Open Access

Advocacy

Create Change Canada
Shouldn't the way we share research be as advanced as the Internet? Sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries, the Canadian Association of Research Libraries, and SPARC.

ACRL Scholarly Communication Toolkit
The toolkit summarizes key issues and offers basic information on scholarly communication topics.

Open Doors and Open Minds
What faculty authors can do to ensure open access to their work through their institution.

Student Statement on the Right to Research
From the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC)

Declarations

• Berlin Declaration on Open Access
  Launched in October 2003.

• Budapest Open Access Initiative
  Launched in 2002.

• IFLA Statement on Open Access to Scholarly Literature and Research Documentation Signed December 2003.

• CRKN Statement on Alternative Publishing Models & Open Access. Mount Saint Vincent University is a member of the Canadian Research Knowledge Network and as such endorses this statement.