CzechELib is a central licensing body securing the purchase of key electronic information resources for research and educational institutions in the Czech Republic. CzechELib consortium comprises universities, research institutes, hospitals, and special public libraries.
The CzechELib consortium procures access to a wide variety of Science, Technology, Medicine and Humanities and Social Sciences resources.
At the end of 2022, Springer Nature and the CzechELib Consortium have signed the first transformative read and publish OA agreement (Springer Transformative Agreement). It is one of the biggest consortia in the Czech Republic to implement such an agreement from 2023 onwards.
