1. Open Access and the University Bill Hubbard SHERPA Manager Increasing Nottinghams Research Impact Through Open Access 11 th October 2007

2. Open access means that articles and research outputs are freely available increases potential readership by removing barriers to access and facilitating discovery increases use of research increases citations to research

3. Open access does not affect peer-review helps guard against plagiarism not proposed as a replacement for normal publication process is a working, practical system that is already in place

4. Open access benefits authors researchers research process institutions funding bodies wider public and cultural benefits

5. Two routes to open access by depositing a copy of an article in an open access repository by publishing in an open access journal

6. University support institutional repository - Nottingham ePrints support for publishing in open access journals or with open access options advice on issues from Information Services support from Research Innovation Services

7. Funders grant requirements funders see wider dissemination of material as best-value for investment 6 of 7 UK Research Councils now mandate open access 90% of UK biomedical research now under an open access mandate University can assist grant-holders in complying with these requirements