Radical Access: The SFU Scholarly Publishing blog
Community scholarship and the Ending Violence Association of BC
Two new transformative agreements to benefit SFU researchers
On extended access to research: an interview with a community scholar
SFU researchers to benefit from two new transformative agreements with Canadian Science Publishing and Wiley
The ethics of citations
A Decolonized Approach to Scholarly Communication - FSCI2020
At the beginning of August, I took part in the 2020 Force11 Scholarly Communication Institute (FSCI2020) virtual conference. Participants at FSCI attend courses that focus on one area of scholarly communication, for example, SFU Librarian Kate Shuttleworth wrote about the course "Collaboration, Communities and Collectives: Understanding Collaboration in the Scholarly Commons" in her blog post about FSCI 2018.
Dear Eminent Researcher: How to assess a conference invitation and avoid predatory conferences
We discussed predatory journals in a previous blog post, but you may have also heard of predatory conferences. Conferences are an important piece of the scholarly publishing world, and give you valuable opportunities to present research and network with colleagues. Just as it’s important to do research on journals before publishing, it’s important to look into conferences you are thinking of attending. Poor quality and deceptive conferences can be hard to spot; here is some information on what to look for, and how they operate.
Envisioning the future of scholarly communication: A recap of the Force11 Scholarly Communication Institute (FSCI) 2018
I was fortunate to have the opportunity to attend the week-long Force11 Scholarly Communication Institute at University of California San Diego this summer, having received a tuition scholarship from the Institute. This was an intense week of learning, exchanging stories and ideas, and imagining the future of scholarly communication.