would like to make an exception for a
very special reason. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Â </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">In
an 2002 article I wrote for the <i>Journal of Library
Consortia</i> entitled “International Library Consortia:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Positive
Starts, Promising Futures†I recalled the early history of
what would become ICOLC. Many on this list are probably
unaware of the history, but it stems from a meeting held in
1997. A Dutch-German statement on joint licensing principles
and guidelines. This statement led to the development of a
North American statement. That fall, I was scheduled to be
on business in Amsterdam, and I contacted the authors of the
Dutch-German statement to see if there would be some interest
in developing a single statement that could be endorsed by</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">both
the North American and Dutch groups. At that meeting, there
were not only representatives from the Dutch community (Hans
Gelijnse and John Gilbert) and from Germany (Elmar Mittler),
but also Fred Friend from the United Kingdom. Â As I wrote in
2002, “Out of that meeting grew not only the agreement upon
a single statement, but also a more profound longer-term
agreement: to turn the nascent COC into an international
organization. After much debate, all parties settled upon a
new name: the International Coalition of Library Consortia
(ICOLC).â€Â What I did not say in the article is that it was
Fred who was the first one to ask whether the North American
group might be willing to become an international
consortium. Fred was not just “a†founding father of
ICOLC, he was the “father of the idea†to internationalize
ICOLC.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Â </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Fred
was not only present at the creation of ICOLC, he was an
instrumental part of its later success. It was not by
accident that the first ICOLC meeting outside of North America
was held in the UK, and Fred was an instrumental element of
that first meeting. Fred regularly attended ICOLC meetings
and was an ardent contributor to this liserv. Speaking
personally, from the time of that first time I met Fred at the
meeting in The Hague grew a great respect and friendship.Â
Fred was a tireless and articulate advocate, a gentleman in
every respect, and a witty and wonderful colleague. ICOLC
owes to Fred for his efforts to get ICOLC off the ground, and
his good cheer and counsel will forever be missed.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">_____________________________</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Â </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Arnold Hirshon</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Associate
Provost & University Librarian</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Case Western
Reserve University</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Kelvin Smith
Library</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Cleveland OH
44106</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">216-368-0688</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><a href="mailto:arnold.hirshon@case.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">arnold.hirshon@case.edu</span></a></span></p>
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