Transformative Agreements: Crucial Considerations for Canada | Canadian Research Knowledge Network

As some publishers transition their strategy from ‘big deals’ to transformative agreements, how do we, as a community, ensure that we uphold our values of access to research and foster a sustainable scholarly communication system? Transformative agreements are not a one-size-fits-all approach and the Canadian academic community has an opportunity to define its own approach to transitioning big deals to open access. In this session, speakers will provide an analysis of the often-unseen transformative agreement costs to highlight what is gained and what is lost in these deals. In addition to providing critical considerations for transformative agreements, the goal of this session will be to foster dialogue between scholarly communications and collections library workers and brainstorm future opportunities to collectively analyze open access agreements.

Speakers

Brianne Selman

Scholarly Communications and Copyright Librarian, University of Winnipeg

Denise Koufogiannakis

Associate University Librarian, University of Alberta

Lindsey MacCallum

Scholarly Communications and Humanities Librarian, Mount Saint Vincent University

Samuel Moore

Research Fellow, Centre for Postdigital Cultures, Coventry University

Joy Owango

Non-Executive Director, Training Centre in Communication, University of Nairobi