A random sample Web pages that linked to a pair of Canadian universities was retrieved. The content of the page as well as the context of the link were manually examined to record the following variables: language, country, type of Website, and the reason for co-linking. Résumé : Un échantillon aléatoire de pages web reliées à une paire d’universités canadiennes a été repéré. Le contenu de la p...

Canadian university libraries, Canadian university presses, and non-university scholarly presses at Canadian universities were surveyed in the first part of 2010 as to the level of their support of Open Access (OA) journal publishing. Respondents were asked about journal hosting services in their organization as well as their thoughts on internal and external support for open access publishing....

The number of new nurses entering the profession has increased, but the need to retain nurses in the profession continues to be a critical priority. The consequences of the nursing shortage are reflected in continued high levels of overtime, absenteeism and turnover. The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU), in partnership with the Canadian Nurses Association, the Canadian Healthcare Ass...

Drawing on an original methodology using citations, downloads, and survey data, this paper analyzes journal usage patterns across 28 Canadian universities. Results show that levels vary disciplines different academic platforms varied in their importance to institutions, with for-profit generally exhibiting lower usage. These results suggest economic inefficiencies exist “big deal” subscriptions...