Emerald Publishing expands open access and subscription access through new deals with SCELC and PALCI - February 6, 2025
Emerald Publishing, a leading global academic publisher, has announced new "read and publish" agreements with the Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium (SCELC) and the Partnership for Academic Library Collaboration and Innovation (PALCI). These agreements, which build upon existing partnerships, will extend… Read More
Springer Nature expands transformative agreements in Japan to enhance open access publishing - January 31, 2025
Springer Nature has expanded its transformative agreements (TAs) in Japan, increasing the number of participating institutions from 10 in 2023 to 60 by 2025. This expansion allows researchers from these institutions to publish open access (OA) in over 2,000 hybrid journals across the Springer… Read More
Carolina Consortium and Elsevier announce transformative Read-and-Publish agreement - January 30, 2025
Elsevier, a global leader in scientific information and analytics, and the Carolina Consortium, an influential advocate for academic collaboration and access to knowledge, have announced a three-year Read-and-Publish (R&P) agreement aimed at advancing open access publishing and enhancing the visibility of research across its… Read More
Syracuse University Libraries expands open access opportunities with new agreements - January 27, 2025
Syracuse University Libraries has signed three new “read and publish” agreements with Taylor & Francis, Elsevier, and De Gruyter, broadening the open access publishing options available to Syracuse University researchers. These agreements, which particularly benefit scholars in the… Read More
Dutch Research Institutions and Elsevier sign new agreements to advance open access leadership - January 20, 2025
Dutch research institutions and Elsevier, a global leader in scientific information and analytics, have entered into new agreements aimed at supporting open access publishing and advancing the Netherlands’ status as a leader in open science. The agreements, which began on January 1, 2025, will run for two… Read More
Microbiology Society Signs Publish and Read agreement with Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences - January 20, 2025
The Microbiology Society has announced a three-year Publish and Read agreement with the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (Peking Union Medical College), one of China's most prestigious medical schools. Effective from 2025, the agreement is designed to enhance access to microbiological… Read More
IEEE and CAPES sign transformative agreement to advance open access publishing in Brazil - January 16, 2025
IEEE, the world's largest technical professional organization committed to advancing technology for humanity, has announced a groundbreaking three-year open access agreement with the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES). CAPES, a federal agency within Brazil's Ministry of Education, supports advanced education and research. This… Read More
ACS expands global reach with 46 new read and publish agreements - January 13, 2025
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced the addition of 46 new institutions to its global network of read and publish agreements, effective January 2025. These agreements grant participating institutions full access to ACS's extensive portfolio of chemistry journals while enabling affiliated researchers to publish open-access articles… Read More
University Libraries sign open access publishing agreement with the Royal Society of Chemistry - December 16, 2024
University Libraries have entered into a new “read and publish” agreement with the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), offering expanded access and publishing opportunities for researchers across all University of Nebraska (NU) campuses. Effective January 1, 2025, the agreement provides subscription access to the… Read More
Ohio University Libraries and OhioLINK make open access publishing more affordable for researchers - December 6, 2024
Ohio University Libraries, in collaboration with OhioLINK, the state-wide library consortium, has been actively working to make open access publishing more affordable for researchers. Through OhioLINK’s ongoing transformative agreements with several prominent publishers—including Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, Cambridge, and IOP—Ohio University researchers now have greater access to affordable… Read More