<font size="2"><font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif">[Forwarding from the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA). --Peter Suber.]<br></font></font><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br>ANNOUNCEMENT<br>
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OASPA welcomes the International Union of Crystallography and<br>
Springer.<br>
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28 June 2010: OASPA welcomes two new members to the organization<br>
this month- the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) and<br>
Springer.<br>
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The learned society publisher IUCr publishes a total of eight<br>
peer reviewed journals, one of which is the highly popular open<br>
access title, Acta Crystallographica Section E. The journal has<br>
been open access since the start of 2008 and publishes<br>
approximately 4500 articles per year.<br>
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In describribing the IUCr's open access program, Managing Editor<br>
Peter Strickland explains "As a small learned society publisher,<br>
working on behalf of crystallographers worldwide, our aim is to<br>
publish high-quality research articles and ensure that the<br>
articles and their associated data sets are widely read and used.<br>
We see open-acess publishing as a way of meeting this aim and, as<br>
a member of OASPA, look forward to learning from the experiences<br>
of other open-access publishers."<br>
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Springer's 2008 acquisition of BioMed Central marked the<br>
company's entrance into the full open access publishing arena.<br>
This action was followed by the introduction of an open access<br>
publishing program over the last couple of years under the<br>
publisher's own imprint, and today's announcement regarding<br>
SpringerOpen: a suite of open access journals across disciplines.<br>
Forthcoming titles under Springer Open will be published under a<br>
Creative Commons Attribution License.<br>
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Commenting on Springer's membership, Wim van der Stelt,<br>
Executive Vice President of Business Development states, "As the<br>
world's largest open access publisher, it is only logical that<br>
Springer has joined OASPA. We will also continue to remain a<br>
committed member of the International Association of STM<br>
Publishers, as we see that both organizations can contribute to<br>
best practices."<br>
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"The growing OASPA membership represents an increasingly diverse<br>
set of publishers", according to OASPA President, Caroline<br>
Sutton, "This is important for forming standards and best<br>
practices that are viable across different types of publishing<br>
organizations, in different subject areas and in different<br>
geographic areas. The OASPA board is pleased to welcome these two<br>
new publishers and looks forward to working with them to develop<br>
open access publishing in their respective areas."<br>
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Caroline Sutton, PhD<br>
Publisher<br>
Co-Action Publishing<br>
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