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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear B13 advisory board,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">with this email I want to inform you that the Max Planck Digital Library has signed two new offsetting agreements:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>with the Royal Society of Chemistry (covering 2017-2018)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.rsc.org/news-events/articles/2016/dec/max-planck/">http://www.rsc.org/news-events/articles/2016/dec/max-planck/</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Info on our own homepage: <a href="https://www.mpdl.mpg.de/en/2-uncategorised/402-rsc-agreement.html">
https://www.mpdl.mpg.de/en/2-uncategorised/402-rsc-agreement.html</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>with Taylor & Francis (covering 2017-2019)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A similar agreement with Taylor & Francis was just signed yesterday; a press release and other additional information will follow in January.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We regard these agreements as part of our transformation strategy within the OA2020 framework (<a href="https://oa2020.org/">https://oa2020.org/</a>). We lead similar discussions with a variety of other publishers as well. Further announcements
will be made throughout 2017.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">With best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ralf Schimmer<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">-- <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Dr. Ralf Schimmer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Amalienstr. 33<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">80799 Muenchen, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Tel. +49 89 38602-261<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Fax +49 89 38602-290<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Email: </span><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><a href="mailto:schimmer@mpdl.mpg.de"><span lang="EN-US">schimmer@mpdl.mpg.de</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><a href="http://www.mpdl.mpg.de">http://www.mpdl.mpg.de</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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