by Amelia Ritchie | Jun 12, 2024 | Author funding, News, Open access, Publishing
UVic Libraries have a new open access author funding agreement with Elsevier and renewed agreements with SAGE Journals and Oxford University Press. These agreements offer UVic authors 100% waivers or discounts on article publishing charges (APCs). This means that UVic...
by Amelia Ritchie | Mar 27, 2024 | News, UVicSpace
Exciting news! UVicSpace has undergone a successful upgrade. With a new look and improved functions, we are excited to start this new chapter with our institutional repository. In celebration of this upgrade, we are looking back on the history of UVicSpace to see how...
by Amelia Ritchie | Mar 26, 2024 | News, UVicSpace
March 25, 2024 | CTV News via UVic News While cocoa is not the only ingredient that goes into commercially available chocolate products, it is likely that its climate change induced scarcity has contributed to the increasing prices of those chocolate products. Cocoa...
by Amelia Ritchie | Mar 26, 2024 | News, UVicSpace
March 21, 2024 | Victoria News via UVic News The point of the carbon tax hike is to provide a monetary incentive for Canadians to reduce their carbon emissions. The current federally mandated carbon tax hike will result in about $1.30 extra for drivers each time they...
by Amelia Ritchie | Mar 15, 2024 | OA policies & mandates, Open access
Effective February 20, 2024, the University of Victoria Libraries revised statement of commitment asserts that any outputs (regardless of format) by UVic librarians and archivists will be shared “as openly as possible and in a manner consistent with copyright...
