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<p class="MsoNormal">I believe the attached Press release is of relevance to your platform’s audience and newsletter.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Key takeaway from the announcement:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Microbiology Society and four academic consortia across Canada are pleased to announce a three-year transformative agreement starting in 2022.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Society's Publish and Read model will allow affiliated researchers to publish an unlimited number of Open Access (OA) articles in hybrid and fully OA titles, as well as having full read access across the portfolio. 15 institutions have
initially opted in to the deal signed by the four consortia:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">The Bureau de coopération interuniversitaire (BCI)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Council of Atlantic University Libraries – Conseil des bibliothèques universitaires de l’Atlantique (CAUL-CBUA)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Link to the press release:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://microbiologysociety.org/news/society-news/transformative-agreement-signed-between-the-microbiology-society-and-four-canadian-consortia.html">https://microbiologysociety.org/news/society-news/transformative-agreement-signed-between-the-microbiology-society-and-four-canadian-consortia.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Jade Heyman
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Microbiology Society | </span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="http://www.microbiologysociety.org/"><span style="color:#008461;text-decoration:none">microbiologysociety.org</span></a><span style="color:#E19846"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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