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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Sir or Madam,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please find a press release about the launch of a new Australian Open Access Support Group attached. The body of the release is copied below.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dr Danny Kingsley<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>*******************************<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>PRESS RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>A new voice for Australian open access celebrates Open Access Week 2012 </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>The new <span class=MsoHyperlink>Australian Open Access Support Group</span> (AOASG) was launched this week to coincide with international <a href="file:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\u4091854\Local%20Settings\Temporary%20Internet%20Files\Content.Outlook\IWM2VMC6\Open%20Access%20Week%202012">Open Access Week 2012</a>. Open Access makes the results of publicly funded research freely available on the web to the world. Open Access helps to increase the speed and visibility of research and improves community awareness of the results.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>AOASG aims to be a concerted and coordinated Australian voice in support of open access. The group will lobby government, have a media presence, and provide advice and support to both research funding agencies and research institutions on how to best implement open access policy, practices and supporting infrastructure. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>The AOASG is being founded by six Australian universities which already have an open access policy requiring published research outputs to be made available: the Australian National University, Charles Sturt University, Macquarie University, University of Newcastle, Queensland University of Technology and Victoria University.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Support for the open access movement has been increasing steadily. This year marks the sixth international Open Access Week – designed to raise awareness of and celebrate open access around the world – with the call to ‘set the default to open access’. Many Australian universities are marking the week with events and giveaways. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Developments in open access have attracted significant attention in the media in recent months. One of Australia’s two main funding bodies, the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has a new open access policy requiring that the results of any research funded by NHMRC research grants are made available open access within 12 months of the publication date. The Australian Research Council (ARC) is considering a similar policy. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Every university in Australia has a digital database, called a repository, in which research outputs can be made freely available to the world. There are already more than 200,000 Australian research outputs feely available in these Australian repositories.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>The AOASG is developing resources and advocacy materials which will be available on an open access website early 2013.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b>Ms Judy Stokker, Director, Library Services QUT and Chair AOASG<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>*************************************<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Dr Danny Kingsley</span></b><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>------------------------------------------</span></b><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Manager, Scholarly Communications and ePublishing</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Scholarly Information Services</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Room 3.12b</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Chifley Library, Building 15</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>The Australian National University</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Canberra ACT 0200 Australia</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>E: </span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><a href="mailto:danny.kingsley@anu.edu.au"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue'>danny.kingsley@anu.edu.au</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>T: +612 6125 6839</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>W: <a href="http://research.anu.edu.au/access"><span style='color:blue'>http://research.anu.edu.au/access</span></a></span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Cricos Provider - 00120C</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>NOTE: I work three days a week: Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. 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