<div dir="ltr"><b><font color="#ff0000">Although open access (OA) services and policies have been implemented by many institutions, there has been little discussion, and integration of OA into collection policy development.</font></b> This paper reports on an environmental scan and strategic planning exercise that will inform institutional collection policy development activities at the University of Toronto, a premiere academic institution in North America. The paper outlines multi-method original research with varied stakeholder groups. The state of collection development policies related to many types of OA materials, issues and activities including but not limited to digitization projects, journal publishing, institutional repositories, metadata, consortia projects, memberships and author funds is examined.<div>
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