Authors looking to have their articles published Open Access (OA) without paying Article Processing Charges (APCs) must use their institutional email address. In alignment with the 2026-28 Strategy, the Council of Australasian University Librarians (CAUL) and its Member institutions invest significant effort in negotiating Open Access agreements with publishers, such as Read & Publish (R&P)…
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…
One of the largest transformational agreements in the region, the renewed partnership enables comprehensive open access publishing for researchers at 50+ institutions.
CAUL and Open Access Australasia (OAA) have made a joint submission to the 2026 NRI Roadmap Issues Paper consultation. The submission calls for stronger investment in research infrastructure that supports Indigenous data sovereignty, humanities scholarship, and open access publishing. Key priorities identified were: The submission also highlights emerging needs such as AI-ready datasets, digital humanities…
