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New Report Outlines Opportunities to Support UBC Researchers’ Digital Data Skills

New Report Outlines Opportunities to Support UBC Researchers’ Digital Data Skills

By Library Communications on December 14, 2022

Results from UBC’s Digital Research Infrastructure needs assessment survey have been released as a joint report from UBC Library, and UBC Advanced Research Computing.

Posted in Carousel, General | Tagged with Digital Research Infrastructure, Research Data Management, research learning and scholarship

Transformative agreements are changing open access publishing at UBC Library

Transformative agreements are changing open access publishing at UBC Library

By Anna Moorhouse on October 24, 2022

The growing popularity of open access publishing has broadened the potential reach of published research while introducing new complexities—and costs—to the publication process.

Posted in General | Tagged with open access, Open Access Week, research learning and scholarship, scholarly communications

Finding Nothing: Author Talk with Dr. Gregory Betts

Finding Nothing: Author Talk with Dr. Gregory Betts

By Anna Moorhouse on October 3, 2022

Join Dr. Gregory Betts in the Peña Room at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre on October 28 to discuss his recent book, Finding Nothing: The VanGardes, 1959-1975.

Posted in Events | Tagged with Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize, event, IKBLC, Koerner Library, research learning and scholarship

UBC Library 2021/22 Senate Report

UBC Library 2021/22 Senate Report

By phoebe chan on August 9, 2022

UBC Library’s annual Senate Report is now available. Read about our highlights from the past fiscal year, which include advancing research, learning and scholarship, engaging with communities, inspiring with innovative spaces and services and stewarding the organization. Learn how the library transitioned back to fully in-person operations on campus in September 2021, kicking off a year of hybrid teaching, learning and work.

Posted in Carousel, General, Publications, Senate Reports | Tagged with collections, community engagement, research learning and scholarship, senate report, spaces, spaces and services, student spaces, support

How UBC Library is rethinking problematic Indigenous representations in children’s literature

How UBC Library is rethinking problematic Indigenous representations in children’s literature

By Anna Moorhouse on June 6, 2022

What do you do with problematic materials in a library collection—with books that are outdated, that perpetuate stereotypes, depict cultural appropriation, or include racism and other harmful elements?

Posted in Carousel, General | Tagged with community engagement, Education Library, research learning and scholarship, teaching and learning, UBC Okanagan Library, Xwi7xwa Library

UBC Library joins the IIIF Consortium

UBC Library joins the IIIF Consortium

By Library Communications on May 31, 2022

IIIF standardizes the delivery of images and audio/visual files from servers to different environments on the web.

Posted in Carousel, General | Tagged with IIIF, research learning and scholarship

Celebrate Learning with Asian Library

Celebrate Learning with Asian Library

By Anna Moorhouse on May 5, 2022

Join us online on May 12, during Celebrate Learning Week at UBC, to hear how the library users are engaging with the Asian Library collections and services.

Posted in Events | Tagged with Asian Library, research learning and scholarship

UBC Library becomes first Canadian institution to join Dryad membership

UBC Library becomes first Canadian institution to join Dryad membership

By Library Communications on January 10, 2022

As the first institutional member of Dryad in Canada, UBC Library joins a thriving global community of universities, research institutions and academic libraries all working together to promote data publishing, curation, and preservation.

Posted in General | Tagged with Research Commons, research learning and scholarship

The UBC Library Research Commons helps UBC Future Waters Research Excellence Cluster visualize research outputs

The UBC Library Research Commons helps UBC Future Waters Research Excellence Cluster visualize research outputs

By Anna Moorhouse on December 7, 2021

The UBC Library Research Commons partnered with the UBC Future Waters Research Excellence Cluster to find a workflow that would create graphical representations of the cluster’s publication information.

Posted in Carousel, General | Tagged with data, Research Commons, research learning and scholarship, UBC Future Waters

UBC Library launches Open Publishing Program to support UBC faculty, staff, and student-led open journals and texts

UBC Library launches Open Publishing Program to support UBC faculty, staff, and student-led open journals and texts

By Anna Moorhouse on October 25, 2021

UBC Library currently hosts 30 active open access journals by providing server space, support, and access to Open Journal Systems (OJS).

Posted in General | Tagged with Digital Initiatives, research learning and scholarship, scholarly communications, UBC Open Publishing Program

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