UNB Libraries' Scholarly Communications Team is pleased to offer this series of workshops and panel discussions introducing fundamental concepts and emerging issues in academic publishing. Join us each Tuesday and Thursday from March 10 to 24, 3:00-4:00 PM.
All sessions will be delivered via Teams. Registration is required (see links with each session description)!
Sessions: Winter 2026
This session will review the basics of publishing in Academia, and review some of the pressing issues related to publishing today. It will cover open access, the economics of publishing as an industry, and the role of policy, copyright, and open scholarly infrastructure in selecting where to publish.
Instructor: Mike Nason
This session is focused on more recent trends in academic publishing, from open peer review to publish, review, curate models, diamond open access, and other ways that the industry is evolving in response to pressures financial, equitable, and technical. Come learn about how publishing is changing with Mike Nason and Gavin Douglas, who will talk about their own experiences with alternative publishing models and their commitment to Peer Community In.
Panelists: Mike Nason, Dr. Gavin Douglas
This session will introduce attendees to Open Educational Resources (OER). We will discuss what OER are, how to find and utilize them in your courses, and the support that UNB Libraries offers to assist you in your OER journey.
Instructor: Emily Connor Dafoe
This session will cover considerations of integrity in publishing, including evaluating publishers for credibility, weighing metrics and impact, and the role of artificial intelligence for authors and publishers.
Panelists: Mike Nason, Julie Morris, Cat Gracey
This session will include a primer on Canadian Copyright Law, and how this pertains to research works. We will also explore what rights you have to outputs of your research, and how you can exercise these rights.
Instructor: Cat Gracey
The Centre for Digital Scholarship strongly supports open access journal publishing – as well as other open access projects within the Digital Humanities and beyond – and also oversees the operation of UNB's Institional Repository, UNB Scholar.