Libraries interact directly with publishers and the broader scholarly publishing community and have much to convey in terms of discovery and dissemination strategies for research. York University Libraries provide support and infrastructure for scholarly production and dissemination. At the production end, we offer open access publishing support, research data management assistance, and a free online journal hosting service called York Digital Journals. Limited financial aid in support of open access publishing is offered via an Open Access Author Fund, and YorkSpace, York University's institutional repository supports an alternate route to open access which involves placing a copy of your published work (subject to publisher policy) in an open access repository.
Making one’s publications accessible is a function of a number of factors, including addressing barriers to access (open access publishing), considering copyright, leveraging technological infrastructure to maximize visibility, and publishing in venues that are recognized and visible to one’s target readership. The links below address these areas, integrating how the infrastructure described above advances strategies for navigating the landscape.
- Open Access Publishing: Frequently Asked Questions
- York University Senate Policy on Open Access: Frequently Asked Questions
- Choosing an appropriate journal for publishing research (includes open access options and information on predatory publishers)
- Understanding green and gold open access publishing (includes how to meet Tri-Council open access requirements)
- Copyright information for authors (copyright, author addenda, takedown notices)
- Leveraging the technological infrastructure of YorkSpace to maximize indexing, visibility and exposure of your research
Need help with making your research open access? Contact us at opendeposit@yorku.ca.
York University Libraries have directed a small portion of their collections budget in support of an open access author fund to cover author processing charges for York researchers who wish to publish their work in open access journals. Once the annual allocation has been expended, no further requests can be considered until the following fiscal year.
- York University Libraries Open Access Author Fund
- York University Libraries - Investments in Open Access Publishing
- Research funded by the York University Libraries Open Access Author Fund
Institutional Repository (YorkSpace)
YorkSpace is York University’s Institutional Repository. It functions as an open access library of digital objects. Each submission must be accompanied by a digital object that can be made available to the York and global scholarly community permanently without access restrictions. YorkSpace hosts a variety of scholarly outputs including faculty papers, award winning student papers, Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs), and conference proceedings.
York University Libraries provide an electronic journal hosting service for York-affiliated journals. This service is called York Digital Journals (YDJ). Over 50 scholarly journals and other publications are currently hosted by the platform. Some of the YDJ hosted faculty-led journals feature the peer-reviewed work of graduate and undergraduate students.
Research Data Management (RDM)
Have questions about what to do with your research data? Working on a research data management plan for a grant? Consult our Research Data Management website for more information or contact us at yul_rdm@yorku.ca.
Borealis - York University Dataverse
Borealis, the Canadian Dataverse Repository, is a bilingual, multidisciplinary, secure, Canadian research data repository, supported by academic libraries and research institutions across Canada. Borealis supports open discovery, management, sharing, and preservation of Canadian research data. Users can create robust metadata, track changes across versions of their datasets, mint Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs), and make data open or restricted. The York University Dataverse is included within Borealis and is the main institutional data repository supported by the Libraries.
Have questions about research impact indicators? Want to learn more about the tools available to track the reach and impact of your work? Consult our Research Metrics website for more information.