MSpace
MSpace is the University of Manitoba's institutional repository
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MSpace
Search MSpace.
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Repository services at UM Libraries
Get more information about our repositories, how they relate to open access, and learn how to deposit in one.
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Submitting your thesis or practicum
Learn more about submitting your thesis or practicum.
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Author assistance for self-archiving, publishing versions and permissions
Self-archiving is another way to refer to the process of deposit by submitting your work into a digital repository, which ensures preservation and dissemination of the work.
Finding open resources
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Finding open access materials
Find more information about aggregators, repositories, directories, and publishers.
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Finding open educational resources
Find open educational resources to adopt or adapt.
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Finding open data
Use this guide to help you find data and statistics produced by Canadian governments and agencies.
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Finding open journals and articles
Directory of Open Access Journals is a unique and extensive index of diverse open access journals from around the world.
What is open access?
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Scholarly communication and open access
Get help with publishing, authorship, research impact and academic profile management.
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Open science
Learn more about the development and opportunities of open science.
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Open pedagogy
Learn about the application of the concepts of open information philosophies to the practices of teaching and learning.
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Citizen science
How professional researchers and the public work together in scientific discovery and the research process.
Open journals
Support and hosting for peer-reviewed scholarly journals is available.
Open data
Deposit and publish your research data.
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Borealis -- The Canadian Dataverse Respository
UM Libraries hosts a local version of Dataverse, a data repository for UM faculty and researchers to deposit and publish research data.
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Find your best options for data storage at the University of Manitoba
The Research Data Storage Finder is a tool to help you find the best repository for your data.
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Learn about our Dataverse
Background information and considerations before you deposit in Borealis.
Open textbooks
Create, adapt, and adopt open educational resources.
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Get help to publish open educational resources
UM Libraries provides financial and practical support along with educational opportunities to help the UM community create, adapt, and adopt open educational resources (OER).
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Learn about open educational resources
Open educational resources (OERs) are teaching resources available in a variety of formats that have an open copyright license.
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Explore Campus Manitoba’s open textbook catalogue
Campus Manitoba provides access to open educational resources from academic institutions across Manitoba.
Funding opportunities
Find financial support for open access publishing at the University of Manitoba.
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Discounts on article processing charges (APCs)
Discounts are available for specific titles and publishers.
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Grants for creating and adapting open educational resources
UM Libraries provides financial and practical support along with educational opportunities to help the UM community create, adapt, and adopt open educational resources (OER).
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Apply to review an open textbook
Peer-reviewed textbooks help to ensure the high quality of open materials available to UM students, and further encourage the growth of open educational resource (OER) adoption in courses.
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College of Nursing Open Access Publishing Fund
The College of Nursing Endowment Fund has funds an Open Access Publishing Fund to support the costs of Graduate Nursing Students publishing in open-access journals.
Tools for open publishing
Try these tools and resources for digital publishing and sharing materials on UM Learn.
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Pressbooks (via Campus Manitoba)
Campus Manitoba PressbooksEDU Network supports the Manitoba post-secondary community to create and develop open educational resources for their teaching and learning. Access tools to learn the fundamentals and get started with Pressbooks.
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Using LaTeX
LaTeX is a free and open-source document preparation system for the communication and publication of scientific documents.
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Reading Lists in UM Learn
Reading Lists is a multi-purpose tool in UM Learn that instructors can use to share all course readings with students.
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YuJa Video
Yuja is the University of Manitoba video platform where users can record, edit, and upload videos and easily add them to UM Learn or webpage.
Digital exhibits and collections
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UM Archives and Special Collections
UM Libraries builds digital exhibits and digital collections specific to each project and organizations' needs. To view some of our open examples, please view the UM Archives and Special Collections website.
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University of Manitoba Press open access titles
University of Manitoba Press has published several open-access titles
Policy
Learn about open access policy at the University of Manitoba.
Additional support
Further resources for learning about open access.