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Call for Feedback on the Draft, Revised Tri-Agency Open Access Policy

Published by Alison Moore

Canada’s major research funders, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), also known as the “Tri-Agency” have launched a call for feedback on the Draft, Revised Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications. Though the revised policy is still in draft format, it offers us a useful look at what’s coming for Canadian researchers who receive SSHRC, NSERC, CIHR grants or awards starting on January 1, 2026. Read on for more information about these changes and what they might mean for you. 

BRIC 2024: a conversation with the keynote speakers

Published by Alison Moore
Ioana Liuta, Digital Scholarship Librarian in Research Commons, in an interview with the keynote speakers for the Bibliometrics and Research Impact Conference (BRIC) 2024, Juan Pablo Alperin and Stefanie Haustein. BRIC was organized and hosted at SFU Vancouver at Harbour Centre, June 5-6, 2024.

Community scholarship and the Ending Violence Association of BC

Published by Alison Moore
The Community Scholars Program, initiated and coordinated by SFU Library, provides access to academic publications to employees of charities and non-profits in the local communities of six BC universities. We were able to interview two Community Scholars in order to hear their thoughts on various aspects of the program and the value of accessible research outputs, from the perspective of the non-profit sector.

Two new transformative agreements to benefit SFU researchers

Published by Alison Moore
SFU Library is pleased to announce the launch of 2 new transformative open access agreements with scholarly publishers. Through our membership in the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN), SFU has recently signed agreements with Elsevier and Oxford University Press.

On extended access to research: an interview with a community scholar

Published by Alison Moore
The Community Scholars Program, initiated and coordinated by SFU Library, provides access to academic publications to employees of charities and non-profits in the local communities of six BC universities. We were able to interview a Community Scholar, in order to gain a glimpse into the perspective of a participant, hear their thoughts on various aspects of the program and the value of accessible research outputs, from the perspective of the non-profit sector.

Data with principles: How to be FAIR, and why you should CARE

FAIR and CARE data logo
Published by Alison Moore
Why should research data be made accessible, and how does this concern private or protected data? How can you make your data accessible properly, and ethically? Thankfully, there are two essential guiding principles for responsible and inclusive data management to answer these concerns: the FAIR and CARE Data Principles.

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