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SFU Library celebrates Open Access Week (Oct. 24-30) with free events

Friday, October 7th, 2011

The SFU Library is pleased to present a number of free events as part of Open Access Week 2011 (October 24-30, 2011).  This week is an opportunity to broaden awareness and understanding of Open Access to research, publishing, and scholarly communication.

All events are FREE, but registration is required.  Join us for some lively discussions on the following topics:

* Open Data, Open Government and the University: Keynote Presentation by David Eaves
* Recycle, Reuse, Research: Using Open Data in Scholarly Research
* What’s Scholarly Publishing Got to do With You?: A Discussion for Grad Students
* Author Rights
* Summit: The SFU Institutional Repository
* Publishing Services at SFU

For more information or to register for these events, please see: http://www.lib.sfu.ca/open-access-2011

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New Open Access Fund for SFU Authors

Monday, March 1st, 2010

Beginning February 2010 the SFU Library is pleased to administer a central fund to support SFU authors who publish in Open Access journals that charge Article Processing Charges.

Memberships or monthly invoicing arrangements are in place with these publishers:

* BioMed Central
* Public Library of Science
* Hindawi Publishing

SFU authors who are faculty, staff or graduate students are eligible to use the Central fund.

Additional details can be found at
http://www.lib.sfu.ca/collections/scholarly-communication/sfu-open-access-fund

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