Melissa Moreau
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Melissa Moreau is a student reference librarian at McGill University where she is also completing her final semester in the Master of Information Studies program. Prior to embarking on a career in librarianship, she spent over a decade working in scholarly journals publishing.
Sessions auxquelles Melissa Moreau participe
Vendredi 25 Avril, 2025
The open access movement has shaped current models of scholarly dissemination. With a growing number of Canadian funders (e.g., Tri-Agency, Fonds de recherche du Québec) adopting open access mandates, academic libraries are playing an increasingly active role in supporting scholars as they navigate these requirements. In the last decade, read and publish agreements, which package together library subscription fees and author article processing charges (APCs), have become an increasingly commo...
This presentation examines the open access (OA) practices and policy clarity of academic law journals in which Canadian legal researchers have published over the past ten years (2015-2024). The study explores the current policies of these journals, offering insights into the accessibility and transparency of legal scholarship. In 2023, following the implementation of a new OA policy by the Fonds de recherche du Québec, librarians supporting law faculty research in Quebec observed that law jou...
