CONTENT WARNING: We briefly mention events at Charlottesville during Unite the Right. 

We are joined by Dave @saggiotipo to talk about so-called transformative agreements. What are they? How to they affect everything in the library? We get into the specifics of the University of California deal (as far as we have them). 

Read Dave’s musings prior to the UC announcement here: https://hcommons.org/deposits/item/hc:35125/

Ginny Steel criticism in 2016: https://www.library.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/Ginny-Steel_open-letter_OA2020-PIF_October-2016_0.pdf 

Full UC MOU with Elsevier here: https://ucsf.app.box.com/s/gb2zj4dmk3h11p4munjvt9gsvtxr84qw 

And UC’s description of their deal: https://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/uc-publisher-relationships/elsevier-oa-agreement/#basics 

We also answer a superfan’s question! So keep writing in on Twitter @librarypunk.