The Scholarly Communications & Open Resources unit develops and supports systems and services that facilitate the creation, dissemination, and preservation of scholarly works throughout the research lifecycle. The unit provides expertise in open scholarship (open educational resources and open repositories), research data management, and knowledge synthesis reviews.
Scholarly Communications & Open Resources
IslandScholar - the University's repository for works by UPEI scholars including student theses, projects and faculty publications.
Open Educational Resources (OERs) - a guide to open educational resources and information about the Open Education Resource (OER) Development Program, including:
- a free, online publishing platform, Pressbooks
- grants for the creation, adaptation, adoption, and review of OERs
- education and resources on OER topics, such as creative commons or finding openly licensed materials
- recognition of UPEI faculty who have selected open textbooks or open educational materials for their course(s) through the Faculty Textbooks Champions
Unit Staff
Keri McCaffrey, One Health and Scholarly Communications Librarian
Phone: 902-620-5418
knmccaffrey@upei.ca
Chris MacLauchlan, Library Technician
Phone: 902-566-0445
cmaclauchlan@upei.ca
Stacey Meenink, Library Technician
Phone: 902-566-0697
smeenink@upei.ca
Spencer Merz-Wood, Library Technician
Phone: 902-566-5290
smerz-wood@upei.ca