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<p class="MsoPlainText">** apologies for cross posting ** <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear GOAL members,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are happy to be able to give you more information about the program for Explore Open Access Books, a free event for researchers and academic book authors in Boston next week, co-hosted by Digital Science and Springer Nature.
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">I’d be grateful if you could help share the invite with your researcher networks.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sessions include:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Author Q&A with Eric Haines, lead editor of open access book ‘Ray Tracing Gems’ and Distinguished Engineer (Nvidia)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• About MIT Knowledge Futures Group, a new joint venture of the MIT Media Lab and the MIT Press<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Why publish an OA book? - Ros Pyne, Director OA Books, Springer Nature<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Understanding the value and impact of open books - Mike Taylor, Head of Metrics Development, Digital Science<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Details: Thursday, September 19 1.30pm - 5pm followed by networking drinks.
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Register: <a href="http://bit.ly/2keCfsj">http://bit.ly/2keCfsj</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The event will also be livestreamed via the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SpringerNature/" target="_blank" title="Springer Nature Facebook account">Springer Nature Facebook account</a> and you can follow the conversation on Twitter
through <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23exploreoabooks&src=typed_query&f=live" target="_blank" title="#exploreOAbooks">#exploreOAbooks</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/SN_OAbooks" target="_blank" title="@SN_OAbooks">@SN_OAbooks</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for your help in spreading the word,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Christina Emery<o:p></o:p></p>
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Open access books – marketing manager at Springer Nature<br>
<a href="mailto:christina.emery@springernature.com">christina.emery@springernature.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">PS A similar event will take place on Monday 16 September in New York. We are almost at capacity but further details can be found here:
<a href="http://bit.ly/2P5C1SX">http://bit.ly/2P5C1SX</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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