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August 21, 2025

The Inside Out Library: A Review of Transformative Agreements and Group Participation

Key Points

The transition to open access is rapidly accelerating, driven by transformative agreements.
Springer Nature implemented transformative agreements, serving 121 institutions through centrally negotiated arrangements.
The review details experiences with negotiating read and publish agreements, highlighting effective group participation.
The findings may suggest new collaborative models for libraries, enhancing access to subscription content.

Abstract

In the United States, the pace of transition to open access (OA) is accelerating. An increasing number of libraries are signing transformative agreements (TA) supporting authors publishing OA, while maintaining access to subscription content. Recently, Springer Nature embarked on research on newly implemented TAs. In this paper, the authors discuss their experience negotiating and implementing TAs or, as they are commonly known, read and publish (RP) agreements. Springer Nature discusses their regional and national implementations of these TAs, and Lyrasis provides an in-depth review of their centrally negotiated RP with Springer Nature serving 121 institutions.

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