Royal Roads and Vancouver Island universities have reached an agreement to increase public access to student and faculty research.

The three-year pilot project will include a collaboration between library staff at the two institutions in order to share an online research repository.

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Croft also said the initiative will give the universityB次元官网网址檚 students and faculty more exposure for their academic work.

Other collaborations between post-secondary institutions could be possible in the future, Croft added.

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Members of the public will be able to search the two institutionsB次元官网网址� research projects together or separately using simple search terms. The research repository will also align with granting agenciesB次元官网网址� desire to share student and faculty research results.

The repository will launch this fall and be accessible to the public through the universitiesB次元官网网址� library websites.

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