Gordon, Shannon2017-06-202017-06-202011https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/jchla/index.php/jchla/article/view/27560/20307http://hdl.handle.net/10012/12030This article, first published by Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association, is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.This is the second in a series of commentaries from members of the Open Access Interest Group of Canadian Health Libraries Association / Association des bibliothèques (CHLA / ABSC). Devon Greyson’s inaugural contribution ‘‘Open access and health librarians in 2011’’ concluded with a timely discussion of open access (OA) opportunities for health librarians. Where Greyson concluded is exactly where this article begins by exploring the liaison role that the international OA movement presents. Also to be discussed are the quintessential resources for the Canadian health librarian’s OA knowledge base or toolbox.enAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open accessLiaison roleHealth librariansWhy libraries aren’t dead: open access and the evolving liaison roleArticle