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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#454545;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">23 October 2019, 11:00-12:00 SAST</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#454545"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<em><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#454545;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Webinar: The Future of Open Access Books: Findings from a global survey of academic book authors</span></b></em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#454545"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#454545">In this webinar, you will be introduced to the <span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"><a href="https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-research/journals-books/books/portfolio"><span style="color:#E97202">open
access books programme and portfolio at Springer Nature</span></a></span>. Findings from the recent global survey of more than 2,500 academic book authors on attitudes towards, and awareness of, open access will also be presented (see <span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"><a href="https://figshare.com/articles/The_future_of_open_access_books_Findings_from_a_global_survey_of_academic_book_authors/8166599"><span style="color:#E97202">‘The
Future of Open Access Books’ white paper</span></a></span>).<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Presenter:</span></strong> Ms Christina Emery, Marketing Manager, Open Access Books at Springer Nature, London<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Register:</span></strong> <span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"><a href="https://forms.gle/gDD1hMBmVWmJWNxT6"><span style="color:#E97202">https://forms.gle/gDD1hMBmVWmJWNxT6</span></a></span> (free)<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Venue:</span></strong> Virtual (information to be shared on registration)<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Enquiries:</span></strong> <span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"><a href="mailto:mmaphuthi@assaf.org.za"><span style="color:#E97202">mmaphuthi@assaf.org.za</span></a></span> or <span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"><a href="mailto:desre@assaf.org.za"><span style="color:#E97202">desre@assaf.org.za</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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