Transitions in Scholarly Communications

"The Research Information Network ( RIN ), the Joint Information Systems Committee ( JISC ), the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers ( ALPSP ), the Publishers Association ( PA ), the British Library ( BL ), Research Libraries UK ( RLUK ), the Society of College, National and University Libraries ( SCONUL ), SPARC Europe, Research Councils UK ( RCUK ), Universities UK ( UUK ),...are now seeking to establish a joint portfolio of work to underpin and facilitate transitions [to widened access for research] over the next few years....[They] will provide evidence for a better understand the dynamics of the transitions needed to reach a selection of plausible end-points, and the costs, benefits, opportunities and risks that this entails. Transition is understood to relate to changes in practice, business models and organisational culture within the relevant constituencies, and any new entrants, over defined timeframes. The end-points, to be defined in advance of the project, will be associated with four broad models: open access journals ( gold OA ); open access repositories ( green OA ); extensions to licensing; and transactional solutions...."