CAUL contributes to GLAM Peak submission on New National Cultural Policy: Setting enduring foundations for how Australia cares for, shares, and reimagines its cultural heritage. The Council of Australasian University Librarians (CAUL) is proud to support GLAM Peak’s official submission on a New National Cultural Policy, delivered in response to the Australian Government’s Public Consultation…
Today, CAUL announces an important milestone in Open Access publishing for Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. Last week, the 100,000th Open Access article was published through a CAUL consortium agreement. CAUL first established Open Access agreements with two small publishers in 2020 and has since grown to include 26 publishers, ranging from small society publishers…
The Council of Australasian University Librarians (CAUL) is proud to announce its membership of OA Forward, a new international coordination initiative launched last week to strengthen open access negotiations and advance the future of scholarly communication. Established on April 8, 2026, OA Forward brings together leading libraries, consortia, funders, and research institutions from five continents…
Today, CAUL releases its 2026-28 strategy which aspires to achieve a transformed, equitable scholarly system that enables open knowledge and serves the public good. Through a collaboration of the CAUL Board, Council and Office, the new strategic plan focuses our work over the next three years on the following priorities: Learn more about CAUL’s goals…
One of the largest transformational agreements in the region, the renewed partnership enables comprehensive open access publishing for researchers at 50+ institutions.
CAUL has reached an in-principle agreement with global academic publisher Elsevier. The agreement is the final renegotiated agreement with the biggest four international academic journal publication companies and marks a substantial shift toward fair, sustainable and transparent access to research across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. Negotiations between CAUL and Elsevier restarted in December after…
Led by the Council of Australasian University Librarians (CAUL), Universities Australia and Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara, the sector will take a unified position in upcoming negotiations with Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley, and Taylor & Francis.
