Oxford University Press announces publishing collaboration with university libraries in Australia and New Zealand

Oxford University Press and the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) have reached a Read & Publish agreement which will provide online access for employees and students of CAUL institutions to OUP’s full journal collection of 366 peer-reviewed journals. Under the agreement, researchers at participating institutions will also be able to publish their research open access in OUP’s hybrid open access journals.

The agreement starts in 2022 and is OUP's first read and publish deal in Australia and New Zealand. OUP’s journal collection will be available to almost two million faculty, staff, and students at 47 participating universities.

Alastair Lewis, Global Sales Director for OUP’s Academic Division said, ‘I’m really pleased that we have been able to reach this agreement to provide Read & Publish access to OUP’s prestigious journals collection for scholars in Australia and New Zealand.’

Jill Benn, Chair of CAUL, said, “A Read and Publish agreement with OUP is one the keystone achievements in CAUL’s journey towards opening up access to publicly-funded research. We are delighted to have come to an arrangement that will make Australian and New Zealand research more readily accessible while increasing the profile of our authors, researchers and ultimately CAUL member institutions in the process."