Open Scholarship
Infrastructure and services to make scholarship as open as possible.
What is open scholarship?
- Open Scholarship, also referred to as Open Science, is a set of principles and practices to make research from all fields accessible to everyone for the benefits of researchers and society as a whole.
- Aims to make the production of knowledge inclusive, equitable, and sustainable (adapted from UNESCO, 2023).
Who can use these services?
- University of Calgary faculty, staff, and students.
- Canadian researchers and post-secondary educators at institutions without a local repository or publishing solution.
Why use these services?
- To advance open research, teaching and learning, and scholarship.
- To comply with funder mandates, provide a venue for student or non-traditional scholarship, and increase the impact of your work.
As open as possible, as closed as necessary
There are situations and contexts where making research and learning outputs open are not appropriate. Open scholarship aims to balance researcher interests and other important ethical, security, and cultural imperatives. If you’re not sure if you can or should make your work open, please contact us.
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Open Science: Knowledge to Impact
Learn more about Open Science at UCalgary.
What services are offered?
Open Access
Open Access (OA) is the free, immediate, online availability of research outputs publications coupled with the rights to use these materials with little or no restrictions in a digital environment.
Learn more about OA publishing
PRISM | University of Calgary Digital Repository
Preserve and share articles, books, theses, and other research and learning outputs.
Journal Hosting
Hosting and editorial management of peer-reviewed scholarly and student open access journals.
PRISM Data | University of Calgary Data Repository
Preserve and share research data.
Digital Collections
We build digital collections with support from library staff, faculty, students, and community partners to showcase unique collections of interest to Albertans, Canadians, researchers, and educators.
Open Education Alberta
A collaborative, no-fee publishing service supported by Alberta post-secondary partners for open textbooks and other open educational resources through Pressbooks.
Web Archiving
The capture, retention, and dissemination of research, teaching and learning, and cultural websites created by UCalgary students, faculty, and staff so that they can be managed and preserved for the future.
University of Calgary Press
The University of Calgary Press is proud to make many of its books available in fully Open Access PDF versions available for free use by students, scholars, and the public around the world.
Where to Deposit or Publish Your Materials
Sometimes it is hard to choose an appropriate repository for existing or planned open resources. We can help guide you!
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The Partnership for Open Access (POA)
The University of Calgary is proud to be a Partner of the POA, enabling open access publishing in Canada.
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