The UKSG TRANSFER Project: collaboration to improve access to content

The UKSG TRANSFER Code of Practice 2.01 was released in September 2008 with the goal of creating a set of voluntary industry best practices to ensure that journal transfers go smoothly and that users do not lose access to content when journals change ownership. Starting in April 2006, the UKSG TRANS...

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Published in:Serials (Oxford, England) England), 2009-01, Vol.22 (2), p.161-165
Main Authors: Pentz, Ed, Cole, Louise
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access to materials
Collaboration
Document dissemination and delivery
Electronic periodicals
Exact sciences and technology
Information and communication sciences
Information dissemination (open archives, open access,...) and document delivery
Information publishing, dissemination and reproduction
Information science. Documentation
Scholarly communication
Sciences and techniques of general use
UK Serials Group
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Summary:The UKSG TRANSFER Code of Practice 2.01 was released in September 2008 with the goal of creating a set of voluntary industry best practices to ensure that journal transfers go smoothly and that users do not lose access to content when journals change ownership. Starting in April 2006, the UKSG TRANSFER Working Group undertook a lengthy process of analysing journal transfers and crafting a set of best practices to address the concerns of librarians, publishers, agents, societies and others. After much discussion and feedback, a concise, specific Code of Practice was developed. The Working Group decided to take a collaborative, positive approach with different stakeholders working together rather than focusing on prescriptive requirements with penalties attached which would have overly complicated the situation. The Code has seen good uptake and there are a number of ideas for how to take the work forward.
ISSN:0953-0460
1475-3308
DOI:10.1629/22161