« Transformative agreements have become an important strategy in the transition to open access, with almost 1,200 such agreements registered by 2025. Despite their prevalence, these agreements suffer from important transparency limitations, most notably article-level metadata that indicates which articles are covered by these agreements. Typically, this data is available to…
« The University of Chicago Library created a working group, composed of librarians across the library, to engage in dedicated and focused work around transformative agreements, including understanding how they work and how the library should be engaging with them in a complex open access (OA) landscape. The working group was…
« This reflection paper discusses three selected issues associated with the so-called « transformative agreements » (TAs) made between consortia and publishers. The first issue addresses the lack of transformation that, despite the name, characterises TAs. The second issue takes a more prognostic approach and considers the potential implications of a transformation from…
« Transformative agreements have become an important strategy in the transition to open access, with almost 1,200 such agreements registered by 2025. Despite their prevalence, these agreements suffer from important transparency limitations, most notably article-level metadata indicating which articles are covered by these agreements. Typically, this data is available to libraries…
« The proliferation of open access (OA) business models has been rapid, presenting challenges for stakeholders in communicating and working effectively with one another. This article aims to clarify terminologies and address the inconsistencies and gaps in previous attempts to categorize OA models, supporting informed decision-making. (…) »
« Starting from July 2020 at the University of Milan, one of the largest and most important Italian universities, the first transformative agreements with some major international scientific publishers have come into effect. (…) The aim of our study is to understand to what extent the positioning of journals in impact…
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« Jisc released their Critical Review of Transitional Agreements in March 2024, with a webinar chaired by Ann Rossiter, Executive Director, SCONUL, to outline their key findings. The report is a comprehensive piece of work, that goes into great depth on the enduring impact of these deals on…
« Commissioned and governed by Jisc’s strategic groups with input from Delta Think, an open access (OA) data and analytics company, this report explores the OA landscape and the particular role of transitional agreements (TAs), with the aim of gathering evidence, promoting discussion in the higher education and research sectors, and…
« Research institutions across the globe attempt to change the academic publishing system as digitization opens up new opportunities, and subscriptions to the large journal bundles of the leading publishers put library budgets under pressure. One approach is the negotiation of so-called transformative agreements. (…) »
