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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">+++Apologies for cross-posting+++<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">To celebrate Open Access Week 2017, the OA2020 Initiative is delighted to announce the launch of its expanded website and renews the call to libraries and institutions worldwide to divest of the traditional subscription
system in order to finance innovative, sustainable and transparent scholarly publishing models. Read the full press release in English, German, Spanish, French or Italian:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://oa2020.org/2017/10/23/divest-of-subscriptions-invest-in-open-access/">https://oa2020.org/2017/10/23/divest-of-subscriptions-invest-in-open-access/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">If you are concerned about the untenably rising cost of subscriptions and the mounting access barriers prohibiting the full fruition of scientific knowledge, visit
<a href="http://oa2020.org">http://oa2020.org</a> and discover new resources to help you create local roadmaps that have global impact, accelerating the transition to open access.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The new site also highlights how OA2020 aligns with the many voices in the open access landscape that share the common vision of making open the default in scholarly communications. A video presentation illustrates the
current situation of the publishing industry illustrating how OA2020 can bring a change about, in synergy with the various oa initatives and strategies, such as the green route, cooperative models, and genuine open access publishers:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://oa2020.org/2017/10/23/how-oa2020-works/">https://oa2020.org/2017/10/23/how-oa2020-works/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We renew the invitation to partner in transformative, coordinated actions to liberate scholarly communications from the subscription system and propel the open access movement forward.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Open in order to…innovate! Open in order to….collaborate!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kai Geschuhn <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif";color:gray;mso-fareast-language:DE">Ms. Kai Karin Geschuhn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif";color:gray;mso-fareast-language:DE">Innovative Services & Open Access<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif";color:gray;mso-fareast-language:DE">Max Planck Digital Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif";color:gray;mso-fareast-language:DE">Amalienstraße 33 | 80799 München<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif";color:gray;mso-fareast-language:DE">Phone +49 (0) 89 38602 253<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif";color:gray;mso-fareast-language:DE">Fax +49 (0) 89 38602 290<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif";color:gray;mso-fareast-language:DE">geschuhn@mpdl.mpg.de<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif";color:gray;mso-fareast-language:DE">www.mpdl.mpg.de<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif";color:gray;mso-fareast-language:DE">http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5849-8751</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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