An overview of institutional repositories in Africa
Published
by Ioana Liuta
This blog post was written by Ebenezer Kakra Acheampong, SFU Library co-op student
Radical Access: The SFU Scholarly Publishing blog
The latest news and answers to your questions about scholarly publishing and open access.
SFU Celebrates Open Access Week 2022
Published
by Ioana Liuta
This blog post was written by Samantha Snodgrass, SFU Library co-op student.
Open Access is a model of research sharing that aspires to free availability of scholarly research. Supporting open scholarship is a core value of the SFU Library, and Open Access is a step towards making the academic world more accessible and open. SFU Library is proud to have emphasized this value by celebrating International Open Access Week 2022.
Important milestone in the open access movement: Immediate open access by 2026, in the US
Published
by Ioana Liuta
As the Budapest Open Access Initiative turns 20, several weeks ago in the USA, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) announced new guidance on access to federally funded research, namely for taxpayers to get immediate and free access to all publicly funded research, and their supporting data, by 2026.
Using OpenStreetMap for your research: leveraging a massive global geographic database that emphasizes local knowledge
Published
by Ioana Liuta
This blog post was contributed by Sarah (Tong) Zhang, SFU Library Geography, GIS, and Maps Librarian.
SFU's new commitment to open education
Published
by Ioana Liuta
In June 2022, SFU Senate endorsed a statement in support of open educational resources (OER) and open education more broadly, developed by SFU Library with support from the OER Working Group and the Senate Committee on University Teaching and Learning (
Working towards a trans-inclusive future in scholarly publishing
Published
by Ioana Liuta
This blog post was written by Sandra Maglanque, SFU Library co-op student.
Community engaged research initiatives: Going further than open
Published
by Ioana Liuta
This blog post was written by Joe Wright, SFU Library co-op student
The ethics of citations
Published
by Ioana Liuta
This blog post was written by Joe Wright, SFU Library co-op student
Citations: Often the least favourite, last minute part of the writing process, intended to uphold academic integrity by giving proper credit and allow readers to validate your work. However, as important as it is to prevent plagiarism, other ethical considerations involved in citing are often neglected.
The 2022 Undergraduate Research Symposium: Interview with the organizers
SFU’s 5th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium (UGRS) took place on March 23, 2022 and the third volume of their open access journal
Citation management made (even) easier: new features in Zotero
This blog post was written by Sandra Maglanque, SFU Library co-op student
With the release of Zotero 6, there are many updates and improvements to make Zotero even more convenient and functional for your research.
Contact us: For assistance with scholarly publishing, please contact digital-scholarship@sfu.ca.
This work, the Simon Fraser University Scholarly Publishing website, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License unless otherwise noted.