Applications open for UBC Library’s EDI Scholars-in-Residence Program 2024/2025
by Library Communications on March 13, 2024
Applications are now open to join the 2024/2025 Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Scholars-in-Residence Program, an initiative by UBC Library and the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.Posted in Carousel, General | Tagged with EDI Scholars-in-Residence, IKBLC
Wayne McCrory wins the 2024 Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for his masterful story about his journey in the country of the Tŝilhqot’in people of the Xeni/Tŝilhqot’in.
by Library Communications on March 12, 2024
Wayne McCrory has won the Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for outstanding Scholarly Book on British Columbia for his book The Wild Horses of the Chilcotin: Their History and Future.Posted in General | Tagged with Basil Stuart-Stubbs, Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize
Koerner Library to replace carpet on Level 3 starting March 14
by Library Communications on March 11, 2024
Koerner Library will be undergoing space improvements to install new carpet to an area on Level 3 from Thursday, March 14, 2024, through Friday, April 5, 2024.Posted in General | Tagged with Koerner Library, service update, spaces and services
Open UBC hosts virtual showcase event for open educational resource creators
by Anna Moorhouse on March 4, 2024
The steep cost of teaching and learning resources is a heavy burden for many students, but UBC faculty are finding new ways to lighten the load with open educational resources.Posted in General | Tagged with Open Education, Open Education Week
How UBC Library is addressing the growing demand for Indigenous reference help
by Anna Moorhouse on February 27, 2024
Basic Indigenous Reference Training is a new type of workshop developed by UBC Library to address the growing demand from all disciplines to learn more about Indigenous topics in coursework and research.Posted in Carousel, General | Tagged with Indigenous, Reference, steward the organization, Xwi7xwa Library
Open Education Week: March 4-26
by phoebe chan on February 26, 2024
Open Education Week at UBC starts on March 4! Check out all the exciting events coming up and learn more about Open UBC.Posted in Events | Tagged with oeweek, Open Education, Open Education Week, openubc
UBC Library partners with the Canadian Certificate in Digital Humanities
by Library Communications on February 21, 2024
UBC Library is pleased to announced a new partnership with the Canadian Certificate in Digital Humanities, an initiative that offers a certificate in Digital Humanities for people who participate in non-curricular digital humanities workshops.Posted in General | Tagged with Research Commons, research learning and scholarship
Climate Emergency Fair: February 16
by matt patton on February 13, 2024
Visit UBC Library’s booth to browse climate action-related books, learn about UBC's Seed Library and more!Posted in General | Tagged with
A Conversation with Dr. Sharanjit Kaur Sandhra
by Anna Moorhouse on February 12, 2024
We sat down with Dr. Sharanjit Kaur Sandhra, UBC Library EDI Scholar-in-Residence, to talk about about their work: the challenges, the highlights, and what's up next.Posted in General | Tagged with EDI Scholars-in-Residence, EDI Scholars-in-Residence Q&As, IKBLC
Join UBC Library for an international celebration of data during Love Data Week
by phoebe chan on February 8, 2024
Join UBC Library for an international celebration of data during Love Data Week dedicated to spreading the awareness and importance of research data through a series of workshops held online between February 12th and 16th.Posted in Events, General | Tagged with data, lovedata, lovedataweek, open data, opendata