<div dir="auto"><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">OASPA is pleased to announce our final OASPA webinar of 2021 which takes place on Monday December 6 - <b>The Fully Open Access Agreement - an essential component of a diverse, open access world.</b><br></div><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><div><b><br></b></div><div>Date: Monday, December 6, 2021<br>Time: 3 – 4.15 pm UK/UTC (<a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?p1=136&iso=20211206T15&msg=OASPA%20Webinar%20-%20The%20Fully%20Open%20Access%20Agreement&ah=1&am=15&sort=2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Time converter tool</a>)<b><br></b></div><br>This webinar will focus on “Fully Open Access agreements” (sometimes referred to as “Pure Publish” agreements) which entail institutions making central agreements to support open access (OA) publishing with Fully OA publishers who have no content to transition to open access. This webinar is organised by the <a href="https://oaspa.org/oaspa-interest-group-fully-oa-journal-organisations/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">OASPA Interest Group – Fully OA Journal Organisations</a>.<br><br>We will hear from publisher, researcher, and librarian stakeholders on the necessity and benefits of fully OA agreements, along with the pitfalls with considering OA solely as a “transitional” exercise. Please find background information about the topic at this <a href="https://oaspa.org/guest-post-the-fully-oa-agreement-an-essential-component-of-a-diverse-open-access-world/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">OASPA blog post</a> from May 2021. This webinar aims to address an audience from the OASPA community, as well as librarians and the wider scholarly communications community. <br><br><b>Chaired by </b>Jennifer Gibson, Executive Director, Dryad. With speakers <b>Wilhelm Widmark</b>, Library Director, Stockholm University, <b>Sharla Lair</b>, Senior Strategist, OA & Scholarly Communication Initiatives, Lyrasis <br>and <b>Wolfgang Benedikt Schmal</b>, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE), Heinrich-Heine-University<br><br>After an introduction by the chair, the panelists will each speak for 6-10 minutes, and then we will open it up to questions from the audience and have an extended discussion.<br><br>Please find full information and speaker biographies on this <a href="https://oaspa.org/webinar-the-fully-open-access-agreement-an-essential-component-of-a-diverse-open-access-world/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">OASPA blog post</a>.<div><br></div><div>We look forward to welcoming you to the free webinar – join us live to add your thoughts and questions – you can <a href="https://copyright.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hr1JcEKRQcSBd6hn_NtnaQ" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">register here</a>.<div><br></div><div>Best wishes</div><div>Bernie</div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b><font color="#666666">Bernie Folan</font></b><div><font color="#666666">Communications, Engagement and Outreach Manager, OASPA<br></font></div><div><font color="#666666">OASPA, Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association</font></div><div><font color="#666666"><a href="mailto:bernie.folan@oaspa.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">bernie.folan@oaspa.org</a><br>___________________________________________________________________<br></font><font color="#999999">Stay up to date: <a href="http://eepurl.com/bYkP8r" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Sign up</a> for OASPA news by email | Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/OASPA" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">@OASPA</a><br>Did you miss our 2021 Conference? <a href="https://oaspa.org/oaspa-2021-conference-program/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Program with recordings</a></font><font color="#666666"><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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