GIScience Workshop Series
by Anna Moorhouse on July 28, 2020
GIScience is a new UBC Library Research Commons workshop series (July 30 to August 14) for graduate students who want to develop their digital scholarship skills.Posted in Events, feature | Tagged with Research Commons, spaces and services, workshops
Indigitization launches new website
by Anna Moorhouse on July 27, 2020
Indigitization recently announced the launch of its new redesigned website, along with a new style guide, which was developed for this web project. The site facilitates digital storytelling to showcase the work of the Indigitization team and its community partners.Posted in Carousel, General | Tagged with Indigitization
UBC Library joins the HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service
by Anna Moorhouse on July 23, 2020
As part of our efforts to make our collections more easily accessible during this time, UBC Library is excited to announce our participation in the HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service (ETAS).Posted in Carousel, General | Tagged with spaces and services
Sarah Dupont, Head, Xwi7xwa Library wins the 2019 COPPUL Outstanding Contribution Award
by michelle blackwell on July 20, 2020
The award recognizes exemplary contributions to the COPPUL consortium.Posted in General | Tagged with co, steward the organization
Apply for the Program for Open Scholarship and Education
by Katya Roxas on July 13, 2020
Join the new Program for Open Scholarship and Education, a one-year flexible and blended program designed to help you gain tools and strategies to become proficient in supporting and advocating for open practices.Posted in General | Tagged with
Materials Pick-up Service
by michelle blackwell on July 6, 2020
The Library has launched an on-campus pick-up service to enable UBC students, faculty and staff to access items in the collection that are not available in electronic formats.Posted in Carousel, General | Tagged with services, spaces and services
Dr. Susan E. Parker elected to the Canadian Association of Research Libraries’ Board of Directors
by michelle blackwell on June 25, 2020
Dr. Susan E. Parker, UBC's University Librarian, will serve as Director, Western Region Representative on the CARL Board of Directors until 2022.Posted in General | Tagged with steward the organization
UBC Librarians and Library Staff Recommend: Ideas for your next novel, film or documentary from our online collections
by Katya Roxas on June 23, 2020
From the latest adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel Emma to author Liu Cixin’s classic Three-Body Problem, this is the second instalment in a series of recommendations from UBC librarians and library staff.Posted in Carousel, General | Tagged with collections, electronic resources, open collections
2020 employee Recognition Award winners announced
by Anna Moorhouse on June 18, 2020
UBC Library is pleased to announce that Katherine Kalsbeek, Lisa Larkins, Kat McGrath, and Linda Wensveen are the 2020 recipients of UBC Library Awards.
The Chapman Learning Commons launches new resources to support remote learning
by Anna Moorhouse on June 15, 2020
UBC Library’s Chapman Learning Commons (CLC) has been busy creating new and innovative resources for UBC students to access online.Posted in Carousel, General | Tagged with Chapman Learning Commons, spaces and services