Library Research News: February Edition
In this issue
- Update on Read and Publish agreements in 2026
- Everything you’ve always wanted to know about open access
- Hot tip: EndNote password policy update
- What’s new in scholarly communication?
- Event roundup
Update on Read and Publish agreements in 2026
The list of journals included in our Read and Publish agreements changes slightly each year due to changes to the agreements, journal publishing models, or when journals move between publishers. The journal list for 2026 is currently being prepared by the publishers and CAUL (Council of Australasian University Librarians). You can access the latest version on CAUL’s guide, and updates will be added to the Open Access: Publishing Agreements guide and the Where Should I Publish tool in the coming weeks.
Everything you’ve always wanted to know about open access
An introduction to open access terms
This year we are introducing a new section to Library Research News, all about open access! Each month there will be something different, often authored by a special guest.
For February, we are covering some open access terminology. There will be many terms you hear within the world of open access, so let’s break down what some of these are. If you want to dive in and learn more, check out our open access libguide.
Repository (green) open access
Repository, also known as green, open access describes when authors make an approved version of their article (usually the accepted manuscript) freely available in a repository. This results in open access to a work that was originally published under a subscription model.
The repository at Deakin is called DRO (Deakin Research Online).
Check out the Uploading author accepted manuscripts to Elements page on the Managing your research outputs at Deakin guide for further information and instructions on making your research open access in DRO.
Publisher (gold) open access
Publisher or gold open access refers to fully open access journals which have articles that are free for anyone to read. To cover publishing costs, they usually charge authors an article processing charge (APC).
Searching the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is one way to find fully open access journals in your field.
Hybrid open access
Hybrid journals are subscription journals that give authors the option to pay an APC to make their individual article open access.
Deakin Library’s Read and Publish agreements cover the open access APC in a large selection of hybrid journals (and some gold journals). Outside of these agreements and as noted in the Open Research Position Statement, Deakin does not support the payment of APCs to make a single article open in a hybrid journal.
Community-controlled (diamond) open access
If you prefer to support a fully open access journal with no fees – consider community-controlled (diamond) journals. Diamond journals focus on serving the needs of their research community rather than generating profit from the publishing business model. They are usually funded by universities, governments, societies or associations to make the research they publish freely available online.
Search the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) to find diamond open access journals in your field – there are over 13,000 journals without fees indexed in DOAJ.
Check out Open Journals at Deakin to discover diamond open access journals hosted by Deakin.
Hot tip: EndNote password policy update
EndNote has updated its password policy. From 12 February, anyone using EndNote Online/Web or Sync will be prompted to change their password every 180 days.
Please also make sure your current email address is linked to your EndNote account. If your account is connected to an email address you can no longer access, you’ll need to update this in EndNote’s system (via www.myendnoteweb.com > Options > E-mail Address) by early February to avoid access issues.
When you next open EndNote, you’ll see a pop‑up explaining the change and how to update your details. You can also find more information in the EndNote FAQs.
What’s new in scholarly communication?
If you are interested in some further reading, check out these articles:
- Guest Post — The Ghost in the Machine: Why Generative AI is a Crisis of Authorship, Not Just a Tool
- What Can You Do When the Digital Key Won’t Turn? Visit a Library.
- Keywords Are Not Dead — But Discovery Is No Longer Just Search
- UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science
- Verifying authors’ claims to have conducted a Systematic Review? A checklist for journal editors and peer reviewers
- Decreasing affiliation metadata coverage in OpenAlex
- The Petrol Tank for AI Discovery Might be Running Dry as Publishers close access to scholarly content such as abstracts due to AI incentives
Event roundup
Check out the online sessions happening in the library this month!
Unlocking the equity potential of GenAI through Open Educational Resources (OER)
Thursday 19 February, online, 12:00 – 1:00pm
Manage Misinformation: Library Workshop
Friday 20 February, online, 10:30 – 11:00am
Manage Misinformation: Library Workshop
Tuesday 24 February, online, 3:00 – 3:30pm
Manage Misinformation: Library Workshop
Thursday 26 February, online, 10:30 – 11:00am
Manage Misinformation: Library Workshop
Monday 2 March, online, 12:00 – 12:30pm
Graduate researcher workshop series
Our Graduate researcher workshop series is kicking off for 2026, with the following workshop now available to book:
Responsible Use of GenAI in Research
Wednesday 25 February, 10.30-11.30am
You can also explore previous workshop recordings below.
- Advanced literature searching
- Systematic literature searching for systematic reviews and other evidence syntheses (for Health and SEBE)
- Publishing and open access
- Responsible use of genAI in research
- Getting your data in order: put research data management into practice
Details for all upcoming library events will be made available on the Library events page.
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