University of Ottawa adopts open access

The University of Ottawa has announced support for open access. What I most interesting is the strategy and resources the university has put into this resource. For example, authors at the university can request funds from an author’s fund; in some open access science journals, authors have to pay several thousand dollars to submit an article to cover editorial costs. The level of support presented in this strategy is promising and I hope that other institutions consider following this model.

The tagline for open access is: Visibility and impact for your research. Well put! I imagine that would be important in persuading faculty and graduate students to embrace the policy. You can also see the perspective of Michael Geist on the policy; he is a law professor at the University of Ottawa.

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