OA policies in Canada: a quick and dirty environmental scan
As I settle into my role as this year’s OCULA New Librarian in Residence, I have made it a priority to expand my…
Open for Collaboration: Open Access Week at OCAD University
Introducing open access This September I assumed my role as scholarly communications librarian/digital projects officer at OCAD University—a position made possible by OCULA’s 2015…
Libraries as Publishers – Accessible Open Access
As the Visiting Program Officer with the Association of Research Libraries, I have worked on a number of accessibility-related projects and produced a series…
InsideOCULA Newsletter: March 2015
Welcome to the March 2015 issue of InsideOCULA. This month’s issue includes: Library Pre-Shows: Making the Most of a Captive Audience by Mark Weiler…
Mine the Gap: Leveraging Open Access Through Citizen Engagement in Science
The progress of science is a cumulative process, one that fundamentally depends on the rapid and widespread dissemination of new findings, so that they…
“It’s Like the Wild West Out There”: Faculty Attitudes Towards Open Access Publishing
What do faculty members think about Open Access (OA) publishing and how do they choose where to publish? While some librarians embrace OA for…
Academic Opinions of Wikipedia and Open Access Publishing: Gender and Academic Status Factors in Perception and Use
Social and technological advances have brought about significant changes in methods of publication, particularly via a shift to electronic or online media. The open-access…
UWindsor repository showcases research
The Leddy Library launched its institutional repository, Scholarship @ UWindsor, in November 2012. Since then, the repository – powered by bepress Digital Commons software…