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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><div id="_origMsg_"><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Forwarding from SPARC.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><hr size=1 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Shawn Daugherty <<a href="mailto:shawn@arl.org">shawn@arl.org</a>>; <br><b>To: </b><<a href="mailto:sparc-opendata@arl.org">sparc-opendata@arl.org</a>>; <br><b>Subject: </b>[sparc open data] Statement on Embargo Periods issued by SPARC and International Organizations (sent on behalf of Heather Joseph) <br><b>Sent: </b>Wed, May 14, 2014 1:05:16 PM <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Folks,<br><br>Earlier today, SPARC, along with several other major international organizations committed to promoting the principle of Open Access, issued the attached statement in support of the immediate availability of articles, and clarifying our long-held position on the use of embargo periods as a transition mechanism.<br><br>As the adoption of Open Access policies continues to grow around the world, we recognize the importance of working closely with our colleagues around the globe to ensure that institutional, state, national and international policies are in close alignment.<br><br>Please feel free to distribute this statement to your colleagues, and to encourage other organizations who support this statement to become signatories to it as well. Organizations can add their support by visiting this website: </span><a href="https://www.coar-repositories.org/?p=3989" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1155CC'>https://www.coar- repositories.org/?p=3989</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><br>Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions about this statement.<br><br>All the best,<br>Heather<br><br>Heather Joseph,<br>Executive Director, SPARC</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>