Transformative Agreements: Six Myths, Busted

Authors

Ashley Farley, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Allison Langham-Putrow, University of Minnesota
Elisabeth Shook, Boise State UniversityFollow
Leila Belle Sterman, Montana State University
Megan Wacha, City University of New York

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-2021

Abstract

Transformative agreement (TA) is an umbrella term used to describe contracts between institutions and publishers intended to transform the current, primarily subscription-based, journal publishing model to a fully open access (OA) model. The idea originated in a 2015 white paper from the Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL), which posited that the current level of investment ($10 billion worldwide) is sufficient to fund the transformation to OA within existing publishing structures: a system in which 60% of the market is controlled by five publishers who maintain excessive profit margins.

Comments

All authors contributed equally to this work.

Copyright Statement

© 2021 Ashley Farley, Allison Langham-Putrow, Elisabeth Shook, Leila Belle Sterman, and Megan Wacha.

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Publication Information

Farley, Ashley; Langham-Putrow, Allison; Shook, Elisabeth; Sterman, Leila Belle; and Wacha, Megan. (2021). "Transformative Agreements: Six Myths, Busted". College & Research Libraries News, 82(7), 298-301. https://doi.org/10.5860/crln.82.7.298