Abstract
The relationship between libraries and society publishers has not previously been a close one. While transactions have in the past been mediated by third parties, larger commercial publishers or agents, there is now an opportunity for strategic new collaborations as societies seek to transition to open access (OA) and deploy business models compliant with Plan S. Wellcome, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) commissioned Information Power Ltd to undertake to support society publishers in accelerating their transition to OA in alignment with Plan S. Outcomes demonstrate support in principle from library consortia and their members to repurpose existing expenditure to help society publishers to successfully make a full transition to OA. Principles to inform the short- and medium-term development of OA transformative agreements have been co-developed by consortium representatives and publishers to inform development of an OA transformative agreement toolkit.
Highlights
The relationship between libraries and society publishers has not previously been a close one
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), and the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) commissioned Information Power Limited to undertake a project in this space
Most consortia look forward to working with learned society publishers to develop new models which will make journals open access (OA) to users all over the world
Summary
The relationship between libraries and society publishers has not previously been a close one. While transactions have been mediated by third parties, larger commercial publishers or subscription agents, there is an opportunity for strategic new collaborations as learned societies seek to transition to open access (OA) and deploy business models compliant with Plan S. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), and the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) commissioned Information Power Limited to undertake a project in this space. It is called the Society Publishers Accelerating Open Access and Plan S (SPA-OPS) project
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