Southern Illinois University (SIU) Carbondale’s Morris Library and the SIU School of Medicine’s Medical Library have entered into a read and publish agreement with Oxford University Press (OUP), expanding open access (OA) publishing opportunities for affiliated researchers.
Under this three-year agreement, SIU Carbondale’s corresponding authors can publish OA in over 500 Oxford University Press journals without incurring open access fees. The arrangement imposes no restrictions on the number of OA articles published during the contract period. Additionally, the agreement provides reading access to OUP’s Full Journals Collection, which includes more than 350 subscription-based titles spanning disciplines such as the humanities, social sciences, law, medicine, mathematics, and the physical and life sciences.
Andrea Imre, electronic resources and interim collections librarian at Morris Library, noted that this agreement enhances accessibility for SIU-affiliated authors while ensuring broader dissemination of their research. The initiative aligns with the university’s ongoing commitment to supporting OA publishing and facilitating the global exchange of knowledge.
This agreement complements SIU Carbondale’s existing open access partnerships with organizations such as the American Society for Microbiology, Cambridge University Press, The Company of Biologists, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and the Microbiology Society—all of which waive article processing charges for affiliated authors.
Morris Library continues to expand OA initiatives through resources such as the OpenSIUC institutional repository, the Dryad data repository, and the Open Textbook Faculty Incentive Programs, further supporting SIU researchers in making their work widely accessible.
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