Western Libraries has announced new agreements with three major publishers that offer new discounts and waivers for open access journal Article Processing Charges (APCs). These new agreements are with SAGE, PLOS, and Elsevier. SAGE: No…
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Open access (OA) refers to freely available, digital, online information. Open access scholarly literature is free of charge and often carries less restrictive copyright and licensing barriers than traditionally published works, for both the users and…
Matthew Franke, musicologist, maintains a List of Open-Access Music Journals (LOAMJ – a searchable database) “The LOAMJ contains peer-reviewed academic journals; the supplemental list contains several other resources, including the newsletters of scholarly societies, specialized…
You are invited to participate in Open Access Week – a great opportunity to explore the benefits of open access and learn how to take advantage of open access publishing. Workshop – Before You Sign:…
Western Libraries is offering several workshops this fall that can help you better understand the scholarly publishing process, how to build and promote your scholarly identity, conduct a comprehensive systematic review, and make the most…
Registration is now open, and the full program posted, for the second biennial Research Western Conference. This series of collaborative workshops, seminars and presentations has been organized to help Western’s researchers and scholars kick their…
How can Research Western help support your research program? Find answers at The Research Western Conference May 9-10, 2019 Details and agenda to come. photo credit: inefekt69 Star Trails – Cape Naturaliste, Western Australia via…
The application form for the Aid to Scholarly Journals competition will be available mid-July. Amount: Up to $30,000 per year (base grant); Up to $5,000 per year (supplementary funding) Deadlines: Faculty Research Office: 5 days…
After engaging with stakeholders on several occasions, SSHRC will implement new parameters for the Aid to Scholarly Journals (ASJ) funding opportunity in 2018 that demonstrate SSHRC’s commitment to the government’s Open Science agenda; including the…
Organized by Western Libraries, the aim of Western Journal Day is to provide support to scholarly journal editors at Western as well as to engage with those interested in setting up new open access journals…
