The Consortium helps support the sustainability of open access and open science infrastructure and related services by coordinating sector-wide contributions or connecting interested institutions directly with service providers.
Contributions coordinated by the CAUL Consortium
SCOSS (Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services)
As an organisational member of SCOSS, CAUL coordinates a consortium arrangement to support vital OA and OS infrastructure. SCOSS brings together influential organisations committed to securing the future of open science services.
Members wishing to contribute to SCOSS-funded projects should contact their institution’s Content Coordinator to arrange a contribution facilitated by CAUL.
DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)
The DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high-quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals. It is the most diverse and inclusive service for OA journals, with publications from over 130 countries in over 80 languages.
DOAJ provides all services free of charge, including journal indexing. Its data is incorporated into major indexes and discovery services.
Services for direct support by institutions
AustLII (Australasian Legal Information Institute)
AustLII is a fundamental legal information resource relied upon daily by law academics and students. It is vital for legal research and underpins teaching. Beyond law, AustLII is extensively used by other university disciplines requiring knowledge of the legal system and regulatory frameworks.
The core AustLII service contains an integrated collection of over 920 primary and secondary legal materials databases, including cases, legislation, treaties, journal articles, and law reform documents. It supports distinctive features such as note-up of legislation and case law and access to the international LawCite citator.
Operating for over 27 years, AustLII served over 261 million page access requests in 2021, averaging about 715,000 per day from over 6.8 million distinct hosts. This online library of public legal information is provided through the AustLII Foundation Limited, a public company limited by guarantee with charitable Deductible Gift Recipient tax status.
SciPost
SciPost is a complete scientific publication portal managed by the SciPost Foundation. It is purely online-based and offers freely, openly, globally, and perpetually accessible science. Managed by professional scientists and utilising editor-solicited and contributed reviews, its journals aim for the highest achievable refereeing standards.
Institutions that wish to contribute to SciPost should contact SciPost directly.