"transformative open-access partnership with Elsev"----hold it I'm going to stop you right there. Where's my wallet?
The agreement marks an important step toward making the results of Rutgers’ research openly accessible, increasing its readership and impact, and ensuring it is globally and permanently available.
Ah, "transformative agreement" turns out to be 2019's latest thing in bad deals for academic libraries; libraries agree to subsidize the profit margins of journal publishers in exchange for open access.
"Every time we sign one of these so-called transformative contracts, which often contain multi-year lock-ins, we lose the opportunity to create something more just, sustainable, efficient and effective"--https://world.edu/transformative-open-access-publishing-deals-are-only-entrenching-commercial-power/
Plan S has already been credited with sparking something of a revolution in journal publishing. Major publishers are beginning – slowly and reluctantly in some cases – to replace their traditional “big deals” with what are being called “transformative deals”. Often negotiated with national consortia of libraries and research institutes, these combine access to subscription […]
Andrew Goldstone
Allie Alvis