Transfer: progress and prospects

Abstract

The Transfer Code of Practice is a Recommended Practice of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO). It seeks to address the issues that can arise when journals change publishers, and its administration is governed by NISO’s Transfer Standing Committee. This article will discuss Transfer’s progress and prospects, with topics including the initiative’s history, elements of the Recommended Practice, the initiative’s move from UKSG to NISO, recent developments, and benefits to libraries, publishers and scholarly societies. Finally, we will discuss what is next for Transfer.