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...

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Open Educational Resource (OER) Grant

Open Educational Resource (OER) Grant Click on the title for the drop down to find the guidelines, application form, etc. Interested in replacing expensive undergraduate texts or materials with open, freely accessible, and customizable alternatives? The 2019 UVSS Grad...

Norway – Elsevier subscription

March 12, 2019 | Norwegian Business School The Norwegian Directorate for ICT and Joint Services in Higher Education & Research has indicated that there will be no agreement with Elsevier in 2019. Original press release (in Norwegian) "Norway’s goal is that all...

Online Engagement Within and Beyond the University

A Day of Public Talks & a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon! April 9th 2019, 11am-3.45pm Digital Scholarship Commons, Mearns Centre for Learning, McPherson Library How can those who work and study at the university engage with everyday online practices? At “Online Engagement...

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