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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">*With apologies for cross-posting*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Please see below some information I believe may be of interest to readers of this list.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The full press release is available below and also on the EDP Sciences news page - https://bit.ly/2Ms1r95.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">For any questions, please contact Charlotte Van Rooyen, Head of Marketing and Communications, EDP Sciences, charlotte.vanrooyen@edpsciences.org.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thank you for your attention.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Maria Campbell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Marketing Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">*****<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">EDP Sciences and the National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences conclude a significant agreement on article processing charges in support of open access
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Paris, France, 4 June 2020: EDP Sciences and the National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NSLC) are pleased to announce the successful conclusion of an agreement on article processing
charges (APCs) which enables all <span style="color:black">corresponding authors affiliated with
</span>eligible Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) academic institutes<span style="color:black"> to publish open access, at a discounted rate, in a range of EDP Sciences journals.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The agreement applies to all fully open access or hybrid journals published by EDP Sciences. Upon submission, corresponding authors of
<a href="https://www.edpsciences.org/images/stories/waivers/CAS-institutes.pdf">eligible CAS academic institutes</a> will be identified automatically and a 20% discount applied to their APC. Once published, their articles will be freely available in open access.
APCs will also include the ‘Liberty APC’ which allows the corresponding author to decide the level of the charge (from 0 to 900 Euros) to which the 20% discount will then be applied.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">CAS<span style="color:black"> authors represent a growing number of EDP Sciences corresponding authors and they will now be able to publish under a CC-BY licence</span>.
<span style="color:black">In so doing, their research and expertise will become available to a wider, international audience.
</span>The agreement is for one year initially and can be extended by mutual agreement.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">“I think this cooperation will play an active role in the further improvement of EDP Sciences’ influence in CAS and in attracting CAS authors and readers,” commented Mrs Zhao Yan, Assistant
to the Director, NSLC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">“It is hugely exciting working closely with such a prestigious research institution as CAS to facilitate the work of its academics and researchers in a cost effective way,” observed Liping
Liu, China Regional Director at EDP Sciences. “In turn, this enables us to better serve the global academic community by supporting the timely exchange of research.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">About <span style="color:black">
the National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NSLC)</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NSLC) is the research library service system of CAS as well as the National Library of Sciences in Chinese National Science and Technology
Libraries (NSTL) system. Its collection of about 11.5 million items is accessible from 125 CAS institutes in 30 cities across China. It coordinates the resource development and service provision of all institutional libraries in CAS and collaborates with major
domestic and foreign libraries for resource sharing and research in library and information services. NSLC is represented within IFLA, EIFL and COAR and cooperates closely with partners like MPG Libraries and TIB in Germany, Stanford University Library in
USA, JST in Japan and KISTI in Korea. It also offers masters and doctoral degree programs in library and information sciences.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://english.las.cas.cn/au/"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">More information</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> about the National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NSLC).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.edpsciences.org/images/stories/waivers/CAS-institutes.pdf">List of eligible CAS institutes</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">About EDP Sciences
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">EDP Sciences is an international academic publisher which was founded by learned societies in 1920. EDP Sciences publishes high-quality scientific journals, conference proceedings, books and
magazines, many of which are open access. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Several journals are published in partnership with learned societies and the journal 4open is expressly built on the four pillars of open science. EDP Sciences also offers EDP Open Books -
a comprehensive open access publishing solution. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">EDP Sciences was founded by eminent scientists including Marie Curie and Paul Langevin. Since November 2019, it is owned by Science Press which is itself majority-owned by the Chinese Academy
of Sciences (CAS). CAS is the world’s largest research organisation and a prestigious learned society. EDP Sciences has therefore always been, and continues to be, the publishing partner of scientific communities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.edpsciences.org/en/"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">More information</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> about EDP Sciences.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.edpsciences.org/en/publication-charges#anchor_Waivers_and_discounts"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">More information</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> about open access publishing
conditions, Liberty APCs and participating journals.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">For more information:
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Charlotte Van Rooyen
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Head of Marketing and Communications
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">EDP Sciences <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">www.edpsciences.org
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Email: charlotte.vanrooyen@edpsciences.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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