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RIGHT TO RESEARCH COALITION OPEN PUBLISHING GUIDE........ more

- a must read for anyone publishing academic work!

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Take a look at the Open Access Week Archives for information about the 2011, 2010 and 2009 activities.

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CENTRE FOR SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATIONS: REPORT ON THE FIRST 14 MONTHS........ more

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The Centre for Scholarly Communication Mission Statement

The Centre for Scholarly Communication provides innovative solutions for the creation, evaluation, dissemination, and preservation of the research output of the academy. A priority for Libraries and Cultural Resources, the Centre enables scholars through:

  • Sustainable electronic publishing using a variety of platforms
    • Open Access Publishing Fund
    • UofC Press books and journals
    • Hosted online journals using Open Journals System
    • Innovative and combined online/print publications
  • Robust dissemination of digital collections in multiple formats
    • Text, image, audio, and video collections
    • Institutional Repository for scholarly material
    • Use statistics
  • A platform for partnerships and discussion of trends and ideas
    • Copyright consultation
    • Proposing and developing new digital collections
    • Partnering to apply for digital collections grants
  • Solutions for longer term preservation of digital collections
    • Licensed and original materials
    • Partnerships in preservation consortia
    • Synergies preservation solutions