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By Glenn Drexhage on September 29, 2011
Koerner Library’s Humanities and Social Sciences Department is offering a workshop series geared to graduate students in the Faculty of Arts. These workshops cover advanced research, staying current in your area of study, publishing and author’s rights. Upcoming topics include: • Citation management • Current awareness tools • How to do research for a literature […]
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By Glenn Drexhage on September 22, 2011
You are invited to join us at noon on Monday, October 3 for a special lecture on a a cultural and spiritual landmark. “An Eighty-Year journey: The Making of the King James Bible” will be presented by Professor R. Gerald Hobbs, Emeritus Professor of Church History & Music, Vancouver School of Theology. This event is […]
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By Glenn Drexhage on September 22, 2011
An update on UBC and copyright appears in the Ubyssey, UBC’s student newspaper. “Professors and students are struggling to figure out how to stay within the legal bounds of copyright since UBC opted out of a licensing agreement with Access Copyright (AC) back in August. However, the university has said that the academic community should already have […]
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By Glenn Drexhage on September 19, 2011
The top tips for UBC Library appear in the latest issue of UBC Reports, “Back to School and In the Cloud” (UBC Reports | Vol. 57 | No. 9 | Sep. 1, 2011). The item appears below, and can also be found on the UBC Reports website. Top 10 tips for connecting with UBC Library, without setting foot […]
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By Glenn Drexhage on September 15, 2011
UBC Library teaches more than 1,400 classes and workshops to over 30,000 students and faculty each year as part of its instructional program. In addition to our extensive in-class and computer lab classes, we offer an online workshop series in mid-September to get you ready for research. Upcoming online workshops include: Introduction to the Web […]
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By Glenn Drexhage on September 14, 2011
Ingrid Parent – UBC’s University Librarian and President of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions – was interviewed yesterday on Le Téléjournal Colombie-Britannique, Radio-Canada’s evening newscast. You can view the all-French interview here – the interview runs in the third segment, about two minutes in.
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By Glenn Drexhage on September 13, 2011
An article about the evolution of UBC Library appears in the Ubyssey, UBC’s student newspaper. You can view the article here.
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By Glenn Drexhage on September 1, 2011
Stories about the digitization of past issues of the Prince Rupert Daily News (dating from 1911 to 1923) are featured in the Northern View and the Muskeg News. This project has received funding from the BC History Digitization Program, an initiative of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. You can view the articles here and […]
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By Glenn Drexhage on August 31, 2011
On August 18, Ingrid Parent – UBC’s University Librarian – became the first Canadian President of the International Association of Library Associations and Institutions. This appointment has received much media coverage, with articles appearing in the Vancouver Sun, the Vancouver Courier, the Tyee, Quill & Quire and the Epoch Times (Chinese-language version only). Ingrid was […]
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By Glenn Drexhage on August 23, 2011
Ingrid Parent, UBC’s University Librarian, has become the first Canadian to head the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). This organization has been the global voice of the library and information profession for more than eight decades. You can find out more by viewing the UBC press release here.
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