Arthur Thiele, Wild im Winterwald (1874). Public Domain.
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Welcome to our December Newsletter!
We
hope this email finds you well and that your December has been
wonderful so far. We know it's an especially busy time, but we wanted to
drop in with a few updates and announcements before the new year -- and
wish everyone a happy holiday season, of course!
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What happened this month:
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Our founders attended the 2nd Global Summit on Diamond Open Access Open Book founders Alessandra and Rupert joined fellow publishers, librarians, and other stakeholders in Cape Town for a week of dialogue regarding the improvement and expansion of Diamond OA. We encourage you to read the above declaration written by the conference participants. You can learn more about the conference and its goals here. Interested in learning more about Diamond OA? Rupert has co-authored the following article on the model and its possibilities: Beyond 'no fee': why Diamond Open Access is much more than a business model. |
We reflected on our company travel policy and committed to offsetting carbon emissions
For
several years now, since the end of 2019, OBP has had a no-fly policy:
staff do not travel by plane for work purposes. However, this year, as
we have become more involved in international projects, and as in-person
gatherings have become much more frequent after the disruption caused
by the COVID-19 pandemic, we have had to revise this blanket ban.
We
still use alternative modes of transport and take up hybrid options
wherever possible. But if there is no suitable hybrid option, if the
alternative means of transport would take more than one day’s journey,
and if we deem attendance at the event to be sufficiently important to
our work, we will travel by plane.
As well as keeping air travel to a minimum, we have decided to use the World Land Trust’s carbon calculator
to measure and offset the carbon generated by the air travel that we do
undertake. We will be calculating our carbon cost and donating to
offset this every six months.
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What's coming up:
18 January, 6PM: Author Jonathan Mallinson will give an online lecture for the English Ceramic Circle titled '”A chemical and artistic triumph”: William Moorcroft and Florian ware.' Find more information here.
21 January, 12 PM:
Open Research at York will host a webinar on 'The realities, challenges
and future of open access publishing.' This session will provide an
insightful and critical discussion of the realities and challenges
facing open access today, with perspectives from authors, publishers and
librarians.
Register for the event here. |
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That's all for this month! Have a happy holiday season, and we'll see you in 2025! | | |
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