<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span>Register Now for This September 18 NISO Virtual Conference<br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><a href="https://www.niso.org/events/2019/09/sustaining-openness-ensuring-long-term-viability-open-science-oer-and-more" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><b><i>Sustaining
Openness: Ensuring the Long-Term Viability of Open Science, OER, and More</i></b></a><b><i></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>Wednesday, September
18, 2019, 12:00 Noon – 4:00pm (US, Eastern)</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">Current thinking is that scientific research should be
readily reproducible, discoverable, and openly accessible. There is also
significant drive to develop open educational resources in the interests of
easing economic burdens on student populations. The challenge then for
libraries, content providers and platform providers is how best to implement
strategies, technologies and practices in support of those concerns.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">But there are questions that must be addressed in discussing
open science, open educational resources, open access monographs, etc. What
supports are necessary in bringing this open approach into reality? What may be
feasible in building an inclusive and collaborative knowledge infrastructure in
this environment? What are key elements or best practices? What fiscal models
or arrangements might be needed to ensure sustainability? Which sector
(academic, government/public, commercial, etc.) is best positioned to muster
the necessary resources?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">Confirmed speakers for this event include: <b>Mark Hahnel</b>, CEO and Founder, Figshare;
<b>Kathy Essmiller</b>, Visiting Assistant
Professor, Oklahoma State University; <b>Mike
Taylor</b>, Head of Metrics Development, Digital Science; <b>Judy Ruttenberg</b>, ARL Program Director, Association of Research
Libraries; <b>Judy Luther</b>, President, Informed Strategies; and <b>Geoffrey
Bilder,</b> Director of Technology & Research, Crossref. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>Here’s what just <u>two</u>
of those speakers will be addressing next week:</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>Abstract</b>: Progress in the growth of Open Access
journals has fueled a much broader vision for open scholarship. What will
it take to achieve an open, sustainable future – for research and for
educational content? Government and private funders have played a key
role in accelerating OA with requirements for access to research. State
legislatures have supported Open Educational Resources in an effort to reduce
the high cost of textbooks for students. Libraries are embracing new
roles in publishing and supporting data management. Publishers are
experimenting with new approaches to peer review. With all this activity
there is still much to be done. How can existing resources be realigned
to provide the necessary financial and cultural changes that will support a
sustainable future? Asking the key questions will help us succeed.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>Abstract</b>: The
move towards Open Access journals has been underway for almost two decades:
even so, the further we progress, the more we realize how much further there is
to go. In contrast, the movement towards Open Access books has barely started,
and to add to the challenge, they need to fit into a world largely defined by
the needs of OA articles. The challenges that monographs face are substantial:
funding, discovery, evaluation, and business models. All of these need to be
adapted to support the growth, discovery and management of OA monographs. To
add to the complexity, the monograph environment is much more diverse than the
journal. They are dominated by outputs in the Arts, Humanities and Social
Sciences, they are more international, they are disproportionatly represented
in non-English languages, and there are 10,000s of small, independent
publishers.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>Registration</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">Unless your institution subscribed to the package of NISO
Virtual Conferences this year, you will need to register separately for the
above Virtual Conference. To do so, if paying via credit card, please <a href="https://www.cvent.com/events/niso-virt-conf-sustaining-openness-ensuring-the-long-term-viability-of-open-science-oer-and-more/registration-3c9c7b75c85d499b870f27628f84f3a9.aspx?fqp=true" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">use
this form</a>. To register and pay via
alternative means, please visit the NISO event page. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">A single registration allows you to gather an unlimited
number of staff in a conference or classroom setting to listen in to leaders in
the profession. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">Even if staff is unable to attend the live broadcast due to
scheduling conflicts or travel, links to the archived recording are sent within
24-48 hours of the event to maximize the value of your training dollars.</p>
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