<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>*** with apologies for cross-posting ***</div><div><br></div><div>A <span class="gmail-il">progress</span> report for <i>The <span class="gmail-il">OA</span> <span class="gmail-il">Switchboard</span> </i>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-july-2020%2F&amp;data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C3efe310bfcda4515dfc108d8349ebcfd%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&amp;sdata=f75r16WNZOsn5tFp%2FOqyBeCMZGNphOo8YGJLp4gO4po%3D&amp;reserved=0" originalSrc="https://oaspa.org/oa-switchboard-initiative-progress-report-july-2020/" shash="AkX+QyhRBOcJq04pPPY9y4WjBAFQ7pVUuFxBhE+JGgB58mLFc4z4FtHpth+Z9D7YZtIQx1Pcgbro47eJwCUeyi31RTX/+Nai742A9K9qvI12UxkUdQRZqUJIe2bPHV2zNX08krzQgXyQb9ktSCEyWgTs6/VEht7J77V7/gkXM0U=" target="_blank">OASPA blog</a>.<br></div><div><p>The <span class="gmail-il">OA</span> <span class="gmail-il">Switchboard</span> 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%7C3efe310bfcda4515dfc108d8349ebcfd%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&amp;sdata=sKTpbwZhqV3GSE52s%2FTQpPGg2Ii%2BJvrnFIxh%2B7kQ%2Fm0%3D&amp;reserved=0" originalSrc="http://www.oaswitchboard.org/" shash="ewiFopXTgvK2WwcZ43+7F6L5MyUJ7d2eRgpWFVAQxObNF5CbEKzELRcbCsujjrbP2Q7vcQ4kSYq3wGd5cjJ96+1v2/5XiZ3mAH27S9NFGzbh1pa0Yu3LVs1LkallaRb4ImunjEnTG9KPPHFDkH6JKjAL3rc/f4lQuAx52RScRds=" target="_blank">www.oaswitchboard.org</a>) is a not-for-profit collaboration between funders, institutions and publishers to provide essential infrastructure to facilitate the fulfilment of open access strategies across business models, policies and agreements. Throughout 2020, a project (overseen by OASPA, funded through a sponsorship model) is being run to prepare for the <span class="gmail-il">OA</span> <span class="gmail-il">Switchboard</span> to go live as an operational solution. Further information is available from <a href="mailto:yvonne.campfens@oaswitchboard.org" target="_blank">Yvonne Campfens</a>, <span class="gmail-il">OA</span> <span class="gmail-il">Switchboard</span> Project Manager</p><p>The post includes information on how to be kept informed and get involved.</p><p>Best wishes,<br>Bernie</p></div><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%7C3efe310bfcda4515dfc108d8349ebcfd%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&amp;sdata=THj6O1gv8JnMiBCOZPi14WyfKHHRFyRt35HpEHwUCWI%3D&amp;reserved=0" originalSrc="http://eepurl.com/bYkP8r" shash="g9ruWOK0iyO8H8S/NEV1eYDg9137if0q564e1u7Ms8j7DsfcJbTAHKNk/GqcNh9Yx5wj+rYBp5hQGEVY9iLiShSG6impPpzTQclTw81Dn2srulAjib0/XJtzCbHVkATLRwmb2KMoknxC6aC5B59Rv90eDO6J0HXDYA8tmjiT5Nc=" 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%7C3efe310bfcda4515dfc108d8349ebcfd%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&amp;sdata=GYgZNiu8zi85nmT%2Fxk2hO4%2B3oGtZdyIXKEK88jekzSs%3D&amp;reserved=0" originalSrc="https://twitter.com/OASPA" shash="e5gKF3DyMOtnNr/VC1NvbAZE5LRST3UX8sVuYoazpyLwhpQk2lKDWKxKyazC7gKoJZAtqWHiGk3ghY6YnVotMIMCi78eJvLjfXV4zSN7my/kA8m2clSR8an9TIwVWKu/NWbDhIvkA/hVaDDZuTq44t7vl3/UrDJQiKkG6HlTFcI=" 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%7C3efe310bfcda4515dfc108d8349ebcfd%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&amp;sdata=k%2F6vbv6teuvkyh9Q%2BkHQn1mL0NGtGpdeg1QSY2JcRB4%3D&amp;reserved=0" originalSrc="https://oaspa.org/conference/" shash="p9fQMb0ZhTSSD4fZ5DzmFKmJg2u761Aa2ROWrTu+jUhOxUAlHWpTkU3LhJkjmM+Vr3aNTO4nn9f7iAFTo6Z7Cj4aEk2YIdm9mBghgZWUmintDhFzUpRB5hwAKUmSoMtbDk+IoKE5EN9kb/M454l2lPvH7/tAFyWoIGoBE+smLlE=" target="_blank">Online Conference</a>, September 21-25 2020 </font><font color="#666666"><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>