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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>NFAIS members may have seen the following announcement
regarding the University Press e-book Consortium (UPeC) circulating on a
variety of lists: </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>"Two major university press e-book initiatives
--Project </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>MUSE</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Editions (</span></font><font
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>) and the
University Press e-book Consortium (UPeC) -- have joined forces. The result of
this merger -- the University Press Content Consortium (UPCC) -- will launch </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>January 1, 2012</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>."</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>NFAIS is pleased to announce that their
forthcoming March 23rd Webinar “E-Books and the Future of University
Presses: Key Findings from a Three-Year Study” will now include Dean
Smith of Project Muse as a speaker to address this exciting development</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>. October Ivins,
Principal, Ivins eContent Solutions, and Alex Holzman, Director, Temple
University Press are the other featured speakers. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>For more information regarding registration for the March
23rd webinar go to: <a
href="http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/323-e-books-march-23-2011-webinar">http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/323-e-books-march-23-2011-webinar</a>.
Or contact me directly -- Jill O’Neill, Director of Planning &
Communication, NFAIS at 215/893-1561 or jilloneill@nfais.org</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Jill O'Neill</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Director, Planning & Communication</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>NFAIS</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>(v) 215-893-1561</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>(email) jilloneill@nfais.org</span></font></p>
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