<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">FYI.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><b><font face="monospace, monospace">Hilton Gibson</font></b></div><div><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;font-size:12.8000001907349px">Stellenbosch University Library</span><br></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace"><font color="#0000ee"><u><a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2992-208X" target="_blank">http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2992-208X</a></u></font><br></font></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Leyla Williams</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:leyla.williams@oaspa.org">leyla.williams@oaspa.org</a>></span><br>Date: 25 July 2016 at 12:13<br>Subject: [SCHOLCOMM] 8 weeks to go: Register for the 8th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing<br>To: <a href="mailto:scholcomm@lists.ala.org">scholcomm@lists.ala.org</a><br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Dear all,</span><div><br><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,"helvetica neue",helvetica,sans-serif">The 8th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing (<a href="http://oaspa.org/conference/" target="_blank">COASP</a>), hosted by the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association, OASPA, will be held in 8 weeks time. The event will be held at the Westin Arlington Gateway, Virginia, on the 21st and 22nd September, 2016. To register for the conference, <b>visit the <a href="http://oaspa.org/registrations-and-accommodation/" target="_blank">conference website</a> today: </b></span><font face="arial, helvetica neue, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><b><a href="http://oaspa.org/registrations-and-accommodation/" target="_blank">http://oaspa.org/registrations-and-accommodation/</a></b></span></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br><span style="font-family:arial,"helvetica neue",helvetica,sans-serif">The final program is now <a href="http://oaspa.org/conference/coasp-2016-program/" target="_blank">available on the conference website</a> along with registration details. Keynote speakers for this year are <a href="http://sparcopen.org/people/heather-joseph/" target="_blank">Heather Joseph</a> (Executive Director, SPARC), <a href="https://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/about/meetnewul.php" target="_blank">MacKenzie Smith</a> (University Librarian, University of California, Davis), <a href="http://hildabastian.net/" target="_blank">Hilda Bastian</a> (Chief Editor, PubMed Health/PubMed Commons), <a href="https://blog.datadryad.org/2015/03/03/execdirmm/" target="_blank">Meredith Morovati</a> (Executive Director, Dryad), and <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ostp/about/leadershipstaff" target="_blank">Jerry Sheehan</a> (Assistant Director for Scientific Data & Information, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy - TBC).</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="arial, helvetica neue, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font><span style="font-family:arial,"helvetica neue",helvetica,sans-serif">An essential conference for all those working in and interested in open access publishing, COASP returns for its 8th year with a diverse range of panels, events, and collaborative opportunities to bring together the open access community. With open access now at the top of the agendas of global governments, universities, libraries, funders, and policy makers, and of critical importance to researchers at all stages of their careers, COASP offers a crucial space for those working in open access around the world to come together and discuss developments, innovations, and best practices, and to make and build upon collaborations old and new.</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div><div><div><font color="#000000" style="font-size:small"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><i>'I really loved the conversations around assessment and around what we can do to move forward -- how we can change the world, if you will.' </i></font></b><br><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">In</font></font><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(80,0,80)"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVa6B9n6zYQ" target="_blank">this video,</a> </font><font color="#000000" style="font-size:small">Jennifer Hansen, Senior Officer of Knowledge & Research at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, reflects on her time at the 7th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing (COASP) in Amsterdam, 2015: </font><font color="#000000"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVa6B9n6zYQ" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVa6B9n6zYQ</a></font><font color="#000000" style="font-size:small"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-family:arial,"helvetica neue",helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">A pre-conference reception for delegates will be held on the evening of Tuesday 20 September. Delegates will be entitled to discounted rates on guest rooms at the conference hotel.</font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="font-family:arial,"helvetica neue",helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">We hope you can join us.</font></span></p><font color="#000000"><br>Best wishes,<br>Leyla</font></div></div><div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#666666"><span style="font-size:small;line-height:18.2px">—</span><span style="font-size:small;line-height:18.2px">—</span><span style="font-size:small;line-height:18.2px">—</span><span style="font-size:small;line-height:18.2px">—</span><span style="font-size:small;line-height:18.2px">—</span><br></font></div><div><font color="#666666">Leyla Williams</font></div><div><font color="#666666">Events and Communications Coordinator</font></div><div><font color="#666666">Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association, OASPA </font></div><div><a href="http://oaspa.org" target="_blank">oaspa.org</a><font color="#666666"> | Twitter: </font><a href="https://twitter.com/OASPA" target="_blank">@OASPA</a> | <a href="http://eepurl.com/bYkP8r" style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Sign up</a><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-size:12.8px">for our mailing list</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-size:12.8px">Registrations are now open for 8th Conference of Open Access Scholarly Publishing, COASP: </span><font color="#666666"><a href="http://oaspa.org/conference/registrations-and-accommodation" target="_blank">oaspa.org/conference/registrations-and-accommodation</a></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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