The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) has issued a new white paper, Canadian Universities and Sustainable Publishing, authored by Martha Whitehead and Brian Owen.
The CALJ Board of Directors has adopted a document to provide guidance on Open Access Policies in order to assist member journals in developing an easily discoverable open access policy that meets the Tri-Agency requirements, maximizes the public dissemination of knowledge and takes into account journal sustainability.
Canadian writers, visual artists, publishers and creator organizations have until February 16, 2016 to send in an application to the Access Copyright Foundation for a Marian Hebb research grant.
We are getting geared up for the CALJ Conference to be held May 28 & 29th 2016 at the University of Calgary. Mark your calendars now and plan to attend.
We are also looking for volunteers to assist to organize the sessions. Your input means a conference that meets your needs!
http://congress2016.ca/program/events/98-calj
A practical hands-on workshop intended for scholarly journal staff of all levels of experience with an interest in learning about the latest developments in a rapidly changing field while also getting a chance to network and share best practices with colleagues faced with similar challenges. Boot camp programme
The seminar will bring together directors of Canadian scholarly journals and librarians from Canadian university libraries on the topic of major paradigms brought by Open access: dissemination, financing, new uses.
The Agricultural Institute of Canada and Canadian Science Publishing (CSP) conclude an agreement to see CSP acquire three scientific publications.
The subjects covered in the one day camp this year will be:
In moving the camp to Montreal we will also be offering French sessions.
Canadiana.org has been certified as a Trustworthy Digital Repository (TDR) through the internationally-recognized Trustworthy Repositories Audit and Certification (TRAC) assessment program. Read More
The Public Knowledge Project has announce the launch of the Open Access Publishing Cooperative Study.
