University of Alberta Libraries is offering its open access e-journal hosting services to any Canadian scholarly journal, effective immediately.
U of A Libraries already hosts more than 30 scholarly journals using Open Journal Systems software. It has offered the free service for eight years, but had restricted it to publications with an editorial affiliation or strong historical link to the university.
Extending the reach of this hosting service can benefit both the scholarly journals and the users of their content. The service offered by the university encourages Canadian scholarly journals to step out from behind paywalls so their material is more widely accessible to researchers, students and others referencing scholarly work.
