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Relaunched in spring 2024, the OCUL newsletter celebrates member news and highlights what’s happening with OCUL Committees, Communities, Working Groups and the Council. Currently, the newsletter is published twice per year.
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OCUL Annual Reports
OCUL Annual Report 2023-2024 (PDF)
OCUL Annual Report 2022-2023 (PDF)
OCUL Annual Report 2016-2017 (PDF)
OCUL Annual Report 2015-2016 (PDF)
Collaborative Futures Reports
Collaborative Futures and Omni Five-Year Retrospective (PDF)
Collaborative Futures Impact Report 2021-2022 (PDF) (PDF/UA version)
Collaborative Futures Annual Report 2020 (PDF)
Scholars Portal Annual Reports
Scholars Portal Annual Report 2024-2025 (PDF)
Scholars Portal Annual Report 2023-2024 (PDF)
Scholars Portal Annual Report 2022-2023 (PDF)
Scholars Portal Annual Report 2021-2022 (PDF)
Scholars Portal Annual Report 2020-2021 (PDF)
Scholars Portal Annual Report 2018-2019 (PDF)
Scholars Portal Annual Report 2017-2018 (PDF)
Scholars Portal Annual Report 2016-2017 (PDF)
Reports, Position Statements and Toolkits
Statement on Open Access Principles (2025)
The OCUL Council endorsed a consortial statement on open access principles in 2025. The statement was authored by the OCUL-IR Open Access Working Group and articulates how OCUL works with its member libraries to achieve sustainable, accessible, and equitable open access publishing practices.
Download the Statement on Open Access Principles (PDF)
Open Access Evaluation Criteria (2024)
This criteria was developed by the OCUL-IR Open Access Working Group as a tool to evaluate consortial open access offers for licensing content and to support open initiatives. Included in the document is a matrix with guiding principles, specific criteria and evaluative questions to aid in assessing open access offers. This work is openly licensed via CC BY 4.0.
Download the Open Access Evaluation Criteria (PDF)
Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Report and Strategy (2024)
OCUL released its Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Report and Strategy in 2024, outlining the approved governance and staffing structure for the new program, plus five initial projects designed to help the consortium understand scenario, workflow, and structural issues related to different types of machine learning and artificial intelligence work.
Download the Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Report and Strategy (PDF)