From: "Thompson, Liz - thomp3ea" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 14:40:21 +0000

**Expect Cross-posting**



“*Supporting OA collections in the open: community requirements and
principles*” is an IMLS-supported project that will convene a series of
national forums where community members will contribute their needs,
values, and priorities to the discussion of Open Access collection
development, elucidating the areas of opportunity and friction and leading
to a common vocabulary and framework to discuss collective funding of
public goods content.


To facilitate the forums across a large and diverse group of practitioners,
we will hold six focus groups at three national conferences: *ALA Midwinter
2019* in Seattle, *ER&L 2019* in Austin, and *ACRL 2019* in Cleveland.



If you are a library professional who works in scholarly communication,
library publishing, acquisitions, or collection development, please register
<https://sites.lib.jmu.edu/OA-forum/> for one of these focus groups!



In an attempt to draw as representative a group as possible, travel
scholarships
<https://arl.formstack.com/forms/national_forum_travel_scholarship> are
available for each conference. See the ARL press release
<http://www.arl.org/news/arl-news/4625-jmu-libraries-with-arl-receives-imls-national-forum-grant-on-open-access-collecting-strategies>
for more information.



Through thoughtful moderation that will leverage the insights and
interactions of focus group participants, the project team will develop a
white paper that clearly articulates the challenges, opportunities, and
potential mechanisms for building an OA collection development system and
culture and that motivates the community toward collective action.



Review of registrations will begin by *November 2 for ALA Midwinter*,
by *November
16 for Electronic Resources & Libraries*, and by *November 30 for ACRL*.



We hope to see you in a focus group!



Yasmeen Shorish, co-PI

Liz Thompson, co-PI

JMU Libraries



*This project was made possible by the Institute of Museum and Library
Services LG-73-18-0226-18.*