<div dir="ltr"><div><div><font size="2" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Dear colleagues:</font></div><div><font size="2" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></font></div><div><font size="2" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Lyrasis is delighted to announce the</font><span style="font-size:small;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <a href="https://lyrasis.org/lyropen-fair/"><b><u>5th Annual LyrOpen Fair</u></b></a></span><font size="2" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">, which will be held virtually from March 24 to April, 2026, </font><span style="font-size:small;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">with five webinars 
exploring the concept of Open from an array of perspectives, both US-based and international.</span></div><p style="margin:0in"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"> </font></span></p><p style="margin:0in"><font size="2" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><b>Everyone is welcome 
to attend, and all sessions are free.</b> Sessions will be recorded for 
those unable to attend. </span></font><font size="2" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Detailed
 information about each session is provided below.</span></font><font size="2" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><b><u><a style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" title="Original URL: https://lyrasis.org/lyropen-fair/. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://lyrasis.org/lyropen-fair/">Please register</a></u></b></span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"> for any or all of the sessions and join us for this exciting annual event.</span></font></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"> </font></span></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><font size="2">SESSION #1: Planting Seeds for Sustainability</font></b></span></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><b>Description:</b> This
 webinar will bring together partners that support publishers 
participating in Opening the Future to reflect on the role their 
infrastructures play in the program’s success. Speakers will discuss how
 established services underpin the discovery, distribution, and long 
term sustainability of open access books, work that is often essential 
yet largely invisible. The conversation will highlight how these 
partners, operating alongside one another, support knowledge mobility 
and contribute to sustainable approaches to open access book publishing 
across different disciplinary communities and regions. We’ll also talk 
about ways in which this community can be brought together to share 
knowledge and advocate collaboratively in making OA books freely 
available to all, globally, through Opening the Future.</font></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in"><li style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0in"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)" role="presentation"><font size="2"><b>Date/Time:</b> Tuesday, March 24, 12:00-1:00 pm Eastern</font></span></li><li style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0in"><font size="2" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" role="presentation"><b>Registration: </b></span><a href="https://lyrasis.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Y0rncSVTTdmNtgvTchCcpw"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" role="presentation"><b><u>https://lyrasis.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Y0rncSVTTdmNtgvTchCcpw</u></b></span></a></font></li><li style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0in"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)" role="presentation"><b><font size="2">Speakers: </font></b></span><ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in"><li style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0in"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)" role="presentation"><font size="2">Jason Colman, Director of Publishing Services, Michigan Publishing</font></span></li><li style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0in"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)" role="presentation"><font size="2">Philip Hearn, Publisher Relations Manager for Books, Project MUSE</font></span></li><li style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0in"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)" role="presentation"><font size="2">Stephanie Kitchen, Co-director, African Books Collective</font></span></li><li style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0in"><font size="2" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" role="presentation"><u>Robin N. Sinn</u></span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" role="presentation">, Interim Associate University Librarian and Director of Collections & Open Strategies, Iowa State University Library</span></font></li></ul></li></ul><p style="margin:0in"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"> </font></span></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><font size="2">SESSION #2: Publishing for Change: The Value of Diamond Open Access Journals </font></b></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in"><li style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0in"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)" role="presentation"><font size="2"><b>Description</b>:
 When investments in Diamond Open Access journals are considered in 
academic libraries, the deliberations often hinge on demonstrating the 
local return on investment. This is not an easy task given that go-to 
methods of assessing a journal’s value rely on the number of affiliated 
scholars engaging with the journal, proxies of prestige, and 
quantitative usage data. These criteria reinforce the dominance of 
long-running publications embedded within commercial research and 
publishing infrastructure that has been designed to track such metrics. 
How can we make our evaluation processes more open to innovative, 
experimental journals that are committed to changing the publishing 
status quo and giving back to their communities? In this webinar, 
editors of the Diamond Open Access journals <i>Global Social Challenges Journal</i> and <i>Language, Literature, and Interdisciplinary Studies</i> will
 encourage attendees to consider the values that underlie a journal when
 assessing its value. The speakers will provide specific examples of how
 they align their publishing practices with the values of their 
stakeholder communities. They will also speak to the transformative 
potential of community investment in Diamond Open Access and share how 
funding received through the Lyrasis Open Access Community Investment 
Program (OACIP) has helped sustain their journals.</font></span></li><li style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0in"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)" role="presentation"><font size="2"><b>Date/Time</b>: Thursday, March 26, 10:00-11:00 am Eastern</font></span></li><li style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0in"><font size="2" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" role="presentation"><b>Registration: </b></span><a href="https://lyrasis.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3DW4r9bITc6WxJVbHdU-iw"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" role="presentation"><b><u>https://lyrasis.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3DW4r9bITc6WxJVbHdU-iw</u></b></span></a></font></li><li style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0in"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)" role="presentation"><font size="2"><b>Speakers</b>: </font></span><ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in"><li style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0in"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)" role="presentation"><font size="2">Katie Foxall, Senior Journals Development Editor, Bristol University Press</font></span></li><li style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0in"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)" role="presentation"><font size="2">Nikita Goel, Editor, <i>Language, Literature, and Interdisciplinary Studies</i></font></span></li></ul></li></ul><p style="margin:0in"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"> </font></span></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><font size="2">SESSION #3: Understanding the Impact of Open: Library Experiences from the Field </font></b></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in"><li style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0in"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)" role="presentation"><font size="2"><b>Description: </b>Join
 us for an engaging conversation with librarians who are at the 
forefront of advancing open scholarship from a research and scholarly 
impact perspective. This session will highlight the evolving work of 
librarians who support researchers, institutions, and communities in 
understanding and demonstrating the impact of open access, open 
infrastructure, and open science practices. Panelists will share 
practical insights into how they define, assess, and communicate the 
impact of open research across different contexts. This webinar offers 
an opportunity to learn from experienced practitioners, ask questions, 
and reflect on the role of openness in shaping the future of research.</font></span></li><li style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0in"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)" role="presentation"><font size="2"><b>Date/Time: </b>Friday, March 27, 12:00-1:00 pm Eastern</font></span></li><li style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0in"><font size="2" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" role="presentation"><b>Registration: </b></span><a href="https://lyrasis.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fY_3SEpDRHWQsNk-ga76cg"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" role="presentation"><b><u>https://lyrasis.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fY_3SEpDRHWQsNk-ga76cg</u></b></span></a></font></li><li style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0in"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)" role="presentation"><b><font size="2">Speakers:</font></b></span><ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in"><li style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0in"><font size="2" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" role="presentation">Sheila Craft-Morgan</span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" role="presentation">, Research Impact Librarian and Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University</span></font></li><li style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0in"><font size="2" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" role="presentation">Rachel Borchardt</span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" role="presentation">, Scholarly Communications Librarian, American University</span></font></li><li style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0in"><font size="2" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" role="presentation">Ameet Doshi, </span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" role="presentation">Head, Donald E. Stokes Library, Princeton University </span></font></li></ul></li></ul><p style="margin:0in"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"> </font></span></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><font size="2">SESSION #4: AI & Open Access: Misconceptions, Opportunities, Risks </font></b></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in"><li style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0in"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)" role="presentation"><font size="2"><b>Description</b>:
 Generative artificial intelligence (AI) creates opportunities and risks
 for the scholarly communication ecosystem, especially in the context of
 open access publishing and platforms. In this webinar, a group of 
community experts will engage in a wide-ranging panel discussion about 
open access in the context of AI. Panelists will address common 
misconceptions about AI, explore ethical and human-centered applications
 of AI tools, and discuss key intersections between AI and OA in 
licensing, publishing, and libraries. This conversation will give 
attendees a deeper understanding of the ways AI might shape our 
increasingly Open future.</font></span></li><li style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0in"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)" role="presentation"><font size="2"><b>Date/Time</b>: Tuesday, March 31, 2:00-3:00 pm Eastern</font></span></li><li style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0in"><font size="2" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" role="presentation"><b>Registration: </b></span><a href="https://lyrasis.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gwEi37HGRK6y7QqL18KTHw"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" role="presentation"><b><u>https://lyrasis.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gwEi37HGRK6y7QqL18KTHw</u></b></span></a></font></li><li style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0in"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)" role="presentation"><font size="2"><b>Speakers</b>: </font></span><ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in"><li style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0in"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)" role="presentation"><font size="2">Colleen Cressman, Librarian for Open Publishing, Harvard Library</font></span></li><li style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0in"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)" role="presentation"><font size="2">Melanie Gainey, Director of Open Science & Data Collaborations Program, Carnegie Mellon University Libraries</font></span></li><li style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0in"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)" role="presentation"><font size="2">Dave Hansen, Executive Director, Authors Alliance </font></span></li><li style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0in"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)" role="presentation"><font size="2">Anna Wałek, Head of Technology, OAPEN Foundation</font></span></li></ul></li></ul><p style="margin:0in"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"> </font></span></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><font size="2">SESSION #5: Open as an Institutional Asset: Advancing Shared Goals through Cross-Campus Collaboration</font></b></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in"><li style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0in"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)" role="presentation"><font size="2"><b>Description:</b> “Open”
 practices (open access, open infrastructure, open science, and related 
initiatives) are increasingly central to how universities advance their 
core missions in research, teaching, and public service. While libraries
 are often leaders in the “open” space, cross-campus collaboration is 
essential to support openness as a shared institutional asset and a 
foundation for sustainable, impactful scholarship. This webinar will 
provide an overview of why “open” matters beyond the library, with 
perspectives from research administrators and librarians at three public
 universities. We’ll hear how universities are supporting institutional 
priorities, such as research integrity, scholarly impact, policy 
compliance, and trust, through partnerships on “open” initiatives. </font></span></li><li style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0in"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)" role="presentation"><font size="2"><b>Date/Time: </b>Thursday, April 2, 1:00-2:00 pm Eastern</font></span></li><li style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0in"><font size="2" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" role="presentation"><b>Registration: </b></span><a href="https://lyrasis.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dmhcPvt3SfCVYF89s-qGBQ"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" role="presentation"><b><u>https://lyrasis.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dmhcPvt3SfCVYF89s-qGBQ</u></b></span></a></font></li><li style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0in"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)" role="presentation"><b><font size="2">Speakers:</font></b></span><ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in"><li style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0in"><font size="2" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" role="presentation">Lori Schultz</span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" role="presentation">, Assistant Vice President for Research Administration, Colorado State University </span></font></li><li style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0in"><font size="2" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" role="presentation">Catherine Stollar-Peters</span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" role="presentation">,
 Director of Research Data and Strategy for the Office of Research, 
Innovation, and Economic Development, State University of New York 
(SUNY) system</span></font></li><li style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0in"><font size="2" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" role="presentation">Jeremy Katz</span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" role="presentation">, Research Impact Librarian, Florida State University</span></font></li></ul></li></ul><p style="margin:0in"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"> </font></span></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2">Many thanks,</font></span></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><br></font></span></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2">Michael Rodriguez, on behalf of the <a href="https://lyrasis.org/content-and-scholarly-communication-team/">Lyrasis Content & Scholarly Communication Initiatives team</a></font></span></p></div><br></div>