SFU Celebrates Open Access Week 2022
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by Alison Moore
Open Access Week 2022 at SFU, October 24-30.
Radical Access: The SFU Scholarly Publishing blog
The latest news and answers to your questions about scholarly publishing and open access.
Important milestone in the open access movement: immediate open access by 2026, in the US
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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.
Using OpenStreetMap for your research: leveraging a massive global geographic database that emphasizes local knowledge
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by Alison Moore
The OpenStreetMap (OSM) project is the most popular map of the world created by volunteers, frequently cited as a prime example of Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI).
SFU's new commitment to open education
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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
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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
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Where and how do community-engaged research (CER) initiatives come in?
The ethics of citations
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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
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
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
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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