Learn what is meant by Transformative Agreement. Lean how transformative agreements help foster open access and assist authors in complying with funder mandates as well as with Rutgers own open access policy. Panelists from Elsevier, Springer, and Wiley will discuss the transformative agreements from their respective publishers and the advantages of choosing to publish open access in their journals.
Panel Moderator: Jeffrey Carroll, Director of Collections Strategy, Scholarly Communication and Collections, Rutgers University Libraries
Bob Boissy is the Director of Account Development for Springer Nature, providing technical and promotional support for academic, government, and corporate libraries and information centers in the US and Canada. He has worked in various roles in publishing and other library service organizations for thirty-six years. Bob has a BA from Middlebury College, a Masters in Library Science from the University at Albany, and a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Information Transfer from Syracuse University. He has worked at IBM’s T.J. Watson Research Center Library in Yorktown Heights, NY and the Urban Studies Library at Syracuse University. His Interests include information discovery, information literacy, data exchange, and the evolution of publishing and librarianship. He is a former President of NASIG, and currently serves as Co-Chair of the NISO Information Discovery & Interchange Topic Committee, and the NISO Architecture Committee.
With over 20 years of publishing experience, Sarah Whalen started her career in book publishing as the international coordinator for the Alfred A. Knopf imprint at Penguin Random House. After shifting to scholarly publishing, she gained expertise in journal production and editorial management at Elsevier and Wiley. From 2015-2023, she chaired various working groups and publishing initiatives on topics such as open science, metadata standards, and global outreach as the Director, Business Strategy and Portfolio Management at AAAS/Science. In her current role as Director, Open Research Americas, she covers developments in the OA policy landscape in the Americas and engages various stakeholders to understand their needs and perspectives on open research.
Dr. Kristina Heubish currently works as a Business Analyst for Elsevier. She received her PhD in Science Education from Columbia University, publishing in natural philosophy and cognitive learning. She is an active member of the Association for Science Teacher Education, leading the Northeast regional conference in years past. Dr Heubish transitioned from academia to publishing about 6 years ago, now focusing on transformative agreements to drive the Open science movement. She is passionate about educating authors on the journals publishing process and how to fruitfully contribute to the scientific record.
Jeff Carroll is the Director for Collections Strategy at Rutgers University Libraries. Expanding access to information resources and developing equitable collection strategies that incorporate new and open forms of scholarship are among his objectives in this role. Prior to Rutgers, Carroll served as the director of collection development and e-resources management at Columbia University. He has published widely on scholarly communication and collection development with an emphasis on electronic resources management and assessment and has held leadership positions in both national and regional professional associations.