What is Open Access?
A brief introduction to Open Access. 
Open Access 
What does this mean to researchers?
If your research is funded in part or in full by CIHR, you are probably aware that starting with grants received after January 1st 2008, there are new requirements for publication.
CIHR Policy on Access to Research Outputs
The goal of this policy is for readers to have free access to publicly funded research while allowing researchers to enjoy a greater dissemination of their research results.
The CIHR stipulates that grant recipients need to:
…make every effort to ensure that their peer-reviewed publications are freely accessible through the Publisher's website (Option #1) or an online repository as soon as possible and in any event within six months of publication (Option #2). (5.1.1 Peer-reviewed Journal Publications)
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Policy Option #1:
Select, where possible, publishers of Open Access journals… or those that enable free access to your article within a traditional journal.
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Policy Option #2:
…archive the final peer-reviewed full-text manuscripts immediately upon publication in a digital archive…
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What about the costs of publishing in Open Access?
The article processing fees for publishing in open access are an eligible expense under the CIHR/NSERC/SSHRC Use of Grant Funds. Furthermore, McGill University is a supporter member of BioMed Central (BMC) and can help with publishing costs in the BMC Journals if you are McGill staff.
How can the HSL library help you?
- Keeping you informed on this issue.
- Helping with choice of journals to publish in, including impact factors
and h-index.
- Advising on Copyright issues necessary for depositing in a repository.
RoMEO
McGill copyright and eprints
- Connecting with the institutional repositories.
For further details, check the CIHR - FAQ, McGill Subject Guide . You can also contact Teodora Constantinescu at the ICFP Library (local 5243) or Francesca Frati (local 2438).
Updated July 23 2010