New York, 27 February 2024.  Springer Nature has reached a new Transformative Agreement (TA) with Lyrasis, a non-profit member organization working globally to serve libraries and other institutions. The four-year deal covers some 120 institutions and includes eight Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) benefiting from greater access to articles.  In addition, the agreement will allow over 5,000 articles in the Springer hybrid portfolio to be published immediately open access at no cost to eligible researchers.