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Open Access for Particle Physics

Original Article from Nature

"After six years of negotiation, the Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3) is now close to ensuring that nearly all particle-physics articles — about 7,000 publications last year — are made immediately free on journal websites."

Does our front page look weird to you?

It's come to our attention that the front page of the Leddy Library website doesn't always look right for those using Internet Explorer. 

We think we have isolated the problem. Ironically, it appears that selecting the Compatibility View from Internet Explorer's Tools menu, causes our page to break. 

Compatibility View is an option in that displays websites as if you were using an earlier version of Internet Explorer.  As this is not necessary for our website, we suggest that you turn off or deselect this option

Trial: Revolutionary War Era Orderly Books from the New-York Historical Society

Given the dearth of soldiers’ diaries, Orderly Books provides historically valuable information about soldiers’ lives. Contains handwritten orderly books from both sides of the Revolutionary War, the French and Indian War, the War of 1812, the frontier and other deployments, documenting military orders, movements and engagements by brigade, regiment, company and other specific military units between 1748 and 1817.

Library tours are available this Tues, Wed. and Thurs.

Library Tours will be held this week. You don't need to sign up - just show up!

Please join us at one of the times and dates above in the Lobby of the Leddy Library.

Tuesday, September 18th : 10 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 2 p.m., 4 p.m.
Wednesday, September 19th : 10 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 2 p.m., 4 p.m.
Thursday, September 20th : 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m.

Library open this weekend and Labour Day

Just a reminder that Leddy will be open Saturday, September 1 and Sunday, September 2: from 1pm to 8pm and open on Monday, September 3 (Labour Day)from 8am to 8pm.

Regular Fall Term hours begin on Tuesday September 4th and you can see them on our Hours page: http://leddy.uwindsor.ca/hours

It's almost September. We can't wait to see you again!

The Future of Academic Publishing

While issues related to academic publishing and open access have been quietly churning away for many years now, these issues have started to surface more publicly since the recent boycott of the academic publish Elsevier this spring and the push in the UK to support wider access to publicly funded research.

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