Further to my post on 22nd July, I would like to provide an update on conversations with Oxford (and Wiley).

Oxford will be making some changes to their email templates to make the information they send to authors less confusing.  They are also moving to a new journal licensing and online payment system called SciPris which will allow for better author identification and communication.

Wiley are planning to visit at the end of August and run through the author journey with their read and publish agreement.  Please let me know if you would be interested in meeting up with them.

The Springer, Wiley and Oxford Read and Publish agreements have caps which means there is a maximum on the number of articles that can be published under these agreements with no APCs.   Approvals are based on a first-come-first-served basis across all CAUL libraries.

Based on current approval volume, the Springer agreement is currently predicted to exceed cap at the end of October 2022.

The Oxford agreement is predicted to exceed cap in early December. The Wiley agreement is currently not expected to exceed cap in 2022, however there has been a recent increase in approval numbers across CAUL.

Tim Stedman