<div dir="ltr"><table cellpadding="0" class="gmail-cke_show_border"><tbody><tr><td></td><td><p>**With apologies for cross-posting**</p><p><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcopyright.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_rXCGGBD5S8aXeMNPJ89m-A&amp;data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C3d1913905632480bcd2708d7c4e8c8ec%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&amp;sdata=G%2BDTmMEflm7F1AUUtn2iujkLCBfydduC9nQpDJ0DJFE%3D&amp;reserved=0" originalSrc="https://copyright.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rXCGGBD5S8aXeMNPJ89m-A" shash="hVsLxofbxeJOPOsMpCHO2YfEzrYaABmp9N5MDSrx5MZwIrzPnUFLp3iEIl+74nbhpG6/urIqYkQDfvwdnDJj0/D8rCgdUNHFGmL4QUJgg46paMHQy9Hr3i+cSIbYr44bhLPRalm5ZLZapgj8+m14qsAjhWX0oGM4WBc0P06zh7k=" target="_blank">Registration</a> is now open for the next OASPA open scholarship webinar which will be held on <strong>Thursday, April 2nd </strong>at 3.00 pm GMT.<br><br>The 21st Century has seen fundamental changes to the way we share, access, disseminate and discover knowledge. What is scholarly communication and publishing in the 21st Century and what should our priorities for, and values of, scholarship be now? <br><br>Governments around the world are taking an increasing interest in open access and open science because they see direct benefits for society. In the US, open access is now actively under consideration by the White House. We are delighted, therefore, to have secured three US-based experts to explore publishing’s role in service to 21st century scholarship.<br><br><strong>Heather Joseph </strong>(Executive Director of SPARC), <strong>Kathleen Fitzpatrick </strong>(Director of Digital Humanities and Professor of English at Michigan State University) and <strong>John Wilbanks </strong>(Chief Commons Officer at Sage Bionetworks) will each provide their own perspective and then we will open up the webinar to questions from the audience.<br></p>More information and speaker biographies can be found on our blog at <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Foaspa.org%2Fwebinar-what-is-scholarly-communication-and-publishing-in-the-21st-century%2F&amp;data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C3d1913905632480bcd2708d7c4e8c8ec%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&amp;sdata=0wMrgbpScAEg%2BtPc1z3KWtL0kVor%2BpD%2BwMR2a%2FcLvrM%3D&amp;reserved=0" originalSrc="https://oaspa.org/webinar-what-is-scholarly-communication-and-publishing-in-the-21st-century/" shash="yg+e0UauJrcgEkQgNbBAMVUBkT43tw0kiWiwo5OTIzTZ+WTuNECme2MTMxp50JXT2iMICe9dKYpcBZ0dNcU44CEQJRFBwiO3r/IQlIa+J6jjncinJGFic43cifoxCW2jIPGT2tDceM/+cDGQVtN/tDXWfThyNeXW3Fiq4Wy/efQ=" target="_blank">https://oaspa.org/webinar-what-is-scholarly-communication-and-publishing-in-the-21st-century/</a><br><br>Please join us for this webinar on Thursday, April 2nd. You can register <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcopyright.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_rXCGGBD5S8aXeMNPJ89m-A&amp;data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C3d1913905632480bcd2708d7c4e8c8ec%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&amp;sdata=G%2BDTmMEflm7F1AUUtn2iujkLCBfydduC9nQpDJ0DJFE%3D&amp;reserved=0" originalSrc="https://copyright.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rXCGGBD5S8aXeMNPJ89m-A" shash="hVsLxofbxeJOPOsMpCHO2YfEzrYaABmp9N5MDSrx5MZwIrzPnUFLp3iEIl+74nbhpG6/urIqYkQDfvwdnDJj0/D8rCgdUNHFGmL4QUJgg46paMHQy9Hr3i+cSIbYr44bhLPRalm5ZLZapgj8+m14qsAjhWX0oGM4WBc0P06zh7k=" target="_blank">here</a>. Please share information with colleagues.<p>This event is free and is open to everyone. A recording will be made available following the event.</p> Best wishes,<br>Bernie<br><br></td></tr></tbody></table><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b><font color="#666666">Bernie Folan</font></b><div><font color="#666666">Events and Communications </font></div><div><font color="#666666">OASPA, Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association</font></div><div><font color="#666666"><a href="mailto:bernie.folan@oaspa.org" target="_blank">bernie.folan@oaspa.org</a></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>