Scholarly Communications @ UVic

Philosophy in Review’s First Issue of 2026 Is Here

We are pleased to announce the publication of Philosophy in Review, Volume 46, Number 1 (February 2026)—our first issue, in some time, to feature a...

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...

Upcoming events

  • Date: Monday, March 9, 2026 Time: 2:00pm - 3:30pm Presenter: Digital Scholarship Commons Location: Online Note: This workshop is online […]
  • Date: Thursday, March 19, 2026 Time: 11:30am - 1:00pm Presenter: Digital Scholarship Commons Location: Online Note: This workshop is online […]
  • Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2026 Time: 10:30am - 12:30pm Presenter: Digital Scholarship Commons Location: Digital Scholarship Commons A308 Note: This […]

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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...

Maximizing UVic Libraries eBooks for Students

eTextbooks for Students (2022-2023) We are continuing with UVic Libraries pilot project, started in fall 2021, to track the use of library licensed electronic books assigned in courses for the spring 2022-23 academic term. The eTextbooks project supports access and...

Digital Scholarship Commons – December 2022 workshops

We are happy to release our online workshop schedule for this coming month. Many, but not all of our workshops, are available in-person and via Zoom so that you choose how to participate: Intro to Data Analysis with Excel December 7, 9:30am – Register Now Smartphone...

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