Open and Shut?: Fred Friend on the state of Open Access: Where are we, what still needs to be done?

Use the link to access the interview introduced as follows: "This is the third Q&A in a series exploring the current state of Open Access (OA). This time the questions are answered by Fred Friend. By profession a librarian, Friend has long been an energetic and committed advocate for Open Access. He is also one of the small group of people who attended the 2001 meeting that led to the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI). It was at that meeting that the term Open Access was coined, and a definition of OA agreed. Friend has also worked for the UK organisation JISC, and has recently undertaken consultancy work for the European Commission and for Knowledge Exchange ..."