<span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Greetings, </span>
<br>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">I would like to
draw your attention to today's press release: </span>
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<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif"><b>Press Release:
HARRASSOWITZ & OA Switchboard Partnership</b> </span>
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<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif"><b>Wiesbaden,
Germany & The Hague, The Netherlands - August 5, 2024.</b> </span>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">HARRASSOWITZ,
a leading provider of scholarly periodicals and e-resources for academic
libraries, is pleased to announce it is a Certified Partner of OA Switchboard,
a safe place for publication metadata which simplifies the sharing of information
between publishers, institutions and funders. </span>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">This partnership
will enable HARRASSOWITZ and OA Switchboard to further explore opportunities
for integration of publishing data in Fokus, the HARRASSOWITZ system for
acquisition and management of scholarly resources. Merging subscription
data with detailed information about their institution's publication output
will provide libraries with a more comprehensive overview and help them
in their internal reporting efforts. </span>
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<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Monika Schneider,
Director of Publisher Relations at HARRASSOWITZ: </span>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif"><i>“We are delighted
to announce our collaboration with OA Switchboard, a partnership that embodies
our commitment to excellence and innovation. By joining forces, we are
able to offer our clients unparalleled support and resources as they become
experts in their institution's open access initiatives. This collaboration
will enable our clients to lead the way in promoting open access and academic
transparency and strengthen our shared commitment to the advancement of
knowledge and discovery. Combining HARRASSOWITZ’s impeccable record keeping
of subscription history together with reliable data about publishing at
an institution will allow us to even further support libraries in their
budget planning and provide deeper and richer analyses.“ </i> </span>
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<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Yvonne Campfens,
Executive Director OA Switchboard:</span>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif"><i>“The OA Switchboard
standardized protocol allows for the transparent exchange of data about
OA publications, designed to operate and integrate with all stakeholder
systems. We are very pleased that HARRASSOWITZ supports the concept and
initiative, and will enable their clients to benefit from ingesting relevant
metadata in their established systems to enhance efficiency and transparency."</i></span>
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<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">HARRASSOWITZ looks
forward to expanding its cooperation with OA Switchboard as the global
market transitions from subscription-based reading to contractually-based
Open Access publishing all the while continuing to provide gold standard
service to libraries, publishers, and consortia world-wide. HARRASSOWITZ
will also participate on the OA Switchboard Advisory Group, consisting
of individuals and representatives of stakeholder groups who contribute
by expertise and/or financial donation.</span>
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<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif"><b>About HARRASSOWITZ</b>
</span>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Established in
1872, HARRASSOWITZ has been serving libraries around the world for more
than 150 years. Customers value HARRASSOWITZ for the quality and accuracy
of its services and for its industry-leading and innovative solutions.
HARRASSOWITZ specializes in providing a comprehensive range of high-quality
collection support services to academic and research libraries for e-content,
periodicals, continuations, books, and music scores. For more information,
see </span><a href=https://www.harrassowitz.de/openaccess.html><span style=" font-size:10pt;color:blue;font-family:sans-serif"><u>https://www.harrassowitz.de/openaccess.html</u></span></a><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">
. </span>
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<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif"><b>About OA Switchboard</b>
</span>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">The OA Switchboard
is a mission-driven, community led initiative designed to simplify the
sharing of information between stakeholders about open access publications
throughout the whole publication journey. It provides a standardized messaging
protocol and shared infrastructure that is designed to operate and integrate
with all stakeholder systems. It is built by and for the people who use
it, and is leveraged with existing PID’s. For more information, see </span><a href=https://www.oaswitchboard.org/><span style=" font-size:10pt;color:blue;font-family:sans-serif"><u>https://www.oaswitchboard.org/</u></span></a><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">
. </span>
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<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Sincerely, </span>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Edith Klee</span>
<br><span style=" font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial"><br>
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