<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica;line-height:24px">A progress report for <em style="">The OA Switchboard </em>has today been posted on the <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Foaspa.org%2Foa-switchboard-initiative-progress-report-may-2020%2F&amp;data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C528b59f0f12c402cfeac08d80618c50f%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&amp;sdata=rILVjHB3pZx%2FadPAX8kf%2BdQUfGtgmR%2FtJQJT%2Bt%2FW18M%3D&amp;reserved=0" originalSrc="https://oaspa.org/oa-switchboard-initiative-progress-report-may-2020/" shash="iKDTOFb9q5IwUpAqwmxY4SCXk+bwddDnUWS1O5Okc0MB0pP8AmZF3IXPYDEcnSENwx/L2N6liI7OrzAUynV8Gm2N4dYcRu4Ihjrw491vrsvsVPlwPwSy27A8LZwyxpRjDWlBetILzh9K8bddIZljRLCmRIgBj2vPa8Y8Ne33qHQ=" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,124,137)">OASPA blog</a>.</p><p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica;line-height:24px">The OA Switchboard initiative (<a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oaswitchboard.org%2F&amp;data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C528b59f0f12c402cfeac08d80618c50f%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&amp;sdata=b%2FT%2BYGPahlGY9RPGxZDqTUvmljQkEV0UwpTHETKBmWA%3D&amp;reserved=0" originalSrc="http://www.oaswitchboard.org/" shash="vHg/0UDo58CbIP8MmopSAZg1M9Qx0YjGMHolHkJcqHnRBh5gjeEQ0BIQvXrCcYqfhNeMR2BCXFhKurdMHFO/5QKi4FOnBlzoR6FPt45yc5T48w8DpOfJPzTwYiDYwlvq2ez3iliXKJ6vNxzbYQ6AJvJXqp0DJk4+U4EE1mtHiz8=" style="color:rgb(0,124,137)">www.oaswitchboard.org</a>) is a collaboration between funders, institutions and publishers with the aim to facilitate the fulfilment of OA strategies across business models, policies and agreements, whilst providing a better experience for researchers/authors. The project in 2020 will explore how we can together build an operational solution to tackle these problems, determine the technical requirements, and include a subsequent pilot phase. Further information is available from <a href="mailto:yvonne.campfens@oaswitchboard.org" style="color:rgb(0,124,137)">Yvonne Campfens</a>, OA Switchboard Project Manager.</p><p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica;line-height:24px">The post includes information on how to be kept informed and get involved.</p><p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica;line-height:24px">Best wishes,<br>Bernie</p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><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><br>___________________________________________________________________<br></font><font color="#999999">Stay up to date:  <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Feepurl.com%2FbYkP8r&amp;data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C528b59f0f12c402cfeac08d80618c50f%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&amp;sdata=9nxLAFq5Bmdr9Mm0ucjGGnX7sF2y3gdiSRB%2B1rRuWyA%3D&amp;reserved=0" originalSrc="http://eepurl.com/bYkP8r" shash="e9ykdsBYlH163uX5NvuCdXQtubcF3armvQ59iAfYSa++73qnkc2kvdJQfnchzRttFu/1gDtA8p9Ww17ghjs3hhhgX8uFlT/ykEhwSrbKJyPUWPD5YZVMXxD3bTW/p/t9rUznfkx92pNIws/gix3BQTY1aWz1z79EeI86tnM6EWQ=" style="" target="_blank">Sign up</a> for OASPA news by email | Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FOASPA&amp;data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C528b59f0f12c402cfeac08d80618c50f%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&amp;sdata=CAEBzEkhOcR31gnAGF4hKwReQpxtQ1wjdV%2B5ousP7hw%3D&amp;reserved=0" originalSrc="https://twitter.com/OASPA" shash="WcnZPeiDQgPXVwpSJdO66C4ZM3fw75Xlwbn+CCG0AOoQ1P6vO7YdyUTcpQnu8wf18VkQe2D4STGX3Mu0x22n7Ie/wIkS0JB37B0WjJ61vCpJAjX1eKmUWsCKskJdH26zf/vGMrTYk+HRC0zujl78RxwvI1j85YgXn+Ms3Tx80jg=" style="" target="_blank">@OASPA</a><br>OASPA 2020 <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Foaspa.org%2Fconference%2F&amp;data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C528b59f0f12c402cfeac08d80618c50f%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&amp;sdata=o4jxleTv1QxnA57SfnvyCx8Rfc4qT4VbswWySGVzDcI%3D&amp;reserved=0" originalSrc="https://oaspa.org/conference/" shash="L4ezqNEtL2D/mJyQ3I6eDm8lHxrf3bwWd5uqsz2Q1fZlZgBg0koEsTCgDIk8CpLkeqqU62akEaPdOf8KZgTIdVS/x7Arspz4UvS2pzC3XReF6Z145RJmARZoFXCU2FW/QGy2ECvvaid90gcX65VNFU99G+2zMkzBsUrKEYnMdiM=" style="">Online Conference</a>, September 21-25 2020 </font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>