The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) has negotiated a transformative read and publish agreement with Cambridge University Press (CUP). This cost-neutral agreement includes unlimited reading and publishing at no charge to authors affiliated with participating institutions in nearly 400 CUP journals, including all hybrid and gold open access journals.
CRKN’s Content Strategy Committee (CSC) identified the CUP license as a potential candidate for a transformative agreement due to CUP’s demonstrated commitment to open access agreements and cost neutral solutions. Pursuing a transformative agreement with CUP was endorsed by members at the 2020 CRKN Conference and reaffirmed at the 2021 CRKN Conference. CRKN successfully achieved all of the objectives for the renewal, which included open access publishing for CRKN-affiliated authors at no charge to the authors, full reading access (with perpetual access rights), and ensuring that the cost of participation in the license is cost-neutral. The final 2022-2024 license includes 52 participants (listed below).
“Increasing open access options for authors affiliated with CRKN member institutions continues to be a strategic priority for CRKN, as well as a cornerstone of the CRKN licensing program principles,” commented Lisa O’Hara, CSC Vice-Chair and member of the Cambridge University Press renewal sub-group. “We are pleased to have reached this agreement with Cambridge University Press, a publisher with whom CRKN has an excellent working relationship and who shares our commitment to open scholarship. License agreements like this one allow us to make progress in advancing open scholarship as well as achieve greater alignment within the scholarly communications community.”
Effective January 1, 2022, corresponding authors affiliated with CRKN member institutions participating in the agreement can publish an unlimited number of their articles as open access in CUP hybrid and gold journals at no charge to the author for the duration of the agreement. For more information, please visit this page on the CRKN website. To view the complete CRKN-Cambridge University Press license amendment, click here.
CRKN would like to thank the CSC Cambridge University Press Sub-group for their focused support during the negotiations for this license, as well as the entire Content Strategy Committee for their continued guidance. In addition, CRKN gratefully acknowledges the collaboration of the membership in CRKN licensing initiatives.
For any questions regarding this agreement, please contact:
Francesca Brzezicki
Communications Specialist
fbrzezicki@crkn.ca
Participating Members
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Acadia University |
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Brandon University |
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Brock University |
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Carleton University |
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Concordia University |
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Dalhousie University |
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Kwantlen Polytechnic University |
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Lakehead University |
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Laurentian University |
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MacEwan University |
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Memorial University |
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McGill University |
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McMaster University |
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Mount Royal University |
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Mount Saint Vincent University |
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Nipissing University |
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Queen's University |
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Ryerson University |
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Simon Fraser University |
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The King's University |
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Thompson Rivers University |
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Trent University |
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Université Laval |
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Université de Montréal |
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Université du Québec: École de technologie supérieure Institut national de la recherche scientifique Université du Québec à Chicoutimi Université du Québec à Montréal Université du Québec à Rimouski Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières |
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University of Alberta |
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University of British Columbia |
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University of Calgary |
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University of the Fraser Valley |
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University of Guelph |
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University of Lethbridge |
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University of Manitoba |
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University of New Brunswick |
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University of Northern British Columbia |
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University of Ontario Institute of Technology |
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University of Ottawa |
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University of Prince Edward Island |
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University of Saskatchewan |
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University of Toronto |
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University of Victoria |
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University of Waterloo |
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University of Windsor |
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University of Winnipeg |
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Vancouver Island University |
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Western University |
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Wilfrid Laurier University |
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York University |