SFU's commitment to open education

Published September 16, 2022 by Alison Moore

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 (SCUTL). Read this conversation with Hope Power, Teaching and Learning Librarian at SFU.

Working towards a trans-inclusive future in scholarly publishing

Published August 15, 2022 by Alison Moore

Scholars run into a number of issues when they need to retroactively change their names on any publication that they have authored for any reason.

Community engaged research initiatives: Going further than open

Published July 11, 2022 by Alison Moore

Where and how do community-engaged research (CER) initiatives come in?

The ethics of citations

Published June 13, 2022 by Alison Moore

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

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

Citation management made (even) easier: new features in Zotero

Published April 26, 2022 by Alison Moore

With the release of Zotero 6, there are many updates and improvements to make Zotero even more convenient and functional for your research.

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 Education, Artificial Intelligence, and Copyright: Welcome to Fair Dealing Week 2022

Published February 17, 2022 by Alison Moore

Fair Dealing Week 2022, February 21 - 25.

How Community Science opens a new way of knowledge creation: the BC Parks iNaturalist Project

Published January 11, 2022 by Alison Moore

Did you know that a hiker, birder, or beachcomber can contribute to scientific knowledge while they are exploring nature? Nature enthusiasts can upload a picture and description of plant, animal, insect, fungi or other organism through an app on their cell phone. This article introduces a trend called Community (or Citizen) Science, the website iNaturalist that uses Community Science to identify plant and animal species, and the role of GIS (Geographic Information Systems) in creating easy to use visualizations.

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.

Radical Access: The SFU Scholarly Publishing blog