Radical Access: The SFU Scholarly Publishing blog
How Community Science opens a new way of knowledge creation: the BC Parks iNaturalist Project
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
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
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.
Twitter for Academics: Your Starter Guide
Did you miss the Knowledge Mobilization Hub’s Twitter for Academics webinar? Never fear! In this post, I’ll build on the expertise shared by SFU’s Ian Young and Scott Lear and other Twitter pros that I follow.
Monographs: a path to publishing your thesis or dissertation
Why should I preserve my data?
Publishing in-class book projects with the Library
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.
Building a website for your program of research, project, or lab? My top 10 tips
A website is a commonly used tool for knowledge mobilization for research projects and labs. I often get asked (or provide unsolicited advice!) on how to do this well. For those that don’t ask, or I haven’t connected with yet, I have put together my top ten tips.
Transformative agreements come to SFU
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.