Some tragic news to pass
on from Stuart Dempster at JISC. Many of you will have met Simon at
several
David
From: Stuart Dempster
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Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 12:28
PM
Subject: IMPORTANT: Simon
Brackenbury
Importance: High
Dear
Colleague,
It
is with very great sadness that I have to inform you of the death of Simon
Brackenbury on Monday. Simon led the BOPCRIS project at the
Many of you will recall
Simon's energy, expertise, friendship, good humour and visionary sense of
purpose in building open access e-resources for us all. His infectious
enthusiasm helped steer a spirit of true collaboration and common purpose
amongst the JISC Digitisation Projects and beyond.
I am sure that you will join
me in sending our deepest condolences to Simon's family, friends and
colleagues, all of whom should be in our thoughts and prayers at this sad time.
Simon will be sadly missed and fondly remembered.
I understand that
Simon’s family has suggested that donations for various charities, rather
than flowers would be appreciated. I will send you further information on this
next week.
Sincerely,
Stuart Dempster
Programme Manager,
The Joint Information Systems
Committee,
138-142
WC2R 1HH
Tel: +44 (0)20-7848-2564
Fax: +44 (0)20-7848-2939