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Elsevier in-principle agreement reached
News 16 DecemberCAUL and Elsevier have reached an in-principle understanding for a new read and publish agreement commencing in 2026.
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CAUL and Elsevier have reached an in-principle understanding for a new read and publish agreement commencing in 2026.
We're pleased to announce that a new in-principle Elsevier Read and Publish Agreement for 2026 was endorsed by the CAUL Open Access Negotiation Strategy Committee (COANSC) and Council of Australasian University Librarians (CAUL) Board on 12 December 2025.
The immediate impact for ACU is that there will be minimal or possibly no disruption to Elsevier read and publish services in the new year.
For more information, see the joint media release from CAUL, Universities Australia and Universities New Zealand.
In-principle agreement reached with global academic publisher Elsevier
Further negotiations will commence in January 2026, and we will continue to provide updates.
Thank you to everyone for supporting this work over the last few months.
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