by jzilm | Nov 20, 2013 | News, OA policies & mandates, Open access
Canada’s federal research granting agencies-the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), as well as the Canada Foundation for...
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 | Aug 19, 2013 | News, OA policies & mandates, Open access
Contact: Professor Christopher Kelty, UCLA 310-880-2433; ckelty@ucla.edu Professor Richard Schneider, UC San Francisco 415-305-7992; rich.schneider@ucsf.edu Professor Robert Powell, Chair, Academic Council 510-987-0711; Robert.powell@ucop.edu The Academic Senate of...
by jzilm | Jul 29, 2013 | News, OA policies & mandates, Open access
The American Historical Association (AHA) is encouraging graduate programs “adopt a policy that allows the embargoing of completed PhD dissertations” – for as many as six years! Here’s a link to the AHA’s statement explaining its...
by wordpres_admin | Jun 7, 2013 | Author rights, News, OA policies & mandates, Open access, UVicSpace
More than 300 publishers listed on RoMEO allow authors to deposit the publisher version or PDF of their article in an Institutional Repository, without fee or an embargo. If you are affiliated with UVic and have published with one of these publisher, please...
by jzilm | Feb 15, 2013 | News, OA policies & mandates, Open access
By Heather Joseph Executive Director, SPARC February 14, 2013 The Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act (FASTR), introduced today in both the House and the Senate, represents an important step forward in the legislative progression toward the goal of Open...
