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Open Access Week: Publishing Open Access (for free!) Online
Navigating open access (OA) publishing is can be challenging and often very expensive. During this online information session, we hope to demystify OA and provide you with solutions on how to reduce or completely eliminate the cost of publishing OA.
This presentation will cover OA publishing models, depositing items in UWSpace, the University's institutional repository, and the Libraries agreements that can help to reduce/remove the cost of open access publishing.
By the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:
- Understand the different OA publishing models
- Deposit items in UWSpace
- Understand the Libraries has different open access publishing agreements and where to go for help
This is an online event, please register to receive the event link. If you have accommodation requests or questions, reach out to libevents@uwaterloo.ca with your needs.
Please note: This presentation is part of the Libraries' Open Access Week series of events. You do not need to attend each one; please register for each event separately.
- Date:
- Tuesday, October 20, 2026
- Time:
- 11:00am - 12:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Online:
- This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
- Audience:
- Faculty / Instructors Graduate Students Researchers
- Categories:
- Presentation
Facilitators
Lauren Byl (she/her) has worked as the Copyright & Licensing Librarian since 2015. She spends half of her time helping faculty, staff and students understand copyright, the other half negotiating library licenses, and the third half yelling into the void about scholarly publishing issues.
Priscilla Carmini (she/her) has served as the Digital Repositories Librarian since 2024. She collaborates with faculty, students and staff to facilitate the open sharing of research and theses through UWSpace, the University of Waterloo's institutional repository, and supports local publishing initiatives via the University's open journals program. She is dedicated to promoting sustainable Diamond Open Access publishing opportunities that enable both students and faculty to publish without financial or access barriers. In her personal time, she enjoys puzzles, textile crafts, and reading or media from the horror, science fiction or fantasy genres.
Event Support
Amy Lim is the research programs and services coordinator at the University of Waterloo Libraries. She helps coordinate workshops alongside our librarians. If you have questions about this event, please contact her at libevents@uwaterloo.ca.
Facilitator(s)
Facilitator
Copyright & Licensing Librarian
Facilitator
Digital Repositories Librarian
Event Coordinator
Research Programs and Services Coordinator