With heavyweights like MIT and Harvard, Stanford and Columbia Universities behind it, the Coalition of Open Access Policy Institutions (COAPI) has plenty of traction. The impetus behind the coalition was the University of Kansas, which in June 2009 became the first US public university to adopt an open access policy regarding scholarly research in peer-reviewed journals. The University then formed the 22-member COAPI, as the Library Journal reports. COAPI will collaborate on and share implementation strategies for open access, and advocate nationally for institutions to embrace open access principles. This is a big boost for open scholarship. The Chronicle of Higher Education also covered the news.