From: Elizabeth Winter <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 08:51:09 -0400

Updated Transfer Code of Practice for journal transfer released

Oxford, UK -- 12 July 2013 -- The UKSG Transfer Working Group today
released Version 3.0 of its Code of Practice for public comment
(http://www.uksg.org/transfer/Code). Key updates in Version 3.0 deal
with new content types, HTTP redirects, subscriber types,
nomenclature, and communication.  Public review and comment are
invited between now and 6 September 2013.

The Transfer Code of Practice is a set of voluntary guidelines for
publishers involved in any journal transfer. It covers thorny issues
including ongoing access provision to online content, exchange of
subscriber lists, DOI and URL transfer, as well as perpetual access
rights to journal content.

Over the last year the Transfer Working Group has revised and improved
upon the current version of the Code (Version 2, released in September
2008). The Transfer Working Group is inviting comments on the Code
through the Transfer website (http://www.uksg.org/transfer), where the
Code of Practice, a summary of changes from Version 2 to Version 3, a
glossary of terms, and other information can also be found.

After the public review period, the Transfer Working Group will review
the comments and decide if any revisions are needed to the Code in
light of comments received. Once this is done, the Transfer Code of
Practice v3.0 will be formally released, and publishers will be asked
to agree to follow the new version. Publishers agreeing to align their
procedures with the Code, and to apply them in practice when working
with other, similarly aligned publishers, will be considered ‘Transfer
Compliant'.

The Transfer Code of Practice is a 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 Alison Mitchell and/or Elizabeth Winter
Co-Chairs, Transfer Working Group.

email: a.mitchell<at>nature.com
email: elizabeth.winter<at>library.gatech.edu

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Elizabeth L. Winter
Asst. Department Head &
Electronic Resources Coordinator
Collection Acquisitions & Management Department
Georgia Tech Library
Georgia Institute of Technology
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