Scholarly Communications @ UVic

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...

Whose Knowledge Guides the Fisheries? The Gap Between Policy and Practice

11 June 2025| Vancouver is Awesome via UVic News According to a new article, a recent study has found that Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has...

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Open Access Week 2024

Open Access Week 2024 runs from October 21–27, and UVic Libraries invite you to join us in celebrating! This event aims to raise awareness about the benefits of open access (OA) in research and to celebrate the progress made towards making it a standard practice in...

UVic Libraries Resource Guide for Grad Students

The UVic Libraries provide many incredible — but often underutilized — resources for Grad students. We've compiled a list to make it as easy as possible for grad students to find the support they need. Research Book a Librarian Librarians are available to help you at...

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