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Read and publish deals or Transformative Agreements, through which funders and institutions pay for knowledge dissemination rather than access, are a recent pathway toward a more open future. Yet we lack a framework for assessing the combined value of the open publishing and comprehensive read access that these deals provide. Perceived and actual value and price vary according to whether an institution is a major content producer (publish institution) or content consumer (read institution). To assess the value from these differing perspectives, we’ll use top-down data from Delta Think’s OA Data &amp; Analytics Tool and bottom up data from Our Research’s Unsub.

UKSG Annual Conference 2022

Towards a model for assessing the value of transformative agreements for both &quot;read&quot; and &quot;publish&quot; institutions

Read and publish deals or Transformative Agreements, through which funders and institutions pay for knowledge dissemination rather than access, are a recent pathway toward a more open future. Yet we lack a framework for assessing the combined value of the open publishing and comprehensive read access that these deals provide. Perceived and actual value and price vary according to whether an institution is a major content producer (publish institution) or content consumer (read institution). To assess the value from these differing perspectives, we’ll use top-down data from Delta Think’s OA Data & Analytics Tool and bottom up data from Our Research’s Unsub.

Towards a model for assessing the value of transformative agreements for both "read" and "publish" institutions

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The UKSG Annual Conference is a major event in the scholarly communications calendar which attracts delegates each year from around the world - librarians, publishers, content providers, consultants and intermediaries. The conference combines high-quality plenary presentations, lightning talks and breakout sessions with entertaining social events and trade exhibition. This year we are delivering Telford both in-person and digitally.

The UKSG Annual Conference is a major event in the scholarly communications calendar which attracts delegates each year from around the world - librarians, publishers, content providers, consultants and intermediaries.

There are two main aspects to the AI for academic publishing in use today: the algorithm, and the corpus. Somewhat surprisingly, most attention has been focused on algorithms, yet the corpus may be even more important, from the point of view of potential bias. There is already plenty of experience within the library at measuring the take-up and effect (and limitations) of digital tools. Using some real-life case studies, this presentation gives suggestions for assessing AI tools compared with current manual processes, and considers how use cases can help identify new ways of deploying of AI.

How to evaluate AI tools - and how the library can help

With momentum for Open Access (OA) books on the rise, there have been calls by various stakeholders to open up the library and develop OA book infrastructures to further support the transition to OA for books. One of the key infrastructures for OA books is the OAPEN Library that helps stakeholders tracking usage of OA books. During this session we will show how OAPEN can provide usage data for different stakeholders and seek to explore additional kinds of data that libraries may find useful to inform their OA book strategies and decision-making processes to support OA book publishing initiatives.

Tracking the open access book: what data do research institutions and libraries need in support of their strategies around open access books?

Jisc has led on a strategy (known as 'Plan M') to improve the efficiency of the library data ecosystem in the UK. This session will contextualise the objectives of the plan, give an update on progress, and look ahead to the opportunities that may be afforded if a more open bibliographic data ecosystem can be realised that empowers novel research, learning and teaching. A key part of the session will report on the outcome of a negotiation between Jisc and OCLC to facilitate a national WorldCat licence.

Brokering a National Data Agreement – Lessons Learnt and Future Opportunities

This Breakout session explores the work of UoN Libraries’ Read & Publish Group (R&P Group) in reviewing and managing Transitional Agreements (TAs), balancing budgetary costs and providing access to resources whilst also maximising publishing opportunities for our researchers. 

University of Nottingham Libraries are committed to supporting Plan S principles and adopting Transitional Agreements (or Transformative Agreements). There is an inherent tension between the Read and Publish aspects of TAs, and a new approach was required was to manage these very different and sometimes competing priorities in a challenging and competitive research and teaching environment.

Transforming decision-making in the library: The University of Nottingham perspective on Read and Publish agreements

A new transformative model is needed because conventional Read & Publish agreements do not best serve the needs of libraries and publishers in transforming budgets and revenues, respectively, from subscriptions to Open Access. Nina Schönfelder will present the “smooth transition model”, an advanced model, which is responsive to the progress in the transition. Anke de Looper & Marten Stavenga will present its implementation by a commercial publisher, highly specialized in linguistics. Their transformative agreement offers a gradual shift from subscription-based to publication-based charges for both publisher and libraries. The offer as well as the uptake by libraries will be discussed

A new model for transformative agreements and its implementation by a small publisher: Enhancing a smooth transition to open access

Octopus is an innovative open platform where the scientific community can freely read, review, and register ideas and findings. Launching next month, it will enable researchers – of every seniority, institution, and location – to immediately establish a claim on their work and get fair credit for everything they do.

The platform will closely integrate with existing research tools and systems, such as ORCID, but with incentives for good research practice, constructive peer review, and collaborative working, it is also designed to create a new culture of collaboration and recognition which improves access to research and rewards best practice in every aspect of the scientific process.

This is an opportunity to learn more about the project and its aims, and to see an early demo of the platform prior to launch.

Octopus: creating a new primary research record

Have you ever felt overwhelmed when starting a new job? Ever experienced imposter syndrome, or wondered how you can feel more confident and empowered professionally?

In 2021 Thomas Shaw’s article 'How to strive for success, happiness, fulfilment and impact: a personal manifesto' was published in UKSG Insights. In this informal session, Tom will be interviewed by Andrew Barker to explore some of the key themes from the article. This includes reflecting on ourselves as holistic individuals with intersecting personal and professional identities, and exploring how this can help us get the best out of work for ourselves and our careers.

The ‘personal manifesto’: what does it mean to explore your style, preferences and needs?

This session will surface and showcase evolving best practices in OA agreements, particularly agreements between smaller independent publishers and libraries/consortia. This session will be chaired by Lorraine Estelle.

Innovation in OA agreements

High quality and accurate bibliographic metadata is an essential part of the supply chain for books and e-books as it enables titles to be easily and reliably identified, selected, and accessed. Yet libraries and content providers have worked for years to find common ground across stakeholder groups regarding metadata requirements. 

This breakout session will describe two new efforts to reach consensus: Metadata Profiles from the NAG Quality of Shelf Ready Metadata Project, and the NISO Recommended Practice on, E-Book Bibliographic Metadata Requirements.

Both projects demonstrate the importance of developing a shared understanding between publishers, vendors and libraries regarding the creation and sharing of quality metadata so that it has value throughout the supply chain.

Essential E-Book Metadata for Everyone!

This session will detail the process implemented with 13 publishers to collect article-level metadata on open access publications for Jisc transitional agreements throughout 2020 and discuss the challenges encountered. It will also demonstrate how the data collected has allowed Jisc to effectively monitor and evaluate transitional agreements and conclude by outlining recommendations to improve the transparency of the transition to open access.

Towards a model for assessing the value of transformative agreements for both "read" and "publish" institutions

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