TA's are not new, but they are increasingly replacing traditional contracts as libraries and publishers work to negotiate mutually sustainable agreements that increase equitable access to published scholarly knowledge.
The Library proactively supports Transformative Agreements with publishers when the agreement is financially viable and provides the faculty with comprehensive open publishing options.
TA's also foster community stewardship through open access and a shift away from paid subscriptions that place published research articles behind paywalls. In addition, these agreements help faculty who have research grants which may require the publication of research in an open-access journal.
Publisher |
Agreement Type |
Access Provided |
Publication Benefits |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACM – Association for Computing Machinery | ACM OPEN aka Read & Publish |
Current ACM Digital Library content and content archives | Unlimited Open Access publications for NIU-affiliated authors |
| Cambridge University Press | Read & Publish | All current CUP journals and archived issues | Unlimited Open Access publication for NIU-affiliated authors in gold & hybrid journals |
| The Company of Biologists | Read & Publish Open Access Initiative | Current Issues and Archives of all Company of Biologists Journals | Unlimited Open Access publication for NIU-affiliated authors in gold & hybrid journals |
