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Advance Research, Learning and Scholarship
By Library Communications on March 20, 2023
Reading classical Japanese cursive script, a pre-modern style of writing, is both a challenge and an art, requiring training and time.
Posted in Carousel, General | Tagged with Asian Library, research learning and scholarship, teaching and learning
By Library Communications on February 21, 2023
Students in certain fields may not always be aware of the specialized resources available to them, so UBC librarians developed a workshop to bridge the gap.
Posted in General | Tagged with research learning and scholarship, teaching and learning
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 General | Tagged with Digital Research Infrastructure, Research Data Management, research learning and scholarship
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
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
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 General, Publications, Senate Reports | Tagged with collections, community engagement, research learning and scholarship, senate report, spaces, spaces and services, student spaces, support
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What do you do with problematic materials in a library collection—with books that are outdated, that perpetuate stereotypes, depict cultural appropriation, or include racism and other harmful elements?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 General | Tagged with community engagement, Education Library, research learning and scholarship, teaching and learning, UBC Okanagan Library, Xwi7xwa Library
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 General | Tagged with IIIF, research learning and scholarship
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
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