Ovid is introducing some new features on September 29th.

Through a free membership in MDPI’s Institutional Open Access Program, UofA authors will now receive an APC discount of 10% for papers published in any of their 408 journals. The APC Discounts & Waivers page on the UAL website has been updated with the details below. MDPI – Researchers affiliated with […]

A quick reminder that our public statement on etextbooks remains valid. You can refer community members to it as needed, if they’re asking about the Library providing ebook versions of textbooks from the publishers listed in the statement (e.g., Pearson, Cengage, Oxford). People are always welcome to use the public […]

From Nature: Biden administration instructs all US agencies to require immediate access to federally funded research after it is published, starting in 2026

We’re now trialing nkoda. This is an online music score collection that brings together sheet music and technical/methods publications, within an app where musicians can do the annotations they need to do. Originally built for orchestras, nkoda has now evolved to become compatible with research library contexts (and post-secondary music […]