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Student visiting the new information desk desk

The New Leddy Library Information Desk is now Open!

Jul 31, 2014

Posted By: Dave Johnston

It's open and it's beautiful! After many months, the wait is over! On July 31st, the Leddy Library opened its brand new "one stop shop" for students, staff and faculty. The desk includes services from 3 areas (reference, circulation and IT assistance) conveniently located as you enter the building. Joey Zhou, an HK grad student, is the first to use our brand new circulation desk! Yay!!

Canadian Tri-Agency Open Access Policy Feedback

Jun 17, 2014

Posted By: Dave Johnston

The results of Canada's Tri-Agency open access policy consultation have been released and are available on their website. Given the impact this policy will have on University of Windsor researchers, I'd like to provide a few comments on the policy and consultation results from a Windsor perspective.

Avoiding Hijacked Journals and Predatory Publishers

May 29, 2014

Posted By: Dave Johnston

Predatory publishers who attempt to take financial advantage of academics seeking a home for their research have been a growing concern in the scholarly publishing world.