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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Richard (and please, could you post my reply to the GOAL list?),<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’ll just respond publicly to the questions of fact here---your point number 2. I would be happy to discuss these other matters with you via Skype or email. I certainly don’t want to argue with you publicly about this. You and I have been discussing OSI since late 2014 and you are more than entitled to your right to suggest changes that will make this effort stronger (and as always, I welcome and value your input).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>With regard to the OSI membership question, as you know, we set out quotas for each stakeholder group. This is a moving target---we identify people who we think should be part of this effort, reach out to them, and hope they’ll say yes. As it turns out, more librarians have an interest in this topic than do active researchers (for example)---and indeed, when university chancellors and provosts appoint people to represent their institutions, they almost invariably appoint the library dean to fill this role. So what you’re seeing on this list are 4-5 dozen official university representatives (tasked by their provosts) who also happen to be library heads. And with regard to publisher counts, as I mentioned, you’re including society publishers, university presses, etc. in your total. Here’s the current target breakdown by stakeholder group (which has changed from day one and may change more as the year goes on---indeed, as was pointed out at OSI2017, many of these groups are more alike than unalike, so maybe our goal of getting a broad array of perspectives involved here should be met by some other means than stakeholder divisions):<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:41.75pt;text-indent:-23.75pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo13'><a name="_MailEndCompose"><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Research universities (35%)<o:p></o:p></a></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:41.75pt;text-indent:-23.75pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo13'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><![if !supportLists]><span 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style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:41.75pt;text-indent:-23.75pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo13'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Open knowledge groups and “born-open” publishers (5%)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:41.75pt;text-indent:-23.75pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo13'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>University presses and library publishers (5%)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:41.75pt;text-indent:-23.75pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo13'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>7.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Government policy organizations (5%)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:41.75pt;text-indent:-23.75pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo13'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>8.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Funders, public and private (5%)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:41.75pt;text-indent:-23.75pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo13'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>9.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Scholarly libraries and library groups 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industry experts (up to 20 per meeting)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:41.75pt;text-indent:-23.75pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo13'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>15.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Active researchers and academic authors (up to 20 per meeting)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:41.75pt;text-indent:-23.75pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo13'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>16.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Scholarly journal editors (up to 10 per meeting)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:41.75pt;text-indent:-23.75pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo13'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>17.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Journalists (up to 10 per meeting)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:41.75pt;text-indent:-23.75pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo13'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>18.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Elected officials (up to 10 per meeting)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'>Glenn<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#262626'>Glenn Hampson</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><br></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#262626'>Executive Director</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><br></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#262626'>National Science Communication Institute (nSCI)</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><br></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#262626'>Program Director<br>Open Scholarship Initiative (OSI)</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal 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style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'></span><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b>From:</b> Richard Poynder [mailto:richard.poynder@cantab.net] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 20, 2017 2:06 AM<br><b>To:</b> goal@eprints.org; 'Glenn Hampson' <ghampson@nationalscience.org><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [SCHOLCOMM] On sponsorship, transparency, scholarly publishing, and open access<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-GB>Dear Glenn,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-GB>I appreciate your taking the time to respond to the thoughts I posted on the theme of publisher sponsorship. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-GB>As you say, we don’t want to try people’s patience so I will just make a few comments in response.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormalCxSpLast style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><b><span lang=EN-GB>On sponsorship</span></b><span lang=EN-GB>. I think we both agree that, as you put it, “Right or wrong, sponsorships are part of modern society and an important part at that.” What separates us I think is that you believe that since it is the way things work nowadays, we should just accept it and make the most of it. I guess you also feel it is a good thing. My view is that (since it is corrosive and gives even more power to the powerful) we should resist it, and speak out against it. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class=MsoListParagraph><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span lang=EN-GB>You seem to be saying that since OSI’s budget is only about $150,000 a year then where the money comes from is less important. If so, I can only say that I disagree.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span lang=EN-GB>You go on to caricature my concern about publisher sponsorship in this way: “Hello, OSI? We’ll give you $100k if you promote Product X as the new solution to peer review?” Really? Can I keep $99k of that for my legal bills?” I would hope that a careful reading of my text would show that my argument is not really that simplistic. In fact, my comments about OSI were one small part of a larger argument, and I would invite people to read the whole text, which is available here: <a href="http://bit.ly/2taOuoL">http://bit.ly/2taOuoL</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=2 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><b><span lang=EN-GB>On OSI membership</span></b><span lang=EN-GB>. I assume we are both working from the document you posted recently to the OSI list, which shows that there are 375 members of OSI. You rightly point out that establishing how to categorise people on the list is not always easy. However, by my reckoning the list includes 122 publishers (primary and secondary), of which 52 are commercial concerns. Of the latter, 13 appear to be employees of Elsevier/RELX (3.5% of the total membership of the list). And by my reckoning there are around 114 libraries (mainly from the US). By contrast I could find only 18 researchers, although again establishing these numbers cannot be a precise art given the nature of the data. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class=MsoListParagraph><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=3 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><b><span lang=EN-GB>On conversations on the list</span></b><span lang=EN-GB>. I think you are saying that the bad temper on the list is infrequent and short-lived, and that publishers do not generally contribute. It is true that publishers don’t generally post to the list, but I think it is also true that you see one of your tasks as being to contribute on their behalf after having off list conversations with them. Either way, that they are reluctant to speak might seem to support my assertion that it will be hard for OSI to arrive at meaningful consensus, or satisfactory conclusions about the future of scholarly communication. Indeed, one of the OSI member publishers wrote on Twitter, “The listserv is toxic and in no way moving anything forward.” <o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class=MsoListParagraph><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=4 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><b><span lang=EN-GB>On censorship</span></b><span lang=EN-GB>. I think our memory of the incident is similar, except that it was not my understanding that it was mutually agreed that there would be no more censorship. My recollection is that I pointed out that it would not be practically possible to censor without deleting whole threads from the list.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class=MsoListParagraph><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>As I say, I am grateful for your feedback. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Richard Poynder<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b>From:</b> Glenn Hampson [<a href="mailto:ghampson@nationalscience.org">mailto:ghampson@nationalscience.org</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> 19 July 2017 18:31<br><b>To:</b> 'Richard Poynder' <<a href="mailto:richard.poynder@btinternet.com">richard.poynder@btinternet.com</a>>; <a href="mailto:scholcomm-request@lists.ala.org">scholcomm-request@lists.ala.org</a>; 'The Open Scholarship Initiative' <<a href="mailto:osi2016-25@googlegroups.com">osi2016-25@googlegroups.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [SCHOLCOMM] On sponsorship, transparency, scholarly publishing, and open access<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'>Hi Everyone,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'>I’d like to take this opportunity to invite everyone in the scholcomm community to nominate individuals (self-nominations are welcome) to participate in this year’s efforts of the Open Scholarship Initiative (OSI). Here’s what we’re about (from a draft version of our preamble, which is being finalized this summer):<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;line-height:normal'><span style='color:black'>The principles and practices of scholarly communication are critical to the advancement of research and research knowledge. OSI’s mission is to build a robust framework for communication, coordination and cooperation among all nations and stakeholders in order to improve scholarly communication, beginning with scholarly publishing—to find common understanding and just, achievable, sustainable, inclusive solutions, and to work toward these solutions together in order to increase the amount of research information available to the world, as well as the number of people everywhere who can access this information. The guiding principles of OSI are to involve the entire stakeholder community in a collaborative effort; to value all stakeholder voices and perspectives; to thoughtfully consider the consequences of all approaches; to coordinate and collaborate on developing joint solutions and efforts; and to pursue and continue refining solutions over time to ensure their implementation, effectiveness, and success.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'>OSI includes high-level decision makers from all stakeholder groups and many different countries. We would particularly appreciate being able to add more active researchers and authors to OSI this year, more university provosts, and more industry leaders, policy makers, funder reps and journalists. Increasing the number of voices from outside the US and EU is also a goal. There are currently about 375 leaders on the OSI listserv, representing 18 different stakeholder groups, 23 countries and 250 institutions. Of these individuals, about 50 represent research universities (in an official capacity), 40 are library or library group leaders, 35 represent commercial publishers, 30 represent government policy organizations, 30 represent open knowledge groups and “born open” publishers, and 20 represent scholarly societies. Nominations will be considered by the advisory group. OSI tries to maintain a balance in terms of the number of representatives from each stakeholder group.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'>I would also like to take this opportunity to correct the statement made by Richard Poynder in his piece yesterday about the influence of funding from scholarly publishers, at least with regard to OSI. Much as I don’t want to take up my time and yours by arguing these points, and much as I value Richard’s scholarship and analysis, I do have a responsibility to OSI and its supporters and members to not allow misstatements like these to linger (even if no one ends up reading this email, I have a responsibility to correct the record). As a general point, it has certainly been well-documented that research funding can influence research outcomes. “Soft” sponsorships are a much murkier case, however. We’re talking here about everything from television commercials to billboards to the ads that pop up alongside New York Times articles. Sponsors make it possible for programs and events to happen---not just in scholcomm but in medicine, sports, tech, news, on university campuses and in public parks. Right or wrong, sponsorships are part of modern society and an important part at that. As far as OSI is concerned, we are grateful for the interest and support we’ve received from our sponsors to-date and we welcome support from all interested sources. Indeed, we would ideally like to see universities take over most of the funding responsibilities for this effort if only because scholcomm reform is such a university-centric set of issues (spread between 100 campuses, this wouldn’t amount to much at all), but until/unless this happens, UNESCO, foundations, publishers, and OSI members themselves will carry the load.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'>Here are the specific corrections to Richard’s article:<o:p></o:p></p><ol start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo9'>“Membership of OSI is made up primarily of legacy publishers and US librarians.” This is incorrect. As noted above, about 10% of OSI members are commercial publishing reps and another 10% are librarians. However, most OSI reps wear several hats, so research university reps are often library heads and scholarly society reps may come from their publishing division. This may be a source of Richard’s misinterpretation. Even counting this overlap, though, the totals are far from “primarily.”<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo9'>“…as the funding provided for OSI by UNESCO has been falling, so the contributions of legacy publishers have been increasing.” OSI has an annual operating budget of only about US$150,000 at the moment. We’re not talking a lot of money here. And there have only been two years of funding, which is not enough to start drawing trendlines. In year one (for OSI2016), commercial publishers supplied $27,500 of funding for a program that cost $168,850. In year two they supplied $50,000 for a program that cost $134,300---more money for a cheaper program. In the same period, foundation support almost doubled from $25,000 to $45,000, UNESCO support fell by almost half (a temporary situation), participant registration fees were slashed from $58,000 to $13,500 and scholarship support grew from a few thousand dollars to over $20,000 this year. So what kind of story you want to write about these meager totals really depends on what kind of axe you’re looking to grind---UNESCO is down, foundations are up, etc. The bottom line is that we did more with less in 2017 and these budget numbers will change again next year when UNESCO will hopefully be able to contribute more. Also, we’ve never hidden these raw figures so there’s no need to interpret secondary source material. These numbers are in the OSI reports and website, and available on request:<o:p></o:p></li></ol><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=473 style='width:354.75pt;margin-left:30.6pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:1.0pt'><td width=276 nowrap valign=top style='width:206.75pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.5pt;background:white;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>OSI INCOME<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=100 nowrap valign=top style='width:75.0pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.5pt;background:white;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:right;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>OSI2016<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=97 nowrap valign=top style='width:73.0pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.5pt;background:white;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:right;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>OSI2017<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr style='height:1.0pt'><td width=276 nowrap valign=top style='width:206.75pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;background:#D9E2F3;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>UNESCO<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=100 nowrap valign=top style='width:75.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;background:#D9E2F3;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:right;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>$48,000<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=97 nowrap valign=top style='width:73.0pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;background:#D9E2F3;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:right;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>$25,000<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:1.0pt'><td width=276 nowrap valign=top style='width:206.75pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Foundations<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=100 nowrap valign=top style='width:75.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'></td><td width=97 nowrap valign=top style='width:73.0pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:1.0pt'><td width=276 nowrap valign=top style='width:206.75pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;background:#D9E2F3;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:.25in;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Doris Duke Charitable Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=100 nowrap valign=top style='width:75.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;background:#D9E2F3;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:right;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>$0<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=97 nowrap valign=top style='width:73.0pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;background:#D9E2F3;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:right;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>$25,000<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:1.0pt'><td width=276 nowrap valign=top style='width:206.75pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:.25in;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Alfred P. Sloan Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=100 nowrap valign=top style='width:75.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:right;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>$20,000<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=97 nowrap valign=top style='width:73.0pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:right;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>$20,000<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:1.0pt'><td width=276 nowrap valign=top style='width:206.75pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;background:#D9E2F3;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:.25in;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Laura & John Arnold Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=100 nowrap valign=top style='width:75.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;background:#D9E2F3;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:right;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>$5,000<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=97 nowrap valign=top style='width:73.0pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;background:#D9E2F3;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:right;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>$0<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:1.0pt'><td width=276 nowrap valign=top style='width:206.75pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Commercial publishers<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=100 nowrap valign=top style='width:75.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'></td><td width=97 nowrap valign=top style='width:73.0pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:1.0pt'><td width=276 nowrap valign=top style='width:206.75pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;background:#D9E2F3;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:.25in;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Elsevier<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=100 nowrap valign=top style='width:75.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;background:#D9E2F3;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:right;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>$7,500<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=97 nowrap valign=top style='width:73.0pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;background:#D9E2F3;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:right;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>$20,000<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:1.0pt'><td width=276 nowrap valign=top style='width:206.75pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:.25in;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Taylor & Francis (Informa)<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=100 nowrap valign=top style='width:75.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:right;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>$0<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=97 nowrap valign=top style='width:73.0pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:right;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>$5,000<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:1.0pt'><td width=276 nowrap valign=top style='width:206.75pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;background:#D9E2F3;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:.25in;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Nature Publishing Group (Macmillan)<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=100 nowrap valign=top style='width:75.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;background:#D9E2F3;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:right;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>$5,000<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=97 nowrap valign=top style='width:73.0pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;background:#D9E2F3;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:right;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>$10,000<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:1.0pt'><td width=276 nowrap valign=top style='width:206.75pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:.25in;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Wiley<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=100 nowrap valign=top style='width:75.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:right;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>$7,500<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=97 nowrap valign=top style='width:73.0pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:right;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>$10,000<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:1.0pt'><td width=276 nowrap valign=top style='width:206.75pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;background:#D9E2F3;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:.25in;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Sage Publications<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=100 nowrap valign=top style='width:75.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;background:#D9E2F3;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:right;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>$5,000<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=97 nowrap valign=top style='width:73.0pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;background:#D9E2F3;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:right;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>$5,000<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:1.0pt'><td width=276 nowrap valign=top style='width:206.75pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:.25in;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Copyright Clearance Center<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=100 nowrap valign=top style='width:75.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:right;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>$2,000<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=97 nowrap valign=top style='width:73.0pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:right;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>$0<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:1.0pt'><td width=276 nowrap valign=top style='width:206.75pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;background:#D9E2F3;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:.25in;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>ResearchMedia<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=100 nowrap valign=top style='width:75.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;background:#D9E2F3;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:right;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>$500<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=97 nowrap valign=top style='width:73.0pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;background:#D9E2F3;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:right;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>$0<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:1.0pt'><td width=276 nowrap valign=top style='width:206.75pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Universities<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=100 nowrap valign=top style='width:75.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'></td><td width=97 nowrap valign=top style='width:73.0pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:1.0pt'><td width=276 nowrap valign=top style='width:206.75pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;background:#D9E2F3;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:.25in;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>PressForward Institute (via Sloan)<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=100 nowrap valign=top style='width:75.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;background:#D9E2F3;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:right;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>$5,500<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=97 nowrap valign=top style='width:73.0pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;background:#D9E2F3;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:right;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>$0<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:1.0pt'><td width=276 nowrap valign=top style='width:206.75pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:.25in;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>George Mason University<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=100 nowrap valign=top style='width:75.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:right;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>$4,500<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=97 nowrap valign=top style='width:73.0pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:right;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>$0<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:1.0pt'><td width=276 nowrap valign=top style='width:206.75pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;background:#D9E2F3;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Participant fees (@ $500 ea)<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=100 nowrap valign=top style='width:75.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;background:#D9E2F3;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:right;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>$58,000<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=97 nowrap valign=top style='width:73.0pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;background:#D9E2F3;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:right;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>$13,500<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:1.0pt'><td width=276 nowrap valign=top style='width:206.75pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Private donations<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=100 nowrap valign=top style='width:75.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:right;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>$350<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=97 nowrap valign=top style='width:73.0pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:right;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>$800<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:1.0pt'><td width=276 nowrap valign=top style='width:206.75pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;background:#D9E2F3;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Total income<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=100 nowrap valign=top style='width:75.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;background:#D9E2F3;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:right;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>$168,850<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=97 nowrap valign=top style='width:73.0pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;background:#D9E2F3;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:right;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>$134,300<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr></table><ol start=3 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo9'>“the [OSI listserv] discussion frequently gets bogged down in bad-tempered, unproductive conversations (see here for instance). But since they hold the purse strings it is publishers who will likely determine the outcomes (as Prosser fears).” We haven’t surveyed OSI members about the list. Almost all of the feedback I receive is very positive but we do need to get a handle on what everyone thinks. What I can say is that there are 2,500 messages shared per year on this list and the vast majority of these are very thoughtful and informative. Also, we have heard from members who would like to see other ways to drive conversations off-list, and we’re looking into these solutions this year. It is true that there are occasions when some OSI members (including Richard) will occasionally protest the concept of OSI or including publishers in this conversation, and this results in a frustrating period of a few days when I need to remind folks that OSI is a diverse and inclusive group and that it’s important to treat each other with respect. But this is all part of the challenge of this diverse group. As far as determining outcomes, commercial publishers do very little speaking on the OSI list at the moment relative to much more vocal anti-publisher voices. They are not driving conversations on-list. As for off-list influence, there are no sponsorship quid pro quos from any OSI funders. Indeed, we are beholden to our foundation and UNESCO supporters to keep this effort open and balanced; our commercial publisher supporters have never requested anything (other than poster space). I assure you that there would never be a situation where we would accept any amount from any funder in exchange for twisting the truth---I don’t even know what that kind of scenario would look like Richard (“Hello, OSI? We’ll give you $100k if you promote Product X as the new solution to peer review?” Really? Can I keep $99k of that for my legal bills?)<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo9'>“Sponsored conversations can also lead to censorship. When in 2016, for instance, someone criticised a publisher on the OSI mailing list the moderator promptly deleted his comments, inaccurately portraying them as a “personal dispute”. In fact, as an advisor to the criticised publisher later pointed out, the criticism was justified and appropriate.” Correct. If I recall correctly, I thought this conversation had to do with someone’s sour grapes about their publishing contract and was therefore inappropriate for the OSI listserv (or any listserv for that matter). I was wrong, I apologized to the group, and I corrected my mistake. Indeed, the ensuing conversation helped clarify that there would never be any censorship on the OSI list, so this wasn’t a negative outcome but a positive. Censorship comes about in many ways Richard---take intolerance or social media bubbles, for instance---as I’m sure you’ll agree. Having someone you disagree with in a group conversation doesn’t lead to censorship. Shouting down that person’s right to speak or claiming their perspective isn’t legitimate are, however, both very powerful forms of censorship. Indeed, I would argue that in this particular context, the fear of getting ridiculed on social media by people who are unwilling to see your point of view or even acknowledge your right to co-exist in the scholcomm marketplace is a much more corrosive, much more pervasive influence in the scholcomm conversation than the soft power of sponsorships by people and organizations who are willing and able to help promote this dialogue.<o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'>I think those are the main points. As always, if you have any questions you are welcome to email me any time.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'>Thank you and best regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'>Glenn<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#262626'>Glenn Hampson</span></b><br><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#262626'>Executive Director</span></b><br><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#262626'>National Science Communication Institute (nSCI)</span></b><br><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#262626'>Program Director<br>Open Scholarship Initiative (OSI)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#262626'><img border=0 width=160 height=20 style='width:1.6666in;height:.2083in' id="gmail-m_621941577720855768m_3561926850496017498m_3966225017124161058Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D30133.76169E30" alt=osi-logo-2016-25-mail></span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#262626'>2320 N 137th Street | Seattle, WA 98133</span><br><span lang=EN-GB><a href="tel:(206)%20417-3607" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:blue'>(206) 417-3607</span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#262626'> | </span><span lang=EN-GB><a href="mailto:ghampson@nationalscience.org" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#262626'>ghampson@nationalscience.org</span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#262626'> | </span><span lang=EN-GB><a href="http://nationalscience.org/" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#262626'>nationalscience.org</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b>From:</b> <span lang=EN-GB><a href="mailto:scholcomm-request@lists.ala.org"><span lang=EN-US>scholcomm-request@lists.ala.org</span></a></span><span lang=EN-GB> </span>[<span lang=EN-GB><a href="mailto:scholcomm-request@lists.ala.org"><span lang=EN-US>mailto:scholcomm-request@lists.ala.org</span></a></span>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>"Richard Poynder" (via scholcomm Mailing List)<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 18, 2017 5:43 AM<br><b>To:</b> <span lang=EN-GB><a href="mailto:scholcomm@lists.ala.org"><span lang=EN-US>scholcomm@lists.ala.org</span></a></span><br><b>Subject:</b> [SCHOLCOMM] On sponsorship, transparency, scholarly publishing, and open access<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sponsorship in the research and library communities is pervasive today, and scholarly publishers are some of the most generous providers of it. While the benefits of this sponsorship to the research community at large are debatable, publishers gain a great deal of soft power from dispensing money in this way. And they use this soft power to help them contain, control and shape the changes scholarly communication is undergoing, often in ways that meet their needs more than the needs of science and of scientists. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>This sponsorship also often takes place without adequate transparency. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>These are the kinds of issues explored in this (pdf) document </span><span lang=EN-GB><a href="http://bit.ly/2taOuoL"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>http://bit.ly/2taOuoL</span></a></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>, which includes some examples of publisher sponsorship, and the associated problems of non-transparency that often go with it. In particular, there is a detailed case study of a series of interviews conducted by Library Journal with leading OA advocates that was sponsored by Dove Medical Press.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>Amongst those interviewed was the de facto leader of the OA movement Peter Suber. Suber gave three separate interviews to LJ, but not once was he informed when invited that the interviews were sponsored, or that they would be flanked with ads for Dove – even though he made it clear after the first interview that he was not happy to be associated with the publisher in this way.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-GB><a href="http://bit.ly/2taOuoL"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>http://bit.ly/2taOuoL</span></a></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>