Transformative Agreements: Challenges, Opportunities, and Potential Impacts in Health Science Libraries

Wednesday, May 4, 2022

2:00 PM – 3:20 PM CT

Location: 343

Presenter(s)

Keith Pickett

Coordinator, Research Services and User Resources
Rudolph Matas Library of the Health Sciences
Tulane University
New Orleans, Louisiana

Primary Presenter/Session Organizer(s)

Michael A. Wood

Head of Resource Management & Qatar Liaison Librarian
Weill Cornell Medicine / S. J. Wood Library
New York, New York

Slides

Presenter(s)

Terrie R. Wheeler

Director and Chair
Samuel J Wood Library
New York, New York
Kristina DeShazo

Director of Collection Management
Oregon Health & Science University Library
Portland, Oregon

Session Format:
Panel presentation with questions and discussion.

Session Objective/

Overview:
Panel will introduce transformative agreements (TAs) to a wide audience and educate folks on what they are, license and negotiation needs, and the potential challenges and opportunities for institutions. Special considerations will be taken to represent different kinds of libraries on the panel because use cases and values of TAs differ between institution types. We will empower participants with deeper knowledge and a shared understanding of the impacts of TAs that they can bring back to their institutional setting.

Methods:
Q&A

Participant Engagement:
The panel will be moderated by one person. The moderator will ask the panelist questions curated by him/her and/or taken directly from the attendees before and during a Q&A session towards the end. Through these questions, the panelist will be able to share their experiences and insights on transformative agreements providing the attendees/audience with real values and takeaways that they can apply in their own institutions when considering TAs

Sponsor(s):
Collection Development Caucus; Scholarly Communications Caucus and Leadership & Management Caucus
Learning Objectives:
Differentiate between read&publish and publish&read transformative agreements
Recognize the steps in negotiating a transformative agreement
Explain the value of transformative agreements to institutional decision makers in their individual environments
Summarize existing transformative agreements that would be applicable to their institutional context