%0 Journal Article %T Transfer: progress and prospects %A Elizabeth %A Winter %J - %D 2016 %R http://doi.org/10.1629/uksg.324 %X 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 %K Progress and Prospects¡±. Insights 29 (3): 280¨C86. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1629/uksg.324 %U https://insights.uksg.org/articles/10.1629/uksg.324/