Elsevier Read and Publish Agreement updates

ACU Library, as part of the CAUL (Council of Australasian University Librarians) consortium, has paused negotiations on a new Read and Publish agreement with Elsevier.

Our current agreement ends on 31 December 2025. Some journal access may change from early 2026. We are preparing mitigations and will post updates here.

Impacted Leganto/Canvas reading lists by unit (XLSX, 21KB)

Post Termination Access List for Elsevier journal titles (PDF, 55KB)
We will continue to have access to the journal titles in this document that are published up until 31 December 2025. However, we will not have access to any new content published in these journal titles beyond this date.

Updates

24 November 2025

Library news post – Update: Elsevier Read and Publish Agreement

Negotiations with Elsevier have paused. Mitigation strategies are underway, including audits of Leganto reading lists and Canvas links.

At least half of Elsevier content is expected to remain available due to post‑termination access agreements and via other means such as with alternative subscriptions (for example ClinicalKey), open access sources, document delivery services and other channels. Unavailable content may need to be sourced from other publishers.

13 November 2025

CAUL media release – CAUL announces landmark new Taylor & Francis agreement, while pausing negotiations with Elsevier (PDF, 268KB)

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