From: Tracy Gardner <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 10:59:55 +0100

Please find enclosed the latest news from Transfer regarding the
release of the Code of Practice Version 3.0.

UKSG Transfer Working Group announces improvements to the Code of
Practice with release of Version 3.0.

The UKSG Transfer Working Group is pleased to announce the release of
the Transfer Code of Practice Version 3.0. The new version has a
number of key updates dealing with new content types, clarification of
subscriber types, journal URLs and redirects, nomenclature, and the
timing and content of communications. Over the last 18 months the
Transfer Working Group has revised and improved upon the previous
version of the Code (released in September 2008) and sought feedback
from the community through a public review process. Publishers will
now be encouraged to follow the new version. Those publishers who
endorse Transfer's principles by agreeing to align their procedures
with the Code, and to apply them in practice, will be considered
'Transfer Compliant'.

The Transfer Code of Practice is a set of voluntary guidelines for
publishers involved in any journal transfer. It covers difficult
issues including ongoing provision of access to online content,
exchange of subscriber lists, DOI and URL transfer, as well as
perpetual access rights to journal content. Transfer and the Enhanced
Transfer Alerting Service (http://etas.jusp.mimas.ac.uk/) were
developed in response to the expressed needs of the scholarly journal
community for consistent guidelines to help publishers ensure that
journal content remains easily accessible by librarians and readers
when there is a transfer between parties, and to ensure that the
transfer process occurs with minimum disruption.

If you would like more information about the Transfer Code of
Practice, please contact one of the Co-Chairs of the Transfer Working
Group:

Alison Mitchell: [log in to unmask]
Elizabeth Winter: [log in to unmask]

Please see http://www.uksg.org/transfer

Tracy Gardner
UKSG Marketing Associate
www.uksg.org
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