The Peter A. Allard School of Law’s open-access research portal, the Allard Research Commons, has reached a significant new milestone with one million downloads of its research papers by users worldwide.
Launched in 2017 with the goal of making Allard Law research more accessible, the Allard Research Commons hosts a wide range of scholarly works, including articles, books and working papers by Allard Law faculty, graduate students’ theses and dissertations, and the UBC Law Journal and the Canadian Journal of Family Law. The project was initiated under the leadership of Dr. Natasha Affolder, former Associate Dean of Research and International.
We launched the Allard Research Commons as a way of sharing the thoughtful, socially aware and innovative legal research that Allard faculty members are known for,” says Affolder. “Rather than being barricaded behind institutional memberships, library databases or publisher-imposed fees, our scholarship would be available for anyone to download for free from anywhere in the world.”
UBC Law Library Reference Librarian Elim Wong has likewise supported the development of the Allard Research Commons since its beginnings….keep reading.
This is an excerpt from the Peter A. Allard School of Law. Please visit Allard Research Commons celebrates one million downloads to access the full article.
