October 21-27, 2024 marks International Open Access Week. Open access (OA) seeks to not only serve institutional users better but ensure access to knowledge for everyone. The University of Toronto Libraries (UTL) provides financial support to external initiatives that work to unlock research created across disciplines. UTL also provide resources for researchers and faculty looking to publish OA.
Discover TSpace 🌐📊
TSpace is a free and secure research repository established by U of Toronto Libraries to disseminate and preserve the scholarly record of University of Toronto.
To take advantage of our mediated deposit service, please complete the mediated deposit form then send us your publications.
Save with Article Processing Charge (APCs) Discounts 💰
Did you know that the U of T Libraries offers open access publishing agreements and discounts with a range of scholarly publishers, reducing the financial obligations on researchers who publish their work openly? These discounts are negotiated into institutional licenses with the publisher or through paid memberships.
Check to see which journals are eligible and start counting your savings.
Avoid Predatory Publishers ⚠️
Updated in July 2024, the aim of this checklist is to assist you in avoiding publishing your work in a predatory or low-quality journal. Being associated with a predatory publisher can lead to financial loss because of inappropriate fees or be harmful to your reputation and that of your institution, even possibly impeding promotion and tenure.
Download the checklist to learn more.
Emerging Professional Spotlight 🔦
The Library’s Emerging Professionals Program hires information studies and computer science students to support library/researcher collaborations in interdisciplinary teams. We can also train your RAs.
Learn more about the program and the library’s many experiential education initiatives.
Featured Workshop - Introduction to ArcGIS Online 🎓
This workshop will provide an overview of geographic information for students who have data they want to map or analyze to understand if what they are studying demonstrates variability across space (e.g., across an environmental region, between neighbourhoods in a city region).
Learn more about this workshop and other Library workshops on our website.
Have questions or feedback? Reach out to our Digital Scholarship Unit Librarians. You can also reach out to your Liaison Librarian to learn more about any of the items listed above.