[Air-L] First Monday - Online session to discuss saving it?

[Sarah Clinton-McCausland]

Hi, all --

I'm not able to participate in these efforts but excited to hear of First
Monday's potential continuation! You're likely familiar with this resource
already, but just in case, I wanted to pass along this *open access
journals toolkit <https://www.oajournals-toolkit.org/>* created by DOAJ
<https://doaj.org/> and OASPA <https://www.oaspa.org/>. It guides OA
journal teams with thinking through infrastructure, funding, archiving,
etc. and may be of use in this situation.

Take care,
Sarah
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On Mon, Feb 9, 2026 at 10:55 AM Dang Nguyen via Air-L <
air-l at listserv.aoir.org> wrote:

> Thanks Lyle, such a good idea! I'd love to be part of that Zoom.
> Dang
>
> On Mon, Feb 9, 2026 at 7:03 AM Lyle Skains via Air-L <
> air-l at listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi, all,
> >
> > Catching up on the First Monday discussions... Seems there are a number
> of
> > people interested in saving it. Would it be a good idea to host an online
> > session over zoom with those interested? We could discuss potential ways
> > forward, reaching out to current board, etc. It will require editors, but
> > also hosting, web management, etc., so not without costs, even if time is
> > volunteered.
> >
> > I'm happy to host/set a zoom.
> >
> > (apologies if the convo has moved on without me; I only get a daily
> digest)
> >
> > Best,
> > Lyle
> >
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