[Forwarded message from <b class="gmail_sendername">Andrea Higginbotham</b><span dir="ltr">]</span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><font style="font-size:13px" face="Times">Hello All!<br>
<br>We're on our way to surpassing 20,000 signatures on the White House Open Access petition - in just one week! - and we need your help to close this out successfully.<br><br>To help drive this effort home, please consider sending out one more email blast to your contact lists. This is a truly effective way of not only getting the word out, but also of showing your support. Consider a "+1" email request - encouraging those on your network who have already signed to recruit a friend or colleague to sign, to be their "+1." It's a great way to include new voices into the mix!<br>
<br>Our social media efforts have been phenomenally effective - Twitter is aglow with references to <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/search/%23openaccess" target="_blank">#openaccess</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/search/%23OAMonday" target="_blank">#OAMonday</a> so please use these hashtags if you tweet. Facebook is also a great way of getting the petition link out to all of your friends - you can add a link directly to the petition in your Facebook posting to make it easy for folks to sign.</font></div>
<div><font style="font-size:13px" face="Times"><br>Here are a few links to include in your email blasts, and to spread far and wide in your social media endeavors: </font></div><div><font style="font-size:13px" face="Times"><br>
</font></div><font style="font-size:13px" face="Times"><b>The Petition: </b><br><a href="https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#%21/petition/require-free-access-over-internet-scientific-journal-articles-arising-taxpayer-funded-research/wDX82FLQ" target="_blank">https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/petition/require-free-access-over-internet-scientific-journal-articles-arising-taxpayer-funded-research/wDX82FLQ</a></font><div>
<font style="font-size:13px" face="Times"><br></font></div><div><font style="font-size:13px" face="Times"><b>Short URL to Petition for Tweets:</b> <a href="http://wh.gov/6TH" target="_blank">wh.gov/6TH</a><br><b><br></b></font></div>
<div><font style="font-size:13px" face="Times"><b>Banner Ads to use on your Websites/Blogs:</b> <a href="http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/white-house-open-access-petition-support-banners-f.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/white-house-open-access-petition-support-banners-f.shtml</a></font></div>
<div><font style="font-size:13px" face="Times"><br></font></div><div><font style="font-size:13px" face="Times">Thank you so much for your continual help with this campaign! And please let me know if you have any questions!</font></div>
<div><font style="font-size:13px" face="Times"><br></font></div><div><font style="font-size:13px" face="Times">Best,</font></div><div><font style="font-size:13px" face="Times"><br></font></div><div><font style="font-size:13px" face="Times">Andrea</font></div>
<div><font style="font-size:13px" face="Times"><br></font></div><div><font style="font-size:13px" face="Times">-- <br>Andrea Brusca Higginbotham<br>Communications Manager, SPARC<br>21 Dupont Circle, Suite 800<br>Washington, DC 20036<br>
<a href="tel:%28202%29%20296-2296%20ext%20121" value="+12022962296" target="_blank">(202) 296-2296 ext 121</a><br><a href="mailto:andrea@arl.org" target="_blank">andrea@arl.org</a><br><a href="http://www.arl.org/sparc" target="_blank">www.arl.org/sparc</a><br>
<br>Open Access Week 2012<br>October 22-28<br><a href="http://www.openaccessweek.org/" target="_blank">http://www.openaccessweek.org/</a><br><br>NEW! SPARC Daily: <a href="http://paper.li/SPARC_NA/1334596809" target="_blank">http://paper.li/SPARC_NA/1334596809</a></font></div>
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