Annual Reviews’ Subscribe To Open: From Idea To Full Adoption
Annual Reviews will offer their journals as Subscribe to Open. Come read our interview with Richard Gallagher, President and Editor-in-Chief.
Guest Post: Open Access and the Direction Moving Forward
A.J. Boston offers recommendations for how funding agencies and research institutions can better lead the change toward open access.
Retroactively Open: Elsevier Backflips for NERL Agreement
In a novel license agreement, Elsevier agrees to open backfile content from a consortium of elite private institutions. Will other libraries and publishers follow this model?
Guest Post – Plan S and Scholarly Publishing: Some Lessons Learned
Sally Ekanayaka reviews a webinar featuring several key players in implementing Plan S and asks what lessons have been learned?
IOP Publishing Strikes a Transformative Deal with CRKN: Some Questions for Julian Wilson
An interview with Julian Wilson about IOP Publishing’s new transformative agreement with the Canadian Research Knowledge Network.
Expanded Access to Paywalled Content: A Hidden Benefit of Transformative Agreements
What has not made headlines but is also a noteworthy outcome of transformative agreements is the significant increase in access and readership for paywalled articles that they facilitate.
The Future State of Our Scholarly Publishing Vendors
When more and more societies move to commercial publisher partnerships, what happens to the vendor landscape? Angela Cochran looks at the current status and future implications.
Market Consolidation and the Demise of the Independently Publishing Research Society
The last few years have been a period of rapid market consolidation in scholarly publishing. Here, a look at the ongoing demise of the independent research society publisher, as more and more continue to sign on with larger publishing partners.
Paving the Path: Considerations for Transformative Agreements
How do we lay down the layers of “pavement” that build up a quality scholarly communications system that is safe and durable and meets the capacity demands of the scholars of today and, equally importantly, tomorrow? @lisalibrarian
Guest Post – Transforming the Transformative Agreement
Brigitte Shull from Cambridge University Press looks at the lessons learned so far from transformative agreements and how they continue to evolve.
SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast: Episode 8, Open Access (Part 2)
This eighth episode of SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast is the second in a two-part series on open access publishing. In this episode, Meredith Adinolfi (Cell Press) and Ann Michael (DeltaThink) discuss some of the more complex aspects of the OA landscape, such as funder mandates, Plan S, and transformative agreements.
Six Questions (with Answers!) about UC’s and Elsevier’s New Transformative Deal
Six questions and answers about the new transformative deal between Elsevier and the University of California.
The Biggest Big Deal
The newly announced California/Elsevier transformative agreement will test the financial sustainability and the financial desirability of the multi-payer model.
Wiley Acquires Hindawi: An Interview with Judy Verses and Liz Ferguson
Last week Wiley acquired Hindawi for $298M or a multiple of 7.45 based on 2020 Hindawi revenue. Hear why and what comes next from Wiley’s EVP of Research, Judy Verses, and VP of Open Research, Liz Ferguson.
Transformative Agreements, Funders and the Publishing Ecosystem: a Lack of Focus on Equity
Robert Harington argues that funders, be they national, or private, should consider directly funding their field through funding societies and institutions, with a focus on equitable distribution of funds across scholarly communities.