Transformative agreements: Six myths, busted: Lessons learned | Farley | College & Research Libraries News

peter.suber's bookmarks 2021-07-08

Summary:

"Rather than transforming the market, TAs shift some portion of subscription investment to funding OA without altering the overall business structure. The OA2020 Initiative, through which institutions pledged to fully move to OA publishing by 2020, was based on the MPDL analysis.2 TAs have played a central role in its implementation. The model received increased attention when a consortium of national and private funders known as cOAlition S announced its support of TAs as a compliant publishing route for its grantees....

Myth: TAs will lead to an equitable scholarly publishing ecosystem...

Myth: TAs are a proven way to transition the system from closed to open access...

Myth: TAs move away from an APC model of open access...

Myth: TAs will lead to greater transparency regarding publication costs...

Myth: TAs will lead to competitive pricing...

Myth: TAs better position libraries to negotiate..."

 

Link:

https://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/view/25032/32927

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Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » peter.suber's bookmarks

Tags:

oa.new oa.offsets oa.agreements oa.misunderstandings oa.objections oa.debates

Date tagged:

07/08/2021, 09:30

Date published:

07/08/2021, 05:30