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TRANSFER Code of Practice: the publisher's point of view
Author(s) -
CAMPFENS Yvonne,
PENTZ Ed
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
learned publishing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.06
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-4857
pISSN - 0953-1513
DOI - 10.1087/20090405
Subject(s) - publishing , code (set theory) , code of practice , point (geometry) , table (database) , process (computing) , transfer (computing) , computer science , public relations , technology transfer , world wide web , political science , sociology , knowledge management , law , engineering ethics , engineering , database , set (abstract data type) , programming language , geometry , mathematics , parallel computing
The movement of scholarly journals between publishers has been an established feature of the scholarly publishing landscape for many years. Transfers of journals owned by third parties (mostly societies) have proven to be particularly problematic for librarians and end‐users: the most common problems are loss of online access, cancelled subscriptions, and most notably disappearing archives. The UK Serials Group therefore brought representatives from all stakeholders to the table in an attempt to address these problems. The TRANSFER Working Group developed a Code of Practice through an open, consensus‐driven process with participation by all interested stakeholders; a legal review was also a crucial step in the development process. The development and release of the TRANSFER Code of Practice is an example of the positive effects of industry collaboration. To date, more than 25 publishers have endorsed the Code and are ‘TRANSFER Compliant’.