<div dir="ltr"><div>We are excited to announce the fifth webinar in our 'Wayfinders' series, scheduled for <b>Tues 25 March 2025, 4-5pm GMT.</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-beb04f7c-7fff-1e6f-91f8-7a0eeff688d6"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Following our</span><a href="https://www.oaspa.org/events/wayfinders-4-a-deep-dive-into-s2o-subscribe-to-open/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline"> deep-dive into Subscribe to Open</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, Wayfinders #5 is an exploration of collective action models enabling open access for books and monographs without the need for Book Processing Charges (BPCs). </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Whether named as members, supporters, partners, investors or others, collective library action is funding open content across many book publishers. This session gathers publisher perspectives from Europe, UK and USA on </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">how </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">they open, and </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">why </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">they open, as well as</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> what’s at stake if we can’t open</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> books in ways that include all scholars.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Join us for a conversation where ‘mixed model’ enables full open access; where human stories of transformation are evident, where R&D is a part of the open publishing story, and where huge and tiny organisations are finding inclusive ways to deliver open access for books, chapters and monographs. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><div>Full details are available in our <a href="https://www.oaspa.org/events/wayfinders-5-working-collectively-to-open-up-access-to-books/" target="_blank">latest post.</a></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WXBTJeUIT2KGGIGG3ZKAXA#/registration"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Join us live</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"> for this free webinar, bring your questions along, and contribute to the discussion. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><div><i>We thank the <b>Royal</b><b> Society of Chemistry</b> for their generous support of our webinars.</i></div><div><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><b style=""><font color="#0000ff"><br></font></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><b style=""><font color="#0000ff">Do you have an idea for a future OASPA webinar? </font></b></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">If there is a topic you would like us to consider, we invite you to send us your ideas </span><a href="https://forms.gle/vFCYxtTDh716RKhbA" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">via this form</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></p></span></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes,<br>Bernie</div></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Carol Green</div><div>OASPA Communications and Administration Support </div><div>Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association, OASPA</div><div><a href="https://oaspa.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">https://oaspa.org/</a></div><div>========================</div><div>Stay up to date:  <a href="http://eepurl.com/bYkP8r" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Sign up</a> for OASPA news by email</div></div></div></div>
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