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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Community [mailto:community-bounces@oa2020.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Open Access 2020<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 7, 2018 10:36 AM<br><b>To:</b> community@oa2020.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [OA2020 Community] Action plans for open access - 14th Berlin Open Access Conference and more important dates!<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>As supporters of the <a href="https://oa2020.org/">Open Access 2020 Initiative</a> and signatory institutions of the <a href="https://oa2020.org/mission/">OA2020 Expression of Interest in the Large-Scale Implementation of Open Access to Scholarly Journals</a>, we are very pleased to share some important news. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>The <b>14<sup>th</sup> Berlin Open Access Conference will be held on</b> <b>3-4 December 2018</b> at the Max Planck Society’s Harnack House in Berlin. The conference will have a completely new format to ensure that key representatives from the academic and research communities from around the world will have the opportunity to measure the progress of different approaches in the open access transition and strategize together on concerted actions that will drive the transformation of scholarly communications. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>In the meantime, two further </span><span lang=DE><a href="https://oa2020.org/events/#workshops"><span lang=EN-GB>OA2020 Transformation Workshops</span></a></span><span lang=EN-GB> offered by the Max Planck Digital Library have been scheduled for 2018, in order to meet the high demand of librarians and consortia staff who are interested in learning the strategic and practical aspects of transitioning today’s scholarly journals to open access:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>6-8 March 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Places fully booked.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>5-7 June 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Registration will open in March<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>25-27 September 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Registration will open in June.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>We will keep you updated on these events and other news via this newly created listserv dedicated to the </span><span lang=DE><a href="https://oa2020.org/be-informed/#oa2020"><span lang=EN-GB>OA2020 Community</span></a></span><span lang=EN-GB> and moderated by the OA2020 Project Team. I encourage you to share news of your activities in driving the transformation of today’s scholarly journals from subscription to open access business models.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>With best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Colleen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>If you wish to be removed from our mailing list or have any queries, please </span><span lang=DE><a href="mailto:contact@oa2020.org?subject=Unsubscribe%20OA2020%20listserv"><span lang=EN-GB>contact us</span></a></span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:DE'>Colleen Campbell<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:DE'>OA2020 Partner Development<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:DE'>Max Planck Digital Library<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:DE'>+49 160 9725 1536<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:DE'>@ColleenCampbe11<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE><a href="https://oa2020.org/"><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:DE'>https://oa2020.org</span></a></span><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:DE'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:DE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:DE'>After 15 years of working toward Open Access, 85% of scholarly outputs are still locked behind paywalls upon publication. Join </span><span lang=DE><a href="https://oa2020.org/"><span style='mso-fareast-language:DE'>OA2020</span></a></span><span lang=DE style='mso-fareast-language:DE'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:DE'>to accelerate the transition.</span><span lang=DE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>