Open Access Publishing in 2025

Date: Wednesday 12 February 2025

Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm

Provider: Student and Scholarly Services, Library

Location: Webinar

Register for the session by clicking Book Now and once you’re registered, you will receive an email with the Zoom webinar information. Check your university email account a few days before your session to find the access link.

This one-off webinar will be delivered by Dr Zachary Kendal, Scholarly Communications Specialist, and is open to all academic staff, graduate researchers, and professional staff at the University of Melbourne.

Join us for a look at the open access publishing pathways available to University of Melbourne staff and students in 2025. The session will include a detailed look at the 25 open access publishing agreements available to University researchers in 2025, including renewed agreements with Elsevier, Wiley, Springer Nature, Taylor and Francis, Sage, Cambridge University Press, and Oxford University Press.

In this webinar, we will explore:

• The open access landscape in 2025, including publishing trends, funder open access policies, and our Principles for Open Access.
• Finding fully open access journals and publishers.
• The different open access publishing agreements active in 2025, including our Read and Publish Agreements and Transformative Agreements with various publishers.
• The scope, limitations, and eligibility criteria of the agreements, and how to use them when publishing your research.
• Navigating Article Processing Charges (APCs) and other publishing fees.
• Other open access initiatives and infrastructure being supported by the University in 2025.
• Repository open access options available when research is published behind a paywall.

There will be plenty of time for open discussion at the end, so bring along your questions!

For further information, see the Open Access Publishing page on the Open Scholarship website.

This event is part of the Researcher@Library program, and is presented for University of Melbourne staff and students only. For more information, email libraryresearch-tickets@unimelb.edu.au.