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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">*Apologies for cross posting*<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">We thought the below message may be of interest to the members of this group.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">‘APCs in the Wild’ - Could increases in the monitoring and consolidation of funding accelerate the transition to open access?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;background:white">Accelerating the transition to OA will involve bringing together multiple different funding streams, as well as tackling complex questions regarding redistribution of existing
funds. Developments in OA business models and infrastructure are improving the ability to monitor article OA status and spending, a step that is crucial to enabling institutions and research funders to make informed decisions about funding for Gold OA, in
particular with regard to agreements with publishers. However, there are still many APCs 'in the wild', in other words payments that are harder to monitor and that institutions and funders may be unaware of.
<a href="https://bit.ly/2Kkc5xJ">“APCs in the wild’</a> highlights and shares key findings from interviews with 16 institutions and explores survey responses with Springer Nature authors concerning APC funding.
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">Join Springer Nature’s APC webinar on</span></b><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">
</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Tuesday, May 5<sup>th</sup></span></strong><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt"> A 1-hour
presentation and discussion on whether increases in the monitoring and consolidation of funding could accelerate the transition to open access. Sign up
<a href="https://bit.ly/2Y0CIQp">here</a> <span style="background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">Participate in APC survey:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt"> Please
<a href="https://bit.ly/2xOvbZZ">share your thoughts</a> with us in regards to institutional monitoring and tracking of APC payments.
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