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<span style="text-transform: none;">Dear Colleagues, </span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">BioOne is proud to report the achievement of a significant milestone in its mission to increase access to scientific research.
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 120, 212);"><a href="https://bioonepublishing.org/our-work/subscribe-to-open/" title="https://bioonepublishing.org/our-work/subscribe-to-open/" data-outlook-id="bef2bde6-4481-44a1-b9b7-b1fe22031a07" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 212);">BioOne’s
Subscribe to Open (S2O) pilot</a><a href="https://bioonepublishing.org/our-work/subscribe-to-open/" title="https://bioonepublishing.org/our-work/subscribe-to-open/" data-outlook-id="8e54c945-dcd4-4980-9d57-01488a3a34ee" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 212); text-decoration: none;"> </a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">has
reached its sustainability threshold for 2026, thanks to the critical support of consortia and library partners around the world. This success ensures that the 2026 volumes of 71 titles within the BioOne Complete aggregation will be published Open Access,
immediately and in perpetuity. BioOne’s S2O cohort of 54 societies, museums, and research organizations represents the largest number of independent publishers under a single S2O offer to date, including the first S2O publishers from Japan, Kenya, China, and
Brazil.</span></div>
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“We are gratified but not surprised, by the success of BioOne’s inaugural Subscribe to Open offer,” said Lauren Kane, BioOne CEO. “Since BioOne’s inception, we have benefited from the consistent and generous support of the global library community for our programs,
our mission, and our vision for a more equitable publishing ecosystem.”</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The S2O model leverages existing subscription funds and workflows to enable greater access to scholarly content, while providing meaningful exclusive benefits to supporting institutions.
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 120, 212);"><a href="https://bioone.org/" title="https://bioone.org/" data-outlook-id="5d6a15d5-2648-49fb-9ec1-c2bb38a586ec" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 212);">BioOne Complete</a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> encompasses
219 titles, and subscription revenue is shared across BioOne’s community of small society and independent publishers, reinvesting precious library funds in nonprofit scholarly communication.</span></div>
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BioOne’s adoption of S2O follows the pioneering examples set by Annual Reviews, Project MUSE, and other members of the S2O Community of Practice, who are committed to the transparent sharing of lessons learned in pursuit of a more sustainable future.</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Read the full </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 120, 212);"><a href="https://bioonepublishing.org/press-release/bioone-achieves-inaugural-s2o-target/" title="https://bioonepublishing.org/press-release/bioone-achieves-inaugural-s2o-target/" data-outlook-id="a986a448-17b8-48fe-b554-3d73eb72dc69" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 212);">press
release</a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. </span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">For more information I invite you to contact me at
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 120, 212);"><a href="mailto:Christine@BioOne.org" class="ms-outlook-linkify" data-outlook-id="a7da1506-6cb0-475d-ac0a-234961e0ef68" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 212);">Christine@BioOne.org</a> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">directly.</span></div>
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Warm regards,</div>
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<span style="text-transform: none;">Christine</span><br>
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