<div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px">*apologies for cross-posting*</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><br></span></div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Hi all,</span><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Impact is a frequently used, but rarely defined term. This is especially true in the field of open access and scholarly communication. What do we mean when we talk about the impact of open access? What do we measure and why? </span><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px">We’d like to invite you to join us for two upcoming webinars that look at impact from different angles:</span><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Title:</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"> Connecting the Dots: Scholarly Impact and the Institutional Mission</span><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Date/time:</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"> </span><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span class="gmail-aQJ">Thursday, September 29, 2016 at 11am</span></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"> Pacific/2pm Eastern</span><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Register <a href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/9204339867556827650">here</a></span><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Title: </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Open Access: 100 Stories of Impact</span><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Date/time:</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"> </span><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span class="gmail-aQJ">Thursday, October 6, 2016 at 11am</span></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"> Pacific/2pm Eastern</span><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Register <a href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8391044308801079811">here</a></span><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px">In the first webinar, “Connecting the Dots: Scholarly Impact and the Institutional Mission,” I’ll share how libraries are aligning the impact of their repository initiatives with larger institutional goals such as recruitment and retention, increasing funding, and raising the visibility of the institution and its experts. </span><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px">In the second webinar, “Open Access: 100 Stories of Impact,” Senior Outreach Associate Promita Chatterji will discuss a framework for understanding the impact of open access through a consideration of individual stories.</span><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px">We hope you can join us!</span><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Regards,</span><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Ann</span><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Ann Connolly<div>Director of Outreach and Scholarly Communication</div><div>bepress</div><div><a href="mailto:aconnolly@bepress.com" target="_blank">aconnolly@bepress.com</a></div><div><br></div><div>(510) 665-1200 x174</div><div><a href="http://www.bepress.com" target="_blank">www.bepress.com</a></div><div><br></div><div>bepress: the frontier of scholarly publishing since 1999</div><div><br></div><div>Check out IR success stories on the DC Telegraph at <a href="http://blog.digitalcommons.bepress.com" target="_blank">blog.digitalcommons.bepress.com</a></div></div></div></div></div>
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