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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Please see below a survey announcement I believe may be of interest to readers of this list. The survey is available<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://wh1.snapsurveys.com/s.asp?k=161097189778" title="https://wh1.snapsurveys.com/s.asp?k=161097189778"><span style="color:#0563C1">here</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and
the closing date is 18 February.<span class="apple-converted-space"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">EDP Sciences is proud to be a participant in the Subscribe to Open Community of Practice.<span class="apple-converted-space"> We encourage
</span>publishers, librarians, funders<span class="apple-converted-space"> and other interested parties to
</span>complete the survey and share it widely<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>to gauge understanding of the Subscribe to Open (S2O) model.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Results of the survey will be made freely available and shared
throughout 2021. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">For any questions, please contact Charlotte Van Rooyen, Director of Marketing and Communications, EDP Sciences,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:charlotte.vanrooyen@edpsciences.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">charlotte.vanrooyen@edpsciences.org</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Thank you for your attention and help.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Maria Campbell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Marketing Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">*****<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Announcing the Subscribe to Open Community of Practice and Survey</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Palo Alto, CA (February 1, 2021) -</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The participants from the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsubscribetoopencommunity.org%2F&data=04%7C01%7Calopez%40annualreviews.org%7C725cd65c770a448e29c108d8c6c2451b%7C3197fc830bae43caa05eb95b89394b0f%7C0%7C0%7C637477884988732556%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=VeMvCNG5kxH78Bx9Zd2xO6uKvdLc0fAF3HAyEG3FMas%3D&reserved=0" title="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsubscribetoopencommunity.org%2F&data=04%7C01%7Calopez%40annualreviews.org%7C725cd65c770a448e29c108d8c6c2451b%7C3197fc830bae43caa05eb95b89394b0f%7C0%7C0%7C637477884988732556%7CUnknown%7CTWFp"><span style="color:#0563C1">Subscribe
to Open (S2O) Community of Practice</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>are pleased to announce the launch of this community to offer a forum for publishers, libraries, and funders as well as others with an interest in this model, to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="background:white">share
their experiences and to establish definitions and boundaries for S2O approaches. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Subscribe to Open (S2O) represents an innovative approach to flipping existing subscription journals to open access without the use of APCs. Pioneered by the nonprofit publisher Annual Reviews, the model is now being
implemented by a growing number of nonprofit and commercial scholarly publishers worldwide.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">To this end, the community of practice has developed a survey to gauge the understanding of this model to ensure a sustainable future. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwh1.snapsurveys.com%2Fs.asp%3Fk%3D161097189778&data=04%7C01%7Calopez%40annualreviews.org%7C725cd65c770a448e29c108d8c6c2451b%7C3197fc830bae43caa05eb95b89394b0f%7C0%7C0%7C637477884988732556%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=qtgfujvs8Wdneo5N8Vys9Od6khA1JjG74ac9nW8oUiY%3D&reserved=0"><span style="color:#0563C1">We
ask for your help in completing the survey and sharing it with any other interested parties.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">We encourage anyone interested — including publishers, librarians and funders — to contribute to this community by completing the survey, in order to share experiences, pose questions, and offer their insights about
S2O. The results of the survey will be made freely available and shared at various conferences throughout 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">For more information, contact Andrea Lopez, Director of Sales, Partnerships & Initiatives (<a href="mailto:alopez@annualreviews.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">alopez@annualreviews.org</span></a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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