How much does your reference list cost?
For this activity you will attempt to determine the cost of purchasing individual access to all of the articles referenced in a recent paper you have written or read.
Tri-Agency Open Access Policy
For this activity, consult the Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications and, given the policy elements, consider how you would comply.
Innovation in Scholarly Communications
For this activity, review their crowd-sourced list of over 400 innovations under the DATA tab and select one innovation to review.
Predatory Publishing
For this activity, you are tasked with comparing two open access journals, one that you presume may be of low quality and another that has been vetted by the Directory of Open Access Journals and deemed legitimate.
Publisher Agreements and Knowing Your Rights
Before agreeing to publisher your with a subscription/for-profit publisher, it is important to understand how your copyright is protected and maintained. For this activity, you will review two examples of publisher agreements.
Public Domain and Traditional Knowledge
For this activity you will watch a video and read an article by the Centre for International Governance Innovation Senior Fellow Ruth Okediji on issues with the public domain and its impact on traditional knowledge.
The Case of the Coalition for Responsible Sharing
For this activity, review the Coalition for Responsible Sharing and the open letter (PDF) and write a response to the questions provided.
