<div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">A reminder of OASPA's next webinar entitled <em>Shadow Libraries and Access to Knowledge: Origins, Policies, Legality, and Accessibility </em>which will take place on May 12. </div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><p>Large segments of the scholarly literature, both from backlist catalogs and new publications, continue to be only accessible behind paywall infrastructures. This poses a challenge to those scholars not affiliated with well funded research institutions, in particular in the Global South, exacerbating extant inequities. <br><br>At the same time, the often cumbersome user interfaces of paywall-protected platforms continue to prevent efficient usage by researchers who do happen to have access to these materials. As a result, an ecosystem of so-called “shadow libraries” has evolved, developing different strategies to make closed content accessible to a wide scholarly public. Contrary to for example the music and movie industries, the academic publishing industry has been unable to formulate a platform solution that would provide an alternative.</p><p>This OASPA webinar will address the origins and architecture of these forms of widely used online repositories, their position in relation to Open Access policies, legal aspects in terms of copyright and fair use, and what they can teach us in terms of accessibility.</p><p>The webinar will be chaired by <strong>Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei</strong> (punctum books) and we welcome panelists <strong>Arul George Scaria</strong> (National Law University Delhi), <strong>Martin Paul Eve</strong> (Birkbeck), <strong>Marcell Mars</strong> (Memory of the World, Pirate Care) and <strong>Balász Bodó</strong> (University of Amsterdam).</p><p>Please <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lSLYh9SaSru6fhZcn6tlFw" target="_blank">join us</a> live for this free webinar and contribute to the discussion. Full information is available on this <a href="https://oaspa.org/webinar-shadow-libraries-and-access-to-knowledge/" target="_blank">blog post</a>. Link to registration page: <a href="http://bit.ly/May22-OASPAWebinar" style="font-weight:bold" target="_blank">bit.ly/May22-OASPAWebinar</a><b>. </b>Please share with your networks.</p><p>With thanks to OASPA's 2022 Webinar Series sponsors - <i>Royal Society of Chemistry</i>, <i>Atypon, Trend MD </i>and <i>Hindawi </i>- whose support enables us to make our webinars available to everyone. <br></p><p>Best wishes,<br></p><p>Bernie </p><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">bernie.folan@oaspa.org</a><br>___________________________________________________________________<br></font><font color="#999999">Stay up to date: <a href="http://eepurl.com/bYkP8r" target="_blank">Sign up</a> for OASPA news by email | Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/OASPA" target="_blank">@OASPA</a><br></font><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153)">OASPA Conference </span><a href="https://oaspa.org/conference" target="_blank">Information and past programs and recordings</a><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153)"> l OASPA Webinars </span><a href="https://oaspa.org/information-resources/oaspa-webinars/" target="_blank">Webinars with links to recordings</a><font color="#666666"><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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