Let's be Open

I am essentially a government librarian, these days a fairly rare breed although I don't think we're on the path to extinction quite yet. It was a path I chose(ish) early on in my career when I saw it as a way to combine my love of politics with my chosen career. To be clear at the time, when I was looking for my first professional post, being picky wasn't really an option (is it for anyone?!); I took the first job offer I got. It happened to be in the Civil Service and that's where I have stayed, and for the most part it's worked out for me. What is odd about being a govt/CS/Special Librarian is that a lot of the debates and issues around Open Access have passed the sector by. It makes some sense, government libraries operate to provide a service to their department or subsection within. Researchers within will either be producing documents that can't be released for security reasons, or are released under an Open Government License on gov.uk, e.g. Home Offic