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By Anna Moorhouse on January 12, 2021
UBC Library presents, in partnership with UBC Forestry and the Simon K. Y. Lee Global Lounge and Resource Centre, a conversation with Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer on Friday, January 29.
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By Anna Moorhouse on December 14, 2020
The Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery (ILL/DD) software will be upgraded on December 16, 2020, to meet new requirements on the delivery of articles via post to web.
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By Anna Moorhouse on December 10, 2020
The Library has launched a print pick-up service to enable UBC students, faculty and staff to submit print jobs to be picked up from the front desk at the Irving K. Barber Learning front desk during open hours, without booking a study space.
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By michelle blackwell on November 20, 2020
The award recognizes an individual who has made an outstanding local, regional, or national contribution within an area of research librarianship.
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By Anna Moorhouse on November 19, 2020
The Scholarly Communications and Copyright Office, the Digitization Centre, and cIRcle have each published their Impact and Activity Reports for the 2019/2020 fiscal year. Each report showcases some of the year’s highlights and accomplishments within Digital Initiatives.
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By Anna Moorhouse on November 12, 2020
UBC Library has purchased temporary electronic access to approximately 200 titles in LWW Health Library to meet the new demand for remote teaching and learning materials for use in health sciences courses at UBC.
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By Anna Moorhouse on October 21, 2020
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.
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By Anna Moorhouse on October 15, 2020
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.
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By Anna Moorhouse on August 17, 2020
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.
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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).
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