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*Apologies for any cross posting* Help set the benchmark for facilitating access to freely available resources Taylor & Francis is currently recruiting librarians from the UK for a one-day focus group on the morning of Wednesday 19th December to be held in Central London, allowing plenty of time for some last minute shopping. Reasonable travel expenses, lunch, mince pies and a thank- you Amazon e-gift card will be provided to each attendee. Taylor & Francis is investigating the challenges librarians face in helping their users to understand and realize the value of the increasing quantity of content that is freely available to read, including open access journals, repositories, blogs and wikis. Users are increasingly overwhelmed with content and find it difficult to navigate effectively through what is available and then apply it in their research, studies or teaching. Yet librarians often have no 'ownership' over this non-purchased content in the traditional sense of library acquisition and often no usage statistics by which to gauge relevance. We will be presenting the findings of our research, including the results of this focus group, in the form of a white paper. If you are interested in taking part in our research (even if you aren't available for this focus group) please email [log in to unmask] for more details.* The focus group will provide essential information and help to shape recommended practices related to non-purchased content. A white paper on the findings of this research will be made available publically on the Taylor & Francis website next year. These respondents will also receive a copy of the aggregated results. Note that any results shared will be anonymous and only aggregate data will be released. In addition, if you are interested in keeping up to date with Taylor & Francis, please follow us @tandfnewsroom. Thank you in advance for your participation. *Please note there that will be a selection process as the focus group has limited places Camilla Braithwaite on behalf of Taylor and Francis TBI Communications Limited 62 Church Road Wheatley, Oxford OX33 1LZ Tel: +44 (0)1865 875896 Mobile: +44 (0) 7841 863936 Fax: +44 (0)1865 876346 Web: www.tbicommunications.com TBI Communications Limited is a limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 5375015. Registered office: 62 Church Road, Wheatley, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX33 1LZ, UK. lis-e-resources is a UKSG list - http://www.uksg.org UKSG groups also available on Facebook and LinkedIn Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/UKSG