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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>The fifth Q&A in a series exploring the current state of Open Access has been published. On this occasion the questions are answered by Joseph Esposito, President of Processed Media.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Esposito is a former publisher and now publishing consultant. He is also a self-professed "advocate of open access publishing", so the topic of OA is clearly right up his street.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Esposito has a number of noteworthy things to say. He argues, for instance, that despite its merits, and apparent traction, OA will nevertheless remain a marginal activity. As he says, "I don't see OA becoming the primary form of scholarly publishing."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>More here: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><a href="http://poynder.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/joseph-esposito-on-state-of-open-access.html">http://poynder.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/joseph-esposito-on-state-of-open-access.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>