19 March 2021
In addition to the major Elsevier news, the University of California and the California Digital Library have announced three new transformative open access agreements with Canadian Science Publishing, The Company of Biologists, and the Royal Society. https://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/uc-publisher-relationships/ 11 March 2021
Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, and Elsevier have announced a new three-year agreement that will provide CSIRO researchers with access to global academic research and open access publishing options. https://www.elsevier.com/about/press-releases/corporate/csiro-and-elsevier-sign-pilot-agreement-on-research-access-and-publishing-services 3 March 2021
SPIE has announced a three year deal with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).. The agreement includes unlimited, open-access publishing in SPIE journals with no article-processing fees for affiliated authors. It also incorporates read access to all SPIE journals, proceedings, and eBooks in the SPIE Digital Library. 4 March 2021