International Open Access Week is held annually to build global momentum toward the open sharing of knowledge and inspire wider participation in making open access a new norm in scholarship and research. This year, we mark International Open Access Week Oct. 19 – 25, 2026. In April 2026, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) announced the results of its 2025 Aid to Scholarly Journals (ASJ) competition. Six journals published at…

Are your research results getting a healthy dose of attention? “The Cost of Knowledge” is the theme for this year’s International Open Access Week (October 19-25). U of A researchers create and share knowledge to advance human understanding and the common good. The financial cost to fund research can be eclipsed by the human cost of keeping the results of that research hidden. Make sure your published research results are easy for…

Thank you to everyone who took part in this year’s Fall Library Challenge and explored the library’s many unique resources, services, and study spaces, whether you joined us on campus or participated online.  This year’s challenge, which ran from August 24 to September 11, had just over 1000 entries from U of A students across all of our campuses and online. We are thrilled to announce the following prize winners, who were…

From extraordinary early acquisitions to contemporary classics and emerging artists, the University of Alberta Museums’ Print Study Centre (PSC) is as significant as the artists and prints in its collection. Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2026, the PSC has grown to include nearly 4,000 works on paper. Most of the collection is comprised of printmaking – an artistic process that transfers images from a matrix such as a woodblock, metal plate or…