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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">**Expect Cross-posting**</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Reminder – this opportunity includes a limited number of
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__arl.formstack.com_forms_national-5Fforum-5Ftravel-5Fscholarship&d=DwMFAg&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=vJEyIwhmjLSvuDq96d2kzQ&m=tJnVNdWqgyU0_X0AU5EvLN4UvRxLDRq4U9BGpZpEofU&s=rE5lXBk81DJH8GNorkULGlvCB8e4LbGoLeZ4UbHiXY0&e=">
travel scholarships</a> to people who identify as members of a group (or groups) underrepresented among library practitioners; who work at community colleges, minority-serving institutions (MSIs), or historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs); or
who could otherwise contribute to the diversity of the forum.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">“<i>Supporting OA collections in the open: community requirements and principles</i>” is an IMLS-supported project that will convene a series
of national forums where community members will contribute their needs, values, and priorities to the discussion of Open Access collection development, elucidating the areas of opportunity and friction and leading to a common vocabulary and framework to discuss
collective funding of public goods content.</span><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span>
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">To facilitate the forums across a large and diverse group of practitioners, we will hold six focus groups at three national conferences:
<b>ALA Midwinter 2019</b> in Seattle, <b>ER&L 2019</b> in Austin, and <b>ACRL 2019</b> in Cleveland.
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Review of registrations will begin by
<b>November 2 for ALA Midwinter</b>, by <b>November 16 for Electronic Resources & Libraries</b>, and by
<b>November 30 for ACRL</b>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If you are a library professional who works in scholarly communication, library publishing, acquisitions, or collection development, please
</span><a href="https://sites.lib.jmu.edu/OA-forum/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">register</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> for one of these focus groups!
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In an attempt to draw as representative a group as possible,
</span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__arl.formstack.com_forms_national-5Fforum-5Ftravel-5Fscholarship&d=DwMFAg&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=vJEyIwhmjLSvuDq96d2kzQ&m=tJnVNdWqgyU0_X0AU5EvLN4UvRxLDRq4U9BGpZpEofU&s=rE5lXBk81DJH8GNorkULGlvCB8e4LbGoLeZ4UbHiXY0&e="><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">travel
scholarships</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> are available for each conference. See the
</span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.arl.org_news_arl-2Dnews_4625-2Djmu-2Dlibraries-2Dwith-2Darl-2Dreceives-2Dimls-2Dnational-2Dforum-2Dgrant-2Don-2Dopen-2Daccess-2Dcollecting-2Dstrategies&d=DwMFAg&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=vJEyIwhmjLSvuDq96d2kzQ&m=tJnVNdWqgyU0_X0AU5EvLN4UvRxLDRq4U9BGpZpEofU&s=p_nK2qVksW_Hz1mkYVq4BFGtwP9xmE3d5Ug8nqvrpmg&e="><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">ARL
press release</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> for more information.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Through thoughtful moderation that will leverage the insights and interactions of focus group participants, the project team will develop a
white paper that clearly articulates the challenges, opportunities, and potential mechanisms for building an OA collection development system and culture and that motivates the community toward collective action.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We hope to see you in a focus group!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Yasmeen Shorish, co-PI</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Liz Thompson, co-PI</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">JMU Libraries</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This project was made possible by the Institute of Museum and Library Services LG-73-18-0226-18.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Liz Thompson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Instruction and Educational Resources Coordinator<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">James Madison University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">540-568-6937<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ORCiD: <span style="background:white"><a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4382-5136">http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4382-5136</a>
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