In the very near future, we’ll be adding SciFree to our library website. SciFree is a search tool that makes it simpler to figure out whether a journal is covered by one of our publisher agreements providing APC-free publishing or discounting. About twenty Canadian academic libraries are currently using SciFree […]
Our Library has supported MIT Press’s Direct to Open (D2O) initiative through the collections budget since 2021, via CRKN. D2O is MIT’s initiative to release all its scholarly books freely and openly online each year. Today the Press has announced that it’s reached its 2025 funding goal, meaning that 80 […]
In January, some U of A authors have reported not being offered the APC-free Open Access option within Wiley’s author workflow. In other words, when an author reaches the point of choosing Open Access in Wiley’s production system, the no-cost option they’re entitled to has not been offered. As of […]
The deadline for Elsevier retroactive conversion requests is approaching — it’s 31 January. Please take a moment to read this Library News blog post from October last year, in case you missed it. This post explains the idea of retroactive conversion and what authors should do if they realise that […]
ICYMI, Kathryn Ruddock from the University of Calgary shared this update: The latest version of the Indigenous Historical Periodicals Dataset is now available for viewing and download via Borealis (https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/JGN15S). Documentation, including project history, data collection, and contributions, is also available at the link. This dataset was created by members […]