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New Downtown Eastside Research Access Portal takes collaborative approach to Open Access
The DTES RAP provides access to research and research-related materials relevant to Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside through an easy-to-use public interface.
UBC Library helps faculty and instructors publish open textbooks for their courses
Creating an open textbook is no simple task, but for some faculty and instructors, it’s the best solution when the resources they need for their courses don’t exist.
The UBC Library Research Commons helps researchers build core skills for digital scholarship
The UBC Library Research Commons at Koerner Library is at the forefront of a digital scholarship renaissance at UBC, with Digital Scholarship Librarian Eka Grguric contributing to a slew of new workshops and initiatives.
UBC Library 2019/20 Senate Report
UBC Library’s annual Senate Report (2019/20) is now available. Read our highlights from the past fiscal year which include advancing research, learning and scholarship, engaging with communities, creating and delivering responsive collections, inspiring with innovative spaces and services, and stewarding the organization.
UBC Library joins the HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service
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).
Materials Pick-up Service
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.
UBC Librarians and Library Staff Recommend: Ideas for your next novel, film or documentary from our online collections
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.
New browser extension allows for seamless access to UBC Library’s online resources
The Library Access browser extension provides access to UBC Library subscriptions from anywhere on the web.