Transformative Agreements:
Foster a shift towards open access by transforming subscription-based journals into open access models.
Promote broader dissemination and accessibility of research outputs.
“Read and Publish” Agreements also known as Transformative Agreements (TA) are negotiated licence agreements in which former subscriptions are repurposed and channelled to support Open Access Publishing.
At Nelson Mandela University the library aims to make published research open access (OA) for all and to assist our researchers and emerging researchers with article processing charges (APCs) when choosing to publish open access.