Routes to open access: fully open access agreements

Subscribe to Open (S2O)

As open access via subscribe to open depends on participation by enough institutions to reach a subscription target, agreements must also include a compliant green option for funded authors.

Other community-based agreements

Our agreements based on a collective action/supporter membership model enable institutions to support the running costs of infrastructure and disciplinary tools, investing in new open access platforms and initiatives for the benefit of the whole scholarly community.

Open access monograph agreements

To support the UKRI open access policy requirements for longform publications, we have negotiated a growing number of agreements in which members can participate.

We seek equitable, inclusive, fair and affordable agreements with academic book publishers. Negotiation of agreements with smaller academic led presses, independent publishers and aggregators will be prioritised. These agreements will create an alternative to the book processing charge (BPC) model, which is expensive and not scalable.