Open Access Policy Dependencies – Final Project Report

"Knowledge Exchange has been actively involved in promoting open access (OA) on several levels for many years, and has long recognised the risk posed by inadequate OA infrastructure and services. In 2012, we initiated a programme of work designed to improve the extent to which the infrastructure and content services required to support OA can be sustained, and that longevity managed across the community. This work was undertaken in five phases, culminating in a workshop on 'Sustainable Business Models for Open Access Services’ in February 2014, and the release of the OA Sustainability Index. In May 2015, we initiated a follow up programme of work intended to identify the extent to which OA policies are dependent on non-commercial, compliance-enabling services. This report summarises the outcomes of this activity."