by Sarah Kahale | Nov 3, 2025 | News & events, Open access, Open education
Written by Monique Grenier The launch of the Open Science Community of Victoria (OSCV) on October 23, 2025, at the University Club, University of Victoria (UVic), kicked off a multi-institutional initiative dedicated to promoting transparency and openness in research....
by Sarah Kahale | Sep 23, 2025 | News, Open education
Zero Textbook Costs for Students (Fall 2025) The numbers are in and the savings are counted! For the 2025 Fall semester, UVic Libraries’ Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) program saved students a whopping $694,467.15, beating lasts year’s savings by $437,407.72!...
by Sarah Kahale | Jan 28, 2025 | News, Open education
eTextbooks for Students (Spring 2025) The numbers are in, the classes are dropped, and the savings are counted! For the 2025 Spring semester, UVic Libraries’ eTextbooks program saved students a whopping $330,780.15, beating lasts semester’s savings by...
by Sarah Kahale | Oct 2, 2024 | News, Open education
eTextbooks for Students (Fall 2024) We are continuing with UVic Libraries eTextbooks for students project, started in fall 2021, to track the use of library licensed electronic books assigned in courses for the fall 2024 academic term. The project provides a list of...
by Kristen De Jager | May 17, 2024 | Events, Open education
eTextbooks for Students (Summer 2024) We are continuing with UVic Libraries etextbooks for students project, which began in fall 2021. The project’s goal is to track the use of library licensed ebooks assigned in courses for the summer term. The project...
by Amelia Ritchie | Mar 11, 2024 | Open access, Open education, Open scholarship
ePublishing Services, UVic Libraries is pleased to share our OER by Discipline Directory. This reference book, lists a wide range of Open Educational Resources (OER) that may be adopted for courses at UVic. It acts as a referratory where the name of a resource, a link...
