The 2022 Undergraduate Research Symposium: Interview with the organizers

Published May 16, 2022 by Alison Moore

SFU’s 5th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium (UGRS) took place on March 23, 2022 and the third volume of their open access journal

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.

How can I publish an academic article as an undergraduate student?

Published July 5, 2020 by Ioana Liuta

If you're an undergraduate student involved in research, or you've written some original work, you may be wondering about your options for getting an article published in an academic journal.

We've written about graduate student publishing before on Radical Access when we showcased recipients of the GSS Open Access award and answered the question,"Can I publish my thesis?." While publishing a

OJS in the Online Classroom: Engaging Students with Course Journals

Published June 21, 2020 by Ioana Liuta

First published on June 15, 2020 on the Public Knowledge Project blog.

As post-secondary instructors adapt to providing online instruction for the foreseeable future, many are looking for new ways to engage with students in an online environment. Course journal projects, using Open Journal Systems (OJS), can offer one such opportunity.

Making Knowledge Public: Student reflections on the 2018 President’s Dream Colloquium

Published February 28, 2019 by Ioana Liuta

By Alice Fleerackers

Changing the academic system to be more accessible

“You shouldn’t have to pay a large sum of tuition to have access to basic information,” Melissa Roach says when I ask her what she’d like to change about our academic system. “It just creates layers of mediation between scholars, media and the public, and that disconnect can cause a lot of misunderstanding.”