Scholarly Communications @ UVic

Zero Textbook Cost Savings Exceed $3 Million

ZTC for Students (Spring 2026) The numbers are in and the savings are counted! For the 2026 Spring semester, UVic Libraries' Zero Textbook Cost...

Preservation Is Power: Keeping UVic Research Accessible

As we wrap up Open Access Week 2025 and reflect on this year’s theme, who owns knowledge?, one concern keeps coming up: what happens to research...

Fall 2025 Zero Textbook Cost List Beats 2024 Savings

Zero Textbook Costs for Students (Fall 2025) The numbers are in and the savings are counted! For the 2025 Fall semester, UVic Libraries' Zero...

Zero Textbook Cost list – Fall 2025

It's that time of the year! The Copyright and Scholarly Communications Office is excited to share our annual list of Zero-Cost Textbooks for...

Summer 2025 Zero-Cost eTextbook Savings Round Out the Year

eTextbooks for Students (Summer 2025) For the 2025 Summer semester, UVic Libraries' eTextbooks program saved students a whopping $92,199.84, beating...

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on the Verge writing contest

Co-sponsored by UVic Libraries and the office of Equity and Human Rights (EQHR), and with significant support from other units on campus, the annual on the Verge writing contest deadline is next Wednesday, February 15. As many of you know, the contest showcases and...

OTESSA Journal volume 2, Issue 1 & 2

Please check out the latest work published in the OTESSA Journal (Volume 2, Issues 1 and 2 published Dec 2022). The journal is using a continuous publication model, so will be posting articles as they move through the editorial process. It is an open-access journal...

Love Data Week 2023

For Love Data Week 2023, UVic Libraries is again collaborating with our colleagues at SFU, UBC, and UNBC to deliver an exciting program of seminars and workshops celebrating all things data. Some program highlights include talks on Reproducible Research from Monique...

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