1. An introduction to service Jonathan Griffin Deputy Chief Executive Publishers Licensing Society

2. What is Access to Research? 1.A free service that enables local libraries to provide their users with access to a wealth of research: 6,000+ journals 10 million+ articles !

3. What is Access to Research? 2.The content comes from the UK’s leading publishers, including:

4. What is Access to Research? 3.The content covers a broad range of subjects

6. What is Access to Research? 4.It uses a well established digital platform called Summon, which is already widely used in academic libraries

7. What is Access to Research? 5.It is a walk-in service that is only accessible from terminals & wifi within libraries It does not include remote access

8. Why is the service being offered? The Finch Group was convened by the government to explore how access to publicly funded research could be expanded... Dame Janet Finch chaired the Working Group on Expanding Access to Published Research Findings

9. Why is the service being offered? One of the Finch Report’s recommendations: That major subscription- based publishers should license public libraries to provide free access to their journals and conference proceedings.

10. How does the service work? Searches start at the Access to Research home page

11. How does the service work? Accept Ts & Cs i ncluding non-commercial use, single print-off, no downloads

12. How does the service work? Search results are generated by the Summon system

13. How does the service work? Individual search results link through directly to Publisher’s site

14. How does the service work? Articles are typically accessed as PDFs

15. Who has delivered this service? …in partnership with librarians through and the generous support of and the willing contribution of publishers and encouragement of their trade associations:

16. Implementation 1.The service launched in January 2014 2.It is running as a 2 year pilot, finishing in December 2015 3.Open to all local authorities across the entire UK who wish to sign up 4.Usage data & qualitative research will be used to evaluate its impact in Q4 2015

20. What resources are available to assist in setting up the service? We have created various resources to help implement the service (based on feedback from the technical trial) http://www.pls.org.uk/news/ContentStyle/PLItechnicalpilot.aspx?Pa geView=Shared

21. Is Taunton special?

22. Qualitative research Value to users Types of users What insights are they seeking? Do they find them? What do they do with them, once they’ve found them?

23. Further information www.accesstoresearch.org.uk accesstoresearch@pls.org.uk