Copenhagen, Denmark and Nicosia, Cyprus -- June 2026. The Cyprus Libraries Consortium (CLC) has adopted ConsortiaManager to run its consortium operations, and at the same time every one of its seven academic member institutions has been equipped with Transformative Agreement Manager (TAM) and Open Journal Finder (OJF). It is one of the most complete platform deployments ConsortiaManager has delivered to date — a single, connected system reaching from the consortium office all the way down to each member library and its researchers.
The agreement reflects a simple idea: a consortium is most valuable when its members feel the value directly. By placing one platform at the centre and giving each institution its own tools, CLC moves from coordinating subscriptions to actively delivering services — better data, faster answers, and stronger support for authors — to all seven members at once.
What it solves for the consortium
Like many consortia, CLC has managed renewals, member communication, and publisher negotiations across a patchwork of spreadsheets, documents, and email. ConsortiaManager replaces that with a purpose-built workflow system that handles the full annual cycle in one place — from gathering negotiation data, through individual member renewals, to consolidated orders and invoicing. Comparable consortia report time savings of around 40% on the renewal cycle after moving onto the platform. Just as importantly, communication with both members and publishers moves out of scattered inboxes and into structured, trackable workflows.
What it solves for the members
For the seven institutions, the value is felt at the library and at the desk of every researcher. Transformative Agreement Manager gives each member real visibility into its read-and-publish agreements — usage, cost, open access uptake, and the analyses libraries need to understand whether an agreement is actually working for them. Open Journal Finder improves author services directly: when a researcher asks "where can I publish open access under our agreements?", the answer is now searchable in seconds rather than buried in a publisher's title list. CLC already holds transformative agreements with several major publishers, which makes both tools immediately useful from day one.
Maria Haraki, Permanent Secretary of the Cyprus Libraries Consortium (CLC) comments:
"For us, the value of a consortium is measured by what it gives back to its members. Bringing the whole renewal and agreement workflow into one system, and putting agreement analytics and a journal finder directly into the hands of all seven of our institutions, means we spend far less time on spreadsheets and email — and far more time negotiating better terms and supporting open access across Cyprus. It turns the consortium into a genuine service hub for our libraries and their researchers."
For ConsortiaManager, the Cyprus deployment is a model of what the platform was built to do: connect the consortium and its members in one system rather than leaving each to manage open access on its own. As an independent provider, ConsortiaManager offers consortia a way to give libraries negotiation leverage and data transparency — without handing control of that data to a publisher.
Nels Rune Jensen, Co-founder, ConsortiaManager states:
"Cyprus shows the consortium model at its best. The consortium gets the workflow and negotiation tools it needs, and at the same moment every member library gets analytics and author services it could not easily build alone. That is exactly the kind of full-stack value we want consortia to be able to deliver."
About the Cyprus Libraries Consortium (CLC)
Established in 2018 and coordinated by the Cyprus University of Technology Library, the Cyprus Libraries Consortium brings together seven founder member academic libraries to negotiate agreements, share resources, and advance open access on behalf of its members: the University of Cyprus, the Open University of Cyprus, the Cyprus University of Technology, the University of Nicosia, European University Cyprus, Frederick University, and Neapolis University Pafos.
About ConsortiaManager
ConsortiaManager is a Danish software company founded in 2014, built to streamline the workflow of library consortia and the communication between publishers, consortia, and member institutions. Its platform is used by 65+ consortia and more than 12,000 member institutions across 17+ countries. Its product suite includes ConsortiaManager (consortium workflow and ERM), Transformative Agreement Manager (TAM) for managing read-and-publish agreements, and Open Journal Finder (OJF) for helping researchers find appropriate journals to publish in.