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

Published March 10, 2023 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.

SFU researchers to benefit from two new transformative agreements with Canadian Science Publishing and Wiley

Published February 14, 2023 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 Canadian Science Publishing and Wiley.

Beyond copyright: traditional knowledge and biocultural labels

Published December 16, 2022 by Alison Moore

Should all information be open? On Indigenous knowledge, copyright, and biocultural labels.

SFU Celebrates Open Access Week 2022

Published November 28, 2022 by Alison Moore

Open Access Week 2022 at SFU, October 24-30.

Important milestone in the open access movement: immediate open access by 2026, in the US

Published October 28, 2022 by Alison Moore

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.

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

Published March 23, 2022 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.

Open book publishing: The landscape of scholarly monographs

Published October 25, 2021 by Alison Moore

Conversations around open access publishing often focus on open access journals and journal articles. But what about open access books?

While scholarly monograph publishing has been slower to adopt open access due to a number of factors, proponents of open access recognize the importance of expanding Open to include book publishing.

Voice from the field: A former editor-in-chief shares their perspective on student-run peer-reviewed journals

Dr. Poh Tan with co-editors Jacky Barreiro and Daniel Ferraz

Published October 18, 2021 by Ioana Liuta

Next week (October 25-31) is Open Access Week, and we’re taking the opportunity to hear from former editor-in-chief, Dr. Poh Tan about her experiences as editor for an open access, graduate student-run, and peer-reviewed journal: SFU Educational Review.

Publishing in-class book projects with the Library

Published May 31, 2021 by Ioana Liuta

Students, faculty, and staff at SFU can work with the Library to publish academic and educational content using open source software developed right here at SFU Library through our Digital Publishing division. Read on to learn about some recent book projects created by students in their classes and published with the Library.

Transformative agreements come to SFU

Published April 7, 2021 by Alison Moore

SFU Library is proud to announce our first two transformative agreements with scholarly publishers. As a member of the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN), SFU has recently signed agreements with SAGE Publishing and the Public Library of Science (PLOS) that open a new way to publish open access to SFU authors.

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