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New Scholarly Publication Fund

UBC faculty authors are invited to apply to the new UBC Scholarly Publication Fund. The fund is designed to assist with the costs of book or journal publishing in Social Sciences and Humanities Research (SSHRC)-aligned fields. Faculty from any discipline may apply but publications must be directly aligned with SSHRC’s General Guidelines for Eligibility of […]

Scholarly Communications and Copyright Office Impact Report 2018/19

Recently the Scholarly Communications and Copyright Office released its 2018/2019 Impact and Activity Report, showcasing some of the year’s highlights and accomplishments. For more information, or to share feedback please contact scholarly.communications@ubc.ca Read the Report.

New Open UBC Site Focuses on Open Scholarship

The new Open UBC site has launched today on Aug 26, Monday morning. Goals for the site relaunch There were three goals for the site relaunch. We wanted to: Broaden the site focus by including Open Access and Open Research as major themes of the site, since they are important component of the open scholarship […]

Updated Canadian Author Addendum and Author Rights Guide Available

CARL, the Canadian Association of Research Libraries recently released an updated version of the Canadian Author Addendum along with an Authors Guide that supports the use of the addendum. Author addenda help authors insert legal language into their publishing contracts that allow them to retain rights in their work. This may be particularly useful in […]

New Checklist on Deceptive Publishers from U of Toronto

Check out this new resource to help you identify ‘predatory’ or deceptive publishers