<div dir="ltr"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:1.5;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">Following an RFI (Request for Information) for the OA Switchboard</span><a href="https://oaspa.org/request-for-information-rfi-process-initiated-for-oa-switchboard/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">issued</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline"> on 18 March 2020, OASPA is pleased to announce that it has chosen to partner with ELITEX to build an MVP (minimum viable product) and help run a Pilot this year. More information about the selection process and Elitex can be found on <a href="https://oaspa.org/third-party-software-development-provider-selected-for-the-oa-switchboard/">our blog</a>.  </span><br></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:1.5;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:1.5;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">ELITEX is putting together a development team for the OA Switchboard and beginning work on the MVP immediately. We </span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">will shortly be able to announce further details on the organisations participating in the Pilot when the next stage of the project commences. Institutions, funders and publishers who are not yet signed up but are interested in joining the OA Switchboard Pilot can find more information </span><a href="https://www.oaswitchboard.org/get-involved" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">here</span></a><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">Further information about the </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap">OA Switchboard Initiative </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">is available from </span><a href="mailto:yvonne.campfens@oaswitchboard.org" style="font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,&quot;Segoe UI&quot;,Roboto,&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,&quot;Fira Sans&quot;,Ubuntu,Oxygen,&quot;Oxygen Sans&quot;,Cantarell,&quot;Droid Sans&quot;,&quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;,&quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;,&quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;,&quot;Lucida Grande&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Yvonne Campfens</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">, OA Switchboard Project Manager.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt">Best wishes,</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-to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