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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">**expect cross-posting**<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">What are the challenges and opportunities for open access collection development?
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The recently published
</span><a href="https://osf.io/preprints/lissa/g972d"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">OA in the Open white paper</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">, explores the idea of collective
action supporting open access collection development funding. Funded by an </span>
<a href="https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/lg-73-18-0226-18"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">IMLS grant</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">, the white paper summarizes key findings
from focus groups and recommends potential next steps 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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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">In response to one of the key challenges expressed in the focus groups - deciding which open access resources to fund - project leaders are exploring what it would take to develop and
implement an evaluation instrument. </span><a href="https://dlfforum2019.sched.com/event/S2kS/oa-in-the-open"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Join us at the 2019 DLF Forum</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
to hear more about the project and learn about opportunities to get involved in possible future efforts. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Yasmeen Shorish and Liz Thompson <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">James Madison University Libraries<o:p></o:p></p>
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