From: Richard Poynder <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 19:45:36 +0100

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.

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.

Earlier contributors to this series include palaeontologist Mike
Taylor and cognitive scientist Stevan Harnad.

The interview can be read here:

http://poynder.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/fred-friend-on-state-of-open-access.html