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lang="EN-CA">Dear colleagues,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span
lang="EN-CA">Wednesday, June 27, 2012: The Confederation
of Open Access Repositories (COAR) is pleased to announce
the formation of the Open Access Agreements and Licenses
Task Force. <span> </span></span><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; ">This is a
multi-stakeholder Task Force initiated and supported by COAR
(Confederation of Open Access Repositories), with members
representing a number of different types of organizations
(libraries, licensing agencies, library associations, and
open access groups) with a common interest in promoting
sustainable and effective practices for open access. <span
lang="EN-CA">The Task Force aims to review and assess the
growing number of open access agreements being implemented
between publishers and research institutions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span
lang="EN-CA">As the momentum for open access grows,
publishers and libraries are developing new mechanisms to
support open access. “In this rapidly evolving
environment, it can be challenging to keep up with the
range of open access agreements available”, says Kathleen
Shearer, Canadian Association of Research Libraries and
Chair of the Task Force. “We hope that this Task Force
will help the scholarly community gain a better
understanding of the current landscape and assist them in
making the best choices when considering entering into
open access agreements with publishers.”<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span
lang="EN-CA">The Task Force aims to have preliminary
recommendations available for October 2012. More
information about the Task Force is available on the COAR
website: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.coar-repositories.org/working-groups/repository-content/licenses-task-force/">http://www.coar-repositories.org/working-groups/repository-content/licenses-task-force/</a></span></p>
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Best wishes,</p>
<p>Alicia López Medina<br>
COAR Executive Director<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.coar-repositories.org/">http://www.coar-repositories.org/</a><br>
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Katharina Müller (Head of Office)<br>
Göttingen State and University Library<br>
Platz der Göttinger Sieben 1<br>
37073 Göttingen<br>
Germany<br>
Tel.: +49 551 39-22215<br>
Fax: +49 551 39-5222<br>
E-Mail: office[at]coar-repositories[dot]org</p>
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