by Katy Nelson | Jul 29, 2015 | OA journals, Open access, Publishing
Predatory open access publishing is a model where journals charge publication fees and provide minimal peer review or quality control for their authors. The term “predatory publishing” was popularized by Jeffrey Beall, librarian at the University of...
by jzilm | Jan 7, 2015 | News, OA journals, Open access, Publishing
Huff Post | Jason Scmitt | December 23, 2014 “The music business was killed by Napster; movie theaters were derailed by digital streaming; traditional magazines are in crisis mode–yet in this digital information wild west: academic journals and the...
by jzilm | Oct 10, 2014 | News, OA journals, Open access
Date & Time: Thursday, October 23, 2014, 12:30-1:30pm Where: William Mearns Centre for Learning, Room 210 Abstract: A roundtable discussion for current editors of scholarly journals published at UVic to share publishing experiences, journal configurations,...
by jzilm | Nov 27, 2013 | News, OA journals
Volumer 23 of the Working Papers of the Linguistics Circle of the University of Victoria is now available. Table of Contents Wh-in-situ in Najdi Arabic by Yasser A Albaty A report and comparative-historical look at the Cinta Larga, Suruí, Gavião...
by jzilm | Nov 26, 2013 | OA journals, Open access
The 2013 digital edition of The Corvette is now available. The fall issue contains: – Charlotte Cass: "’Staggering between anarchy and starvation:’ An examination of the experience of German civilians under the Allied blockade of World War...
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...
