Translating Data into Action

Utilizing Cost-Savings Evidence for Read and Publish Success

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https://doi.org/10.23974/ijol.2025.vol10.4.548

Abstract

As the academic publishing landscape evolves, read and publish agreements have emerged as a crucial mechanism for balancing the costs of publishing with the goals of open access. Demonstrating the value of these agreements is critical for libraries. This project report examines how one academic library created a data gathering framework to show how cost-savings data could substantiate the benefits of these agreements, and how they developed and implemented data gathering and display tools in the library to make a strong, data-backed case for read and publish agreements.

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Author Biographies

  • Jeff Graveline, University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Jeff Graveline is a Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Scholarly Communication in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Libraries. He also serves as Director of the UAB Libraries' Office of Scholarly Communication. His research interests focus on scholarly communication, specifically the intersection between copyright and higher education.

  • Peggy Kain, University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Peggy Kain is an Associate Professor and Licensing & Scholarly Communication Librarian in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Libraries. She works with library resource vendors and negotiates the license agreements for resources including all Read and Publish (Transformative) Agreements for UAB Libraries.

References

University of Alabama at Birmingham. (2025). Facts & Figures 2024-2025. Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Analysis.https://www.uab.edu/institutionaleffectiveness/images/documents/facts-figures/Facts-Figures-2024-2025.pdf

UAB Libraries. (n.d.). Read & publish agreements statistics (2023–present). UAB LibInsight. Retrieved October 14, 2025, from https://uab.libinsight.com/RandPstats

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Published

2025-12-16

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Vol. 10 No. 4 (2025): Assessment in Libraries

Section

Reports From the Field

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Translating Data into Action: Utilizing Cost-Savings Evidence for Read and Publish Success. (2025). International Journal of Librarianship, 10(4), 83-89. https://doi.org/10.23974/ijol.2025.vol10.4.548