by jzilm | Oct 17, 2013 | Open access, Open education
Open Session for Faculty at the University of Victoria Date: October 25, 2013 Time: 1-2pm Place: Room 210, Library Speaker: Clint LaLonde Title: The BC Open Textbook Project: More than Saving Students Money Abstract: In the fall of 2012, the BC Ministry of Advanced...
by jzilm | Oct 16, 2013 | News, OA policies & mandates, Open access
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) have officially launched a consultation with their communities on the draft Tri-Agency Open Access Policy. The harmonized draft policy is...
by jzilm | Oct 10, 2013 | OA journals, Open access
Canadian Association of Research Libraries | October 9, 2013 Ottawa, 9 October 2013 – On October 3rd, Science published a news article detailing the results of an investigation conducted, in which a fake scientific paper was submitted to more than 300 open...
by jzilm | Oct 7, 2013 | News, Open access, Publishing
John Bohannon | Science | October 4, 2013 A spoof paper concocted by Science reveals little or no scrutiny at many open-access journals. On 4 July, good news arrived in the inbox of Ocorrafoo Cobange, a biologist at the Wassee Institute of Medicine in Asmara. It was...
by jzilm | Sep 26, 2013 | News, OA journals
Hello UVic Humanities and Fine Arts Departments and Programs (and all others included in this email), The Corvette is holding an open call for papers and the deadline for submissions has been EXTENDED! This email is to inform you of the chance your students have to...
