[GOAL] OASPA founds new organisation for the OA Switchboard

[Bernie Folan]

*** with apologies for cross-posting***

OASPA has announced the founding of a new neutral, independent intermediary
for the OA Switchboard to enable shared infrastructure and bring
transparency, efficiency and cost effectiveness to the open access
ecosystem.

Please read more about the founding of the independent Stichting OA
Switchboard on the OASPA blog here
<https://oaspa.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff27c49b4cb51715a891f73a8&id=a8e45d8cd2&e=4e72585c7f>
.

OASPA remains fully supportive and actively involved through a strategic
partnership with the Stichting OA Switchboard.

The Steering Committee has been crucial in providing guidance throughout
the project phase and we are delighted that some of the committee members
are also willing to serve as the first directors for the Stichting OA
Switchboard:

   - Ivy Anderson (California Digital Library)
   - Rachel Bruce (UKRI)
   - Liam Earney (Jisc)
   - Hannah Hope (Wellcome Trust)
   - Paul Peters (Hindawi)
   - Claire Redhead (OASPA)
   - Ralf Schimmer (Max Planck Digital Library)

The Board delegates the day-to-day management of the OA Switchboard to an
Executive Director. The project manager of the 2020 project, Yvonne
Campfens, is appointed to this role.

Webinars are being organised to present the OA Switchboard to the wider
community, supported by demonstrations/presentations of real-life use cases
by launching customers.

More details, including 2021 pricing, is available from the website
www.oaswitchboard.org
<https://oaspa.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff27c49b4cb51715a891f73a8&id=1cc90a6095&e=4e72585c7f>
or
from Executive director for the OA Switchboard Yvonne Campfens
<yvonne.campfens at oaswitchboard.org>
Best wishes,
Bernie

*Bernie Folan*
Events and Communications
OASPA, Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association
bernie.folan at oaspa.org
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