Questions concerning Open Access research « Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week #AcademicSpring

"Last night, I got a message from Joseph Kraus, the Collections & E-Resources Analysis Librarian at Penrose Library, University of Denver. He’s asking several open-access advocates (which I am one) to answer a set of seven questions for a study that will investigate institutional activities and personal opinions concerning open access resources. The title of the study will be 'Comparing scholarly communication practices and policies between the United States (US) and United Kingdom (UK) stakeholders,' and it will be submitted to a BOAI-compliant open-access journal. With Joe’s consent, I am posting his questions here, along with the answers that I gave. It was an interesting process to go through, and left helped me to clarify my own thoughts and feelings on some of these issues..."