One of the more complicated develop-ments in the evolution of open access (OA) in recent years came in the second half of 2012 with the announcement that Research Councils UK (RCUK) would be introducing a new policy early in 2013. With many publishers struggling to address that and other new challenges, this session provided some background and context for understanding developments. Martin Frank began the session with a his-tory of OA, starting with the origins of the movement in 1999; since then, the Public Library of Science was founded, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public
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