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    University of Alberta Librarians Take Position on Open Access Publishing 

    by Guest Author June 29, 2023
    written by Guest Author

    On April 19th, librarians at the University of Alberta endorsed a Position Statement on Open Access for University of Alberta Librarians, which demonstrates their commitment to open scholarship through their own professional practice and research. 

    Our engagement with open scholarship:

    The University of Alberta Library (UAL) has a long history of engagement with open scholarship: librarians support and promote faculty sharing research through well-established open repository and open publishing programs, invest in open partnerships and infrastructure, negotiate open agreements with publishers, and make many digital collections open by default. UAL has also been an early adopter and developer of open source software and an advocate for open scholarship issues across disciplines.  However, until now UAL hasn’t taken a public position on the open sharing of librarians’ own research, scholarship, or teaching materials.

    This official statement, aligning UAL with the majority of its U15 peer institutions, helps to codify a practice that’s already happening while taking a public stance. Sonya Betz, Head of Open Publishing and Digitization Services, reflects that the statement “allows us to point to and celebrate that work that I think we’re already doing. It is also very much an external expression of the values that we hold, and can be referenced when we’re speaking with other departments and programs about open access.”

    The position statement applies to any document created by a U of A librarian from scholarly and professional articles, books, reports, educational resources, and data among others. Although most scholarly articles published by U of A librarians are being published OA1, having a public commitment to point to can carry weight with both publishers and collaborators. CJ de Jong, Head of Access Services, notes the position statement can provide a “starting point for conversations with our co-authors or co-investigators about why it’s important for us to ensure that any products of our research or professional work released are open access.” 

    How can you participate in Open Access?

    Have a look at our page on How Do I Publish Open Access? Please ask us if you’d like to know more.


    This content is licensed under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Creative Commons license.

    1. Tummon, N. & Desmeules, R., (2022) “How Open Is the U15? A Preliminary Analysis of Open Access Publishing in Canadian Academic Libraries”, Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication 10(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.31274/jlsc.13831

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  • Hidden Gems: Edmonton Queer History Collection

    by Emily Zheng March 14, 2023
    by Emily Zheng March 14, 2023

    The University of Alberta Library offers access to numerous resources that are core for certain disciplines, but also really deserving of wider attention. Here is one of those gems… The Edmonton Queer History Collection features 2SLGBTQ+ community magazines, newsletters, and items of historical significance in and around the Edmonton area.  The collection is an ongoing collaboration between the University of Alberta Library’s digitization services, MacEwan University Library, and the Edmonton Queer History…

  • Digitizing SEE & VUE (part 1 of 3): How the scanning was completed!

    by Guest Author July 26, 2022
    by Guest Author July 26, 2022

    This post was written by Sarah Severson, Digital Initiatives Project Librarian This is a 3-part series on the Digitization of SEE Magazine and VUE Weekly. This post is an overview of the project, which answers the question: “How?”  In the coming weeks, we’ll post a short history & timeline of the publications (the “What”), and close out with a collection of personal memories and discuss the research potential of collections like these…

  • Food Drive for the Campus Food Bank!

    by Elisabet Ingibergsson June 7, 2021
    by Elisabet Ingibergsson June 7, 2021

    Good news! In partnership with the Campus Food Bank, University of Alberta Library will be running a Food Bank Drive at our curbside pickup location at Rutherford Library galleria. All donated food items will be distributed to members of the UAlberta community, and monetary donations will be used by the Campus Food Bank to purchase more food.  When can I bring items? Rutherford Library galleria (curbside pickup location) is open Monday to…

  • Our website’s search function is changing

    by Erin Sanderman April 28, 2021
    by Erin Sanderman April 28, 2021

    We are moving our existing search function (the field in the Search the Library box on our homepage) over to EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). This will enable users to search our catalogue of physical items, eBooks and articles in one place. We hope that this change will eliminate much of the confusion caused by our current system where there are different search interfaces for articles and our library catalogue. This change is…

  • Journals with Open Access Agreements for UAlberta Authors

    by Meredith Bratland March 3, 2021
    by Meredith Bratland March 3, 2021

    Good news! The library has signed two new agreements that open up access to University of Alberta research papers. The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) negotiated these agreements, with SAGE and PLOS, on behalf of its member libraries. CRKN is a national consortium of 81 libraries, mainly academic/research libraries, of which the U of A Library is a member. Sage Journals If you publish in one of more than 900 SAGE journals,…

  • Ask Us! Online Chat Stats since COVID-19

    by Meredith Bratland December 14, 2020
    by Meredith Bratland December 14, 2020

    Our work has changed a lot since the pandemic began in March 2020. The library has invested in a robust online service over the past ten years, but since we began studying and working from home, those numbers have vastly increased. September is always an exciting time at the library and this year was no exception, despite being online. Students and staff alike were reaching out in record numbers. From March to…

  • Winter Break hours at the library

    by Elisabet Ingibergsson December 7, 2020
    by Elisabet Ingibergsson December 7, 2020

    * Updated since provincial COVID restrictions announced on Dec 8, 2020 * We are taking a winter break and looking forward to the end of 2020 (who isn’t?) and a brighter New Year! With most University of Alberta classes starting January 11th, and with new Provincial restrictions in place, we too have adjusted our opening hours. These are the details! Curbside Pickup Service Rutherford Curbside Pickup & Book Return: NEW (Dec 10,…

  • Now Open: Alberta’s Provincial OER Publishing Program!

    by Meredith Bratland March 23, 2020
    by Meredith Bratland March 23, 2020

    The University of Alberta Library and the Alberta OER Technology and Infrastructure Working Group are pleased to announce the new Open Education Alberta program. This no-fee provincial program seeks to eliminate barriers to adopting, adapting and creating open textbooks by providing Alberta post-secondary institutions with easy-to-use online publishing software. The University of Alberta Library will host and maintain the Pressbooks publishing software, and partner institutions will establish workflows and service models that…

  • Film Streaming at Rutherford Library for Indigenous History Month and LGTBQ Pride Month

    by Meredith Bratland May 31, 2019
    by Meredith Bratland May 31, 2019

    June is the month to celebrate National Indigenous History Month as well as LGBTQ Pride Month. As a way to honour and acknowledge these communities, as well as their struggles and achievements, Rutherford Library is streaming films that highlight diverse aspects of their respective histories each weekday in June. All of the films listed below, and many more, are accessible through the streaming resources available through UAlberta Libraries. Please note that some of these films have…

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