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 […]
Effective January 1st, the database Mergent Online has been replaced by Mergent Market Atlas.
As of January 2025, the Library will have an active institutional membership to the American Mathematical Society. We initiated this membership in order to benefit from discounted pricing on our subscriptions and purchases of their material, and the discounts available also apply to any member of our community making their […]