UBC Librarians Recommend: Uplifting summer reads, listens and watches to accompany you through the summer season
by phoebe chan on August 3, 2021
A handful of UBC Librarians have shared some uplifting summer reads, listens and watches from history to mystery to accompany you through the summer season.Posted in General | Tagged with collections, electronic resources, open collections, UBC Librarians Recommend
UBC Library Digital Initiatives creates COVID-19 web archives to document pandemic response in British Columbia
by Anna Moorhouse on July 29, 2021
Over the past year, a team at UBC Library has been creating web archives to preserve materials relating to the COVID-19 pandemic response in British Columbia for future research.Posted in General | Tagged with collections, digital collections, Digital Initiatives, open data. open access, research learning and scholarship, web archiving
Open Collections Delivery Service enhancement now launched
by Library Communications on July 28, 2021
UBC Library has launched a significant update to the Open Collections website that will enhance the findability and usability of items in the collections.Posted in General | Tagged with open collections, service update
UBC Library users can now pay their library fines and fees online
by Library Communications on July 26, 2021
UBC Library’s new Online Fines Payment System (paynow.library.ubc.ca) launches today, simplifying the process of fine payments for all library users.Posted in General | Tagged with service update, spaces and services
UBC researchers can now access BC Assessment data through UBC Library
by Anna Moorhouse on July 13, 2021
UBC Library has extensive expertise in stewarding licensed data, and the addition of the Data Advice and Inventory Extracts provided by BC Assessment to its available datasets on Abacus is a huge win for the UBC research community.Posted in General | Tagged with data, Research Commons, research learning and scholarship
2021 employee Recognition Award winners announced
by Library Communications on June 24, 2021
UBC Library is pleased to announce that Emma MacFarlane, Hannah McKendry, and Veronica Mewis are the 2021 recipients of UBC Library Awards.
UBC Library has acquired access to the digital archives of The Province newspaper
by Anna Moorhouse on June 8, 2021
UBC faculty, staff and students can now access the digital archives of The Province newspaper from 1894 to 2010.Posted in General | Tagged with acquisitions, collections, digital collections
Meet Linda Wensveen, Library Specialist, Borrower Services at UBC Library
by Library Communications on June 3, 2021
Learn how UBC Library course reserve systems have evolved over the years. Linda Wensveen, Library Specialist, Borrower Services, shares her story.Posted in General | Tagged with profile, Work with us
OpenAthens transforms user access to library resources, replacing EZproxy and IP address authentication
by Library Communications on June 2, 2021
The launch of OpenAthens today marks a major milestone in modernizing library and digital access for UBC’s 21st century learners and researchers.Posted in General | Tagged with OpenAthens, service update
Remote learning opens up new ways to collaborate on open educational projects
by Anna Moorhouse on May 31, 2021
As an open education initiative, the LING 300 Wikipedia project has translated well to the remote learning environment currently in place at UBC, and the support provided by UBC Library and the Centre for Teaching and Learning Technology (CTLT) has facilitated that transition.Posted in General | Tagged with CTLT, Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences Collections, Koerner Library, Teaching and Learning Stories