access to UK research, by ensuring that as much of their research output as possible is made openly available via their institutional repository.  The resource pack brings together all the information and guidance that UK universities might need in taking the policy decisions and practical steps for this to happen. William Nixon, Digital Library Development Manager at the University of Glasgow and co-ordinator of the resource pack, explains, "The resource pack gives the solutions to barriers which the OAIG have identified in setting up, managing and maintaining a repository as well as an institutional publication policy. This resource can also give senior managers and leaders within universities enough detail to influence and engage the rest of their teams in making these decisions." Members of the OAIG have agreed a 2012 strategy to help implement the recommendations from these reports and build on the past 12 months of its work. This strategy includes: increasing the numbers of universities with policies supporting open access better compliance with funders' OA policies to commission work to monitor progress, and so chart the UK's moves toward a better system for communicating research, supporting our researchers, knowledge workers and entrepreneurs. Hashtag #OAIG Ends Notes to Editors: The aim of the UK Open Access Implementation Group is to add value to the work of the member organisations, both strategically and practically, to increase the rate at which the outputs from UK research are available on open access terms. Members of the OAIG are: ARMA, Guild HE, JISC,