Jisc should not buy services that it does not want | Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week

"Sometimes I think people don’t know what “transitional” means. Folks, a transitional agreement is by definition one that gets you from one place to another — in this case, from a subscription-based scholarly publishing ecosystem to an open-access one. It’s what a transitional agreement is for. If it does not do that, then it’s not transitional. In particular, a transitional agreement that becomes “the ‘norm'” is a stalled agreement. It is, unambiguously, a failure....

I trust I do not need to spell this out, but I will anyway for avoidance of doubt: Jisc should not buy what these publishers are selling, but should instead find publishers that are selling what Jisc want to buy."