One of the interesting aspects of developing open access digital collections is the opportunity to bring new life to publications that have a unique local connection. As part of the Southwestern Ontario Digital Archive (SWODA) the library has begun to publish works delving into the history of the University of Windsor.
The finalists in the 2015 Leddy Library Research Question Competition have been selected and posted here and will soon be visible on posters around campus!
Thank you to everyone who submitted a questions this year! The committee had some difficult decisions to make.
October 19th - 25th is Internation Open Access Week. It is an opportunity to draw attention to the need for free online access to publicly funded research and the ways in which institutions like the University of Windsor are making this a reality. When an article, book or other work is available open access, that means that anyone, anywhere can download it freely online.
Is there something you're curious about? Do you have an interesting, engaging or even amusing research question? If so submit it to the Leddy Library Research Question Competition for a chance to win one of three 50$ prizes!
Submissions have been extended until October 7th!
The Great Lakes Journal of Undergraduate History recently published its third volume and continues to showcase high quality undergraduate research in history from the Great Lakes region. The journal is run by undergraduate students from the Department of History with the support of faculty and the Leddy Library. The latest volume can is freely available online here:
http://scholar.uwindsor.ca/gljuh/
Everyone who has a work uploaded in Scholarship at UWindsor whether it is a thesis, dissertation, journal article or other work can use their Author dashboard to learn more about how their work in Scholarship at UWindsor is being accessed. The Author Dashboard provides information about download counts, geographic locations of downloads, and even information about which institutions (education, commercial and more) are accessing your work. To find out more check out the video below:
Do you wonder whether science will ever produce 3D-printed replacements for human organs? Are you curious as to why cats rule the internet? Indulge your curiosity!
The Leddy Library Research Question Competition invites you to submit your insightful, innovative, inspiring, or even humorous question for a chance to win $50!
The Leddy Library Research Question Competition is open from Monday September 14th - 30th!
30 day Trial: June 18 – July 17
Series 1 offers 340,000 issues from over 730 historical American titles. Focusing largely on the 18th and early 19th centuries, this online collection is based on Clarence S. Brigham’s “History and Bibliography of American Newspapers, 1690-1820” and other authoritative bibliographies.
Please direct comments to Heidi Jacobs (hjacobs@uwindsor.ca)
The library has a long history of collecting research at the institutional level. We have a responsibility for the collection of our graduate theses and dissertations. We have also always collected faculty publications albeit through subscriptions. However the emergence of open access means that we have begun to collect faculty content in a way that we didn't have to previously.
When talking about open access and the new Tri-Council and Windsor policies with faculty (http://leddy.uwindsor.ca/university-windsor-senate-passes-open-access-policy) there are some common questions we encounter. We are developing an FAQ, however in this post I'd like to address the question of author rights, publishing and article posting policies.
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