<div dir="ltr"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">Apologies for cross-posting, </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"><font color="#666666">saluti alla lista </font></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"></span><br></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">Dear all,<u></u><u></u></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">The Max Planck Digital Library has put forward a study on the transformation of the subscription-driven system for scientific publications to an Open Access model. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span><br></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">The study is investigating the question whether the previously used subscription budgets would be sufficient to fund the Open Access publication charges and thus bring about a complete transition of academic publishing. The paper, entitled “Disrupting the subscription journal’s business model for the necessary large-scale transformation to open access”, concludes that such a transition would be possible at no extra costs.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">Press release:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"><a href="https://www.mpdl.mpg.de/en/about-us/news.html" target="_blank">https://www.mpdl.mpg.de/en/about-us/news.html</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">Article “Disrupting the subscription journals’ business model for the necessary large-scale transformation to open access”<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.17617/1.3" target="_blank">http://dx.doi.org/10.17617/1.3</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">Best regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">Kai Geschuhn<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE" style="color:gray;font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE" style="color:gray;font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif";font-size:3pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE" style="color:gray;font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">Kai Karin Geschuhn<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE" style="color:gray;font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">Max Planck Digital Library<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:gray;font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">Open Access & License Management<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:gray;font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">Amalienstraße 33 | 80799 München<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:gray;font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">Phone <a href="tel:%2B49%20%280%29%2089%2038602%20253" target="_blank" value="+498938602253">+49 (0) 89 38602 253</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:gray;font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">Fax <a href="tel:%2B49%20%280%29%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