The Open Press Solution

The TRU Open Press is of particular interest to TRU’s research faculty given the emergent mandates from the Tri-Council funding agencies for funded work to be shared openly, for data to be stored openly, and for knowledge to be mobilized. This initiative will provide centralized supports for open publishing, open repositories, and tools like blogging and podcasting. Ultimately, the Open Press offers faculty a “one-stop-shop” for both planning Tri-Council applications and executing them once funded.

The in-house support provided by the Open Press is the differentiator for TRU within the higher education sector, where this work is often left to faculty to manage alone. For these reasons, TRU’s Open Press has the opportunity to attract more tripartite faculty to the university, while also ensuring that knowledge mobilization to be more equitably available to all TRU faculty.