Open access and knowledge sharing: reflections on the Pathfinder projects and Open Access Good Practice initiative

Abstract

The following article provides a selection of reflections from a number of higher education institutions and their staff about participation in the UK-wide Pathfinder project scheme. These nine projects (comprising 30 institutions) form the core of the Jisc-funded Open Access Good Practice initiative. They have produced a wide range of outputs which endorse and encourage best practice when implementing open access across institutions. Each project has a blog where progress and outputs can be tracked. Details are listed at the end of this article.

Keywords

• academic libraries, scholarly communications, open access, open access good practice