The project had an Advisory Board of the following senior stakeholders from the publishing, academic, library and funder communities that helped to direct its research.

Dr Andrew Booth, Reader in Evidence Based Information Practice, University of Sheffield

Prof Stephen Curry, Professor of Structural Biology, Imperial College London

Lorraine Estelle, Director of COUNTER and consultant

Prof Malcolm Heath, Professor of Greek Language and Literature, University of Leeds

Dr Audrey McCulloch, Chief Executive, Association for Learned and Professional Society Publishers

Prof Wyn Morgan, Pro Vice Chancellor, Professor of Economics, University of Sheffield

Dr Liz Philpots, Head of Research, Association of Medical Research Charities

Andrea Powell, Chief Information Officer, CABI, and Board member of the International STM Association

Dr David Prosser, Executive Director, Research Libraries UK

Prof Chris Rielly, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Loughborough University

Prof Richard Wellen, Business and Society Program, York University, Toronto