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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>The third Q&A in a series exploring the current state of Open Access has just been published. This time the questions are answered by Fred Friend.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Earlier contributors to this series include palaeontologist Mike Taylor and cognitive scientist Stevan Harnad. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>The interview can be read here:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://poynder.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/fred-friend-on-state-of-open-access.html">http://poynder.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/fred-friend-on-state-of-open-access.html</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>