As well as being an established local curmudgeon, I am a publisher of academic books and journals. My company participates in the 'Access to Research' pilot project which means that anyone can read material in the online editions of any of our journals for free.

The pilot appraisal is now underway, and I would be interested to know whether anyone has taken advantage of this scheme.

Secondly, I notice that libraries which are 'community led' are not included in the scheme, obviously because of publisher concerns about management of access. Would be interested to know whether anyone has any views on this. Also, is anyone aware of any other areas where access to material in community libraries is likely to be similarly restricted, besides issues of inter-library lending of print material.