It has been a while since I posted an update about our Read and Publish agreements.

We are beginning to get data on a regular basis from CAUL.  There is now a channel on the Library All Staff Team on Teams called Read and Publish Agreements.

LAC staff are updating a file of UC institutional publishing data here.  We’re including some charts by department and by student/staff.  Nearly $185K worth of APCs have been approved thus far – all covered under the agreements at no extra cost in 2022.  You can also see how we compare with other CAUL libraries to date for the OUP, Springer and Wiley agreements.

Cambridge data is expected in the near future.

One of the features with the OUP, Springer and Wiley agreements is that the number of articles that can be published under each agreement is capped.  CAUL provide reports which predict when the caps will be reached based on current approval volume.