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Sarah, Peter Suber's SPARC Open Access Newsletter, mentioned by other respondents, is the best way of keeping up to date with OA developments, but for specific help and advice of the sort you're seeking I'd encourage you to visit the SHERPA site http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/ <http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/> if you haven't already found it. This is the most authoritative source of information in the UK [declaration of interest: I'm a member of the SHERPA Management Group ;-)], and contains a wealth of advocacy material for librarians, guidance for authors, and links to important back-up resources such as the RoMEO database of publisher policies on copyright and self-archiving. SHERPA is based within the UK HE community, but most of its content is equally applicable to other sectors such as the NHS. Peter -- Peter Morgan Librarian Medical Library Cambridge University Library Addenbrooke's Hospital Hills Road Cambridge CB2 0SP UK email: [log in to unmask] tel: +44 (0)1223 336757 fax: +44 (0)1223 331918 ________________________________ From: UK medical/ health care library community / information workers [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Panzetta, Sarah Sent: 14 December 2007 09:58 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Is Open Access the answer? Dear all, Apologies for my ignorance, but where do you suggest users publish their work? I've been pushing Open Access peer-reviewed journals and steering people away from print journals, as that seems the most ethical option but is that right? Are there arguments against Open Access? e.g.might the work disappear in the electronic ether if it's not in a print journal, are there political reasons for universities to want articles published in print journals (despite impact factors being v.g. for BMC journals)? And is it possible to publish in both, or do journals demand exclusives (like The News of the World)? And what's all this about the NHS no longer having a special relationship with BioMed Central? Should we be pushing PubMed Central now? Comments v. welcome! Thanks Sarah Sarah Panzetta Library Services Manager Camden PCT Library (includes Camden and Islington Health Promotion Resources Service) Tel: 020-7530 3936/3910 E-mail:[log in to unmask] www.camdenpct.nhs.uk/library