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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Iryna Kuchma <<a href="mailto:iryna.kuchma@eifl.net">iryna.kuchma@eifl.net</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 11, 2021 5:34 PM<br><b>To:</b> eifloa <<a href="mailto:eifloa@lists.eifl.net">eifloa@lists.eifl.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [EIFL-OA] Join EIFL and OBP online discussion about the creation and usage of open access books</p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Dear colleagues, </p><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:21.0pt;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:OpenSans;color:#545454">EIFL and Open Book Publishers (OBP), a leading scholar-led open access (OA) book publisher, invite librarians and researchers to join a discussion about the creation and usage of OA books. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#545454"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:OpenSans;color:#545454">Date and time:</span></strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:OpenSans;color:#545454"> Thursday, 20 May at 09:00 UTC.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#545454"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:OpenSans;color:#545454">Registration: </span></strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:OpenSans;color:#545454">Please <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAtc-ygpzMvG9Z5LQk696c34E8EMtKin06f" target="_blank"><span style="color:#12aee0">register in advance</span></a>. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.</span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:21.0pt;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:OpenSans;color:#545454">Lucy Barnes, Editor and Outreach Coordinator, and Laura Rodriguez, Marketing and Library Relations Officer at OBP, will lead the discussion, addressing the following questions: </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#545454"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:OpenSans;color:#545454">What OA book formats are most useful to you and your library users? </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#545454"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:OpenSans;color:#545454">How does your library discover and engage with OA books? </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#545454"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:OpenSans;color:#545454">How would you like OA books to be delivered? </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#545454"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:OpenSans;color:#545454">How can we facilitate greater usage of OA books within your research and student communities? </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#545454"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:OpenSans;color:#545454">Metadata – is there a format other than MARC (machine-readable cataloging) records that would be useful for you?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#545454"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:OpenSans;color:#545454">How much are authors interested in publishing OA books and chapters? </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#545454"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:OpenSans;color:#545454">How do we build engagement with authors/researchers around the creation and use of OA books? </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:48.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#545454"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:OpenSans;color:#545454">Are there book series or subject areas that particularly need more open access outlets?</span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:21.0pt;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:OpenSans;color:#545454">More <a href="https://www.eifl.net/sites/default/files/resources/open_book_publishers_resource.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color:#12aee0">information about OBP</span></a>.</span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:21.0pt;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:OpenSans;color:#545454">(<a href="https://www.eifl.net/events/discussing-open-access-books">https://www.eifl.net/events/discussing-open-access-books</a>)</span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:21.0pt;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:OpenSans;color:#545454"> </span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal">-- <br>--- [EIFL-OA] mailing list - <a href="mailto:eifloa@eifl.net">eifloa@eifl.net</a> - <a href="https://eifl.net">https://eifl.net</a><br>--- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to <a href="mailto:eifloa+unsubscribe@eifl.net">eifloa+unsubscribe@eifl.net</a><br>--- <br>To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to <a href="mailto:eifloa+unsubscribe@eifl.net">eifloa+unsubscribe@eifl.net</a>.</p></div></body></html>
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