The Library is a member of the Victorian Health Libraries Consortium (VHLC), which negotiates “Read & Publish” deals, or “Transformative Agreements” with journal publishers.
These deals allow for Consortium members to publish research as Open Access in subscribed journals, without paying article processing charges (APCs).
To be eligible, you will need to:
Please contact us if you require any further information or assistance.
BMJ Case Reports delivers peer-reviewed cases in all disciplines so you can easily find clinically important information on common and rare conditions.
Barwon Health staff can submit their own cases free-of-charge by:
This agreement has an allowance for VHLC members to publish 14 journal articles per year as Open Access in Taylor & Francis hybrid journals (hybrid journals publish both Open Access and paywalled articles).
The corresponding author must be affiliated with Barwon Health.
Taylor & Francis also has a CAUL agreement.
If you are eligible for both, please publish via the CAUL deal.
For further information, including Information for Authors and the Journal Title List, see the Taylor & Francis VHLC website.
2025 Oxford credits are now exhausted, more to come in 2026.
This agreement has an allowance for VHLC members to publish 14 journal articles per year as Open Access in Oxford University Press hybrid journals (hybrid journals publish both Open Access and paywalled articles).
The corresponding author must be affiliated with Barwon Health and use their Barwon Health email address when submitting their article.
Oxford University Press also has a CAUL agreement.
If you are eligible for both, please publish via the CAUL deal.
For further information, including Information for Authors and the Journal Title List, see the Oxford University Press VHLC website.
This agreement enables corresponding authors affiliated with Barwon Health to publish their work open access in select Ovid/LWW journals at no cost.
To benefit from this offer, simply select your Barwon Health affiliation and provide your Barwon Health email address when submitting a manuscript to journal.
For a complete list of eligible Ovid/LWW journals, please see the OVID/Lippincott Wolters Kluwer website.
2025 Springer credits are now exhausted, more to come in 2026.
This agreement allows authors from participating VHLC institutions to collectively publish 30 Open Access articles in Springer hybrid journals, with no transactional APCs. The titles include original hybrid research titles from Springer, Palgrave & Adis hybrid journals on Springer Nature Link, and Academic journals on Nature.com.
To benefit from this offer, simply select your Barwon Health affiliation and provide your Barwon Health email address when submitting a manuscript to journal.
For further information, including Information for Authors and the Journal Title List, see the Springer Nature VHLC website.
An opportunity to publish open access in any Wiley Online Library hybrid journal with Article Processing Charges (APCs) waived.
A limited number of credits to be shared among the participating libraries. These credits will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis.