The Library has a number of “Read and Publish” deals that allow University of Waikato corresponding authors to publish open access in selected journals without payment of an Article Processing Charge (APC). The agreements we have entered into have been negotiated by CAUL (Council of Australian University Librarians) which we are a member of.
"A Read-and-Publish agreement is an agreement in which the publisher receives payment for reading and payment for publishing bundled into a single contract. The ‘read’ part of the agreement covers the subscriptions libraries pay so they can access closed material, and the ‘publish’ part covers APCs that authors would have paid to publish their papers as open access. This bundling together brings payment for publishing into a contractual arrangement handled by the library rather than being addressed ad hoc by individual authors who are choosing open access publishing."
If you are the corresponding author in a journal that is part of the agreement, you will receive an email alerting you to the agreement and asking you to confirm eligibility after acceptance of your manuscript. Please note that in order for the notification to be triggered, your affiliation needs to be confirmed during the submission process by using your University of Waikato email address and entering the University of Waikato in any affiliation/institution fields.
If the journal you wish to publish in is not covered by one of the CAUL Read and Publish Agreements, there are other options for making your research open access, including:
Most publishers will allow you to deposit a copy of your research in a repository through the 'green' route. The University's institutional repository, Research Commons, is available for university staff. For more information visit the Research Commons guide.
The Open Access Equity Fund was established to support those who do not have access to funds to make their research publicly available and allows the Library to contribute to article processing charges, book processing charges, and chapter processing charges. Visit the Open Access Equity Fund page for more information on the fund including how to apply.
More information on publishing open access can be found in the Sharing Your Research guide.
For assistance, reach out to the Open Research Team at library@waikato.ac.nz.