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The Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) and John Benjamins Publishing Company have entered a new open access agreement for 2024. This agreement allows authors at participating CAUL member institutions to publish open access in John Benjamins journals without the need to pay individual article processing charges.

The Content Procurement Specialist is a new role in the CAUL National Office designed to provide support to the highly regarded CAUL Procurement Service. If you are inspired to enhance value to the CAUL membership, work with a diverse range of stakeholders across Australia and the world, and enjoy variety in a fast paced environment, consider bringing your enthusiasm and expertise to CAUL. Work flexibly from anywhere in Australia with a dedicated and high performing team.

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Association for Computer Machinery and Council of Australian University Librarians sign agreement to support transition to open access publishing for Australia and New Zealand researchers.

CAUL is delighted to be entering into a truly transformative new Open Access (OA) agreement with ACM.  Commencing in 2024, the agreement enables researchers from affiliated CAUL institutions to publish without incurring individual article processing charges (APCs). This arrangement, facilitated by university libraries, benefits institutions regardless of their publishing volume.  

The Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) and Open Access Australasia wish to express our joint concerns over the recent introduction of the Article Development Charge (ADC) model by the American Chemical Society (ACS). 

CAUL Members and others across the Australian scholarly community have expressed many concerns about this development in recent days, which are reflected in this statement.  CAUL urges ACS to reconsider this model, taking into account the broader implications for the academic community, especially those concerning open access, transparency, and equity, and to support broader efforts to ensure authors retain rights – at no cost – over their accepted manuscripts.

A joint submission from CAUL, NSLA, ALIA, ASA, and CAARA on the Academy of Social Sciences Decadal Plan for Social Science Research Infrastructure 2023-32

View the submission (pdf)

With the impending maternity leave of two National Office staff members, CAUL is recruiting for the roles of Director, Strategy & Analytics and Engagement & Administration Officer. If you are inspired to work broadly across the sector with a highly collaborative team and enjoy roles that offer variety and flexibility in a fast paced environment, consider bringing your enthusiasm and experience to CAUL.

CAUL National Office operates as a virtual office. Work from anywhere in Australia.

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