Status Update NISO Work Item "Recommended Practice for Operationalizing OA Business Processes"

"In May 2023, the NISO Information Policy & Analysis Topic Committee approved the Work Item “Recommended Practice for Operationalizing OA Business Processes.” A Working Group was formed, starting work in December 2023. They delivered the “NISO Open Access Business Processes Charge and Work Plan” in April 2024, approved in May 2024. The final Recommended Practice is expected in June 2025 after a public comment period (February–April 2025).

The Charge identifies challenges in the business processes in transitioning from pay-to-read to open access, impacting stakeholders like authors, libraries, institutions, publishers, consortia, and funders. The Working Group will develop a recommended practice with the following deliverables:

• A glossary of standard terms
• Standardized schema(s) for OA processes
• A report on infrastructure gaps
• Recommended tools and best practices..."