Open Access

Agreements help university researchers save on publishing

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Expanding the reach of University of Windsor research without financial, legal, or technical barriers is a top priority for the Leddy Library; however, researchers keen on publishing their research articles as open access often encounter steep publishing fees from commercial publishers.

The Leddy Library has entered new license agreements with the journal publishers Elsevier, Oxford University Press, and De Gruyter to cover or discount these fees for campus authors.

New tool helps researchers find Open Access journals to publish in

Image of the Open Access Journal Finder tool software

The Leddy Library has launched a new resource designed to help researchers find suitable open access journals to publish their research in. The Open Access Journal Finder consolidates information from the library’s 12 license agreements (and counting) that offer campus authors complete waivers, or partial discounts, on article processing charges.

Journal agreements extend reach of University of Windsor research

Journal agreements extend reach of University of Windsor research

The Leddy Library is signing agreements with academic journal publishers to make it easier for University of Windsor authors to publish their articles as Open Access. Open Access publishing allows authors to extend readership by reducing barriers to access, thereby increasing the impact and citability of the research.

If It’s Open, Is It Accessible?

Originally published at https://www.arl.org/blog/if-its-open-is-it-accessible/ on 2021-10-28

Creative journal relaunch to provide open access

The Windsor Review is a long-standing journal that began in 1965, featuring both scholarship and creative writing. Published biannually by the University of Windsor Faculty of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences and the Department of English and Creative Writing, the journal currently features poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and review essays.

Over the years the journal has evolved with technology, moving from print to digital formats, yet always remained behind an access barrier.

Open Access Week: Journal Publishing from the University of Windsor

Happy Open Access Week!

One of the ways that the Leddy Library supports making access free to the reader, is by the support and hosting of scholarly journals, including openly licensed ones. The Leddy Library provides software, support and hosting services for academic journals, monographs, and conferences that manage the process from submission to publication.

We currently host the following journals: