Open access in Canada
In Canada the Institutes of Health Research effected a policy of open access in 2008, which in 2015 expanded to include the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.[1][2] The Public Knowledge Project began in 1998 at University of British Columbia.[3][1] Notable Canadian advocates for open access include Leslie Chan, Jean-Claude Guédon, Stevan Harnad, Heather Morrison, and John Willinsky.[4]
Journals
Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal issued one of the world's first open access journals, Surfaces (ISSN 1188-2492) in 1991.[5]
Repositories
There are some 88 collections of scholarship in Canada housed in digital open access repositories.[6]
Timeline
Key events in the development of open access in Canada include the following:
- 1998
- 2006
- November: Athabasca University begins policy encouraging deposits in its institutional repository.[8][9]
- 2009
- October: York University begins open access policy.[8][9]
- 2017
- Coalition Publica founded to support publishing in social sciences and humanities fields.[10]
See also
- Open data in Canada
- Open educational resources in Canada
- Science and technology in Canada
- Open access in other countries
References
- "Canada". Global Open Access Portal. UNESCO. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- "Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications". Science.gc.ca. Government of Canada. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- "History". Pkp.sfu.ca. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- "Open Access". HLWIKI International. University of British Columbia. Archived from the original on 5 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- Nancy Pontika (ed.). "Early OA journals". Open Access Directory. US: Simmons School of Library and Information Science. OCLC 757073363. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- "Browse by Country: Canada". Registry of Open Access Repositories. United Kingdom: University of Southampton. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- "History", Érudit, Montréal, retrieved 18 June 2018
- Peter Suber (2012). Open Access. MIT Press. p. 192. ISBN 9780262517638.
- "Browse by country: Canada". ROARMAP: Registry of Open Access Repository Mandates and Policies. UK: University of Southampton. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- Coalition Publi.ca, Canada, retrieved 18 June 2018
Further reading
- Devon Greyson; et al. (2010). "Open Access in Canada: A Strong Beginning". Feliciter. Canadian Library Association. 56. hdl:10760/13601. ISSN 0014-9802.
- Andrea Kwan (2011), Open Access and Scholarly Monographs in Canada, MPub Project Reports, Simon Fraser University
- John Dupuis, ed. (2013). "Resources on Open Access in Canada". Confessions of a Science Librarian.
- Taylor Price (2016). Open Access Publishing in the Social Sciences and Humanities in Canada (Master of Arts thesis). Lakehead University.
External links
- "Scholarly Communication: Open Access". Carl-abrc.ca. Canadian Association of Research Libraries.
- "Tag oa.canada". Open Access Tracking Project. Harvard University. OCLC 1040261573.
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