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--></style></head><body lang=en-NL link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><< Apologies for cross posting >><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>In July, OPERAS and a consortium of partners </span><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Foperas.hypotheses.org%2F4205&data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C9ccc85b3551c41c5a61808d852fd704d%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&sdata=hhKRXbgvDavWTveFxq1Jl7WYH0LP00Lqq2zOO1GFKkg%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://operas.hypotheses.org/4205" shash="noeejlSuAzwupdKgspDlBPfcmMOsOMx485ii08levXzWGhG6ZrnWp4W5vdliGYEzkiMjyCMUMVzkk6HRnJUnwJXx5ewc7pDCFeyg9YEYPPxsm6Fm5ZsXLpzKpnrjyHDnw3rcBwz6Hv769uZoeanIdkRXqRSreEj73/TazDdm4gY="><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC'>launched a survey</span></a><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> to conduct a <b>study commissioned by </b></span><b><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.coalition-s.org%2Fexploring-collaborative-non-commercial-publishing-models-for-open-access-tender-results%2F&data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C9ccc85b3551c41c5a61808d852fd704d%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&sdata=SeUTB6qldGRW8DjZiuQ4oWr8%2BvUIFC2TZKcoqR81zus%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://www.coalition-s.org/exploring-collaborative-non-commercial-publishing-models-for-open-access-tender-results/" shash="e5o8b2LGdc+gSYB/FpjGlSR/ARhKJYb1NLDvf/Pu8+8fLT9aV22IWdv6uO934p23mB/uxLK2NyVWiMK1niqS318rtJHG1FgS8va7EfLgVNhsJ7AllokAkrycHEQvRhMBQmNW/7CX5p3z9DcXd45TnOhHKeNc1Swj2YjL3q6VadE="><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC'>cOAlition S</span></a></b><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> on open access journals and platforms</span></b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> that are free of charge for readers and authors (also known as “<b>diamond journals</b>”). </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>The survey is important because it will inform steps funding organization can or will take to financially or otherwise support these open access journals, that often tend to be overlooked as a way forward in scholarly publishing.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>So far, we are very pleased to report that almost 2000 journals have participated in our survey. However, we have decided to keep the survey open for a little longer </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>(until the end of this week) </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>to better ensure as much diversity as possible</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>50% currently come from Western Europe. We need more responses, particularly from Asia (3,6%) and Africa (1%)!</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><img border=0 width=602 height=372 style='width:6.2708in;height:3.875in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D684F7.0DFA3BE0"></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>52% currently come from social sciences and humanities. We need more responses from </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>other disciplines</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><img border=0 width=602 height=373 style='width:6.2708in;height:3.8854in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.png@01D684F7.0DFA3BE0"></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>If you manage an academic journal that is free of charge for authors <i>and</i> readers, please take approximately 30 minutes to participate in the survey and help us get to know your journal better.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>The survey is available in <b>6 languages</b> and will be open until </span><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Friday,</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>11th of September</span></b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>In English: </span><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.surveymonkey.com%2Fr%2FGZQDBT5&data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C9ccc85b3551c41c5a61808d852fd704d%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&sdata=R8kG9LP3eL2inAheKGbok6z%2BLYXXBMKdbhpbc1%2Bg%2FF4%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GZQDBT5" shash="obQRQD2Ai7j/zbiV0eHOm0SJvP4xLK72e2DQ0ZwBRKzndbeYekMI4ULsTS1JI7UHXoIgTDEFLI4zZpnfM89WOT4a+OghAsZw9xQXmZmhOD7d2XDfv4ckl7h4GmV/TSusvedovh9HZZTh0+pN1IxMczbQS9/qsVP3GrJfDfIPp2Q="><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC'>https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GZQDBT5</span></a><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>In 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landscape as possible by taking the survey by sharing this in social media and mailing listsor by passing this on to someone.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Best regards, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Vanessa Proudman<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>***************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Vanessa Proudman<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Director, SPARC 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