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Dutch Universities advise patrons to use alternative ways to access journal articles, i.e. when deals (on open access) with publishers fail! Read the news item here: http://openaccess.nl/en/events/alternative-ways-to-access-journal-articles In my opinion, libraries should actively promote the following browser extentions to their patrons to make it easier for them to get to the fulltext of scientific publications: - the Kopernio button (makes one-click access to subscription-based ánd open access publications much easier) http://kopernio.com Now acquired by Clarivate Analytics! - the Unpaywall button (fast access to open access publications) http://unpaywall.org - Google Scholar button (still finds the most "alternative versions" out there) In addition to these tools there is also a new tool for libraries to get more grip on user's browsing activities (on ánd off-campus) ánd actively deliver usefull pop-ups connecting users with library subscriptions and ...