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research
New BC prize for scholarly books: shortlist announced
Three books that reflect the compelling culture, geography and history of British Columbia are featured in the inaugural shortlist for a new award focused on scholarly works.
Open Scholar Award – call for submissions
The Open Scholar Award is open to UBC Vancouver graduate students. Submissions close March 31.
Graduate Research in a Day: Feb. 19
Kick off Reading Week with Graduate Research In A Day – a series of workshops designed to help with all stages of the graduate student research process.
Koerner Library Research Commons opening soon
The Research Commons will provide one-on-one consultations and workshops on thesis formatting as well as peer-led interdisciplinary research discussions for graduate students.
Elsevier ‘text mining’ agreement with UBC researcher; UBC Library featured in coverage
Photo: Michelle Lamberson Lea Starr, Associate University Librarian for Research Services, and Librarian Teresa Lee comment on the recent initiative of Heather Piwowar, who worked on an agreement with academic publisher Elsevier to allow text mining of its journals. Read the full article, “Hot Type: Elsevier Experiments With Allowing ‘Text Mining’ of Its Journals,” in the [...]
Report to the Senate 2010-2011
Read about our developments and future directions as we transform into a 21st-century research library.
LibFOCUS eNewsletter: March 2012
The latest issue of LibFOCUS explores research at UBC Library – Celebrate Research Week, a new Research Commons and ways to propel your research online.
