Transformative Agreements Symposium:
Are they right for you?
Libraries and research institutions are tasked with supporting research activities. In the modern academic ecosystem, this not only means providing access to high quality scholarly content (both print and digital), it also means supporting researchers in publishing new studies. Achieving both of these goals while staying with (often-shrinking) budgets, and also meeting national and institutional directives regarding the production of open access research, can be challenging.
As scholarly communications evolve in response to these pressures, publishers are coming up with new approaches to licensing and publishing content. One such approach is the transformative agreement, which moves the contractual payment away from subscription-based reading and focuses on open access publishing (under the ‘Gold’ APC model) instead.
This 1.5 hour event will offer a thorough exploration of the advantages and disadvantages of transformative agreements, equipping libraries and research institutions with the core knowledge and information they need to decide whether this approach will work for them.
On the 30th of September, we are bringing together a fantastic panel of publishers and libraries to discuss the pros and cons of transformative agreements for librarians, for universities, and for individual researchers.
Join us, and gain valuable insights into the intricacies of transformative agreements. Listen to the views of global experts, and use this knowledge to help inform your decisions regarding your own institution’s approach.
