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UBC Library Celebrates Research Week 2012
UBC Library is proud to be part of Celebrate Research Week at UBC, which takes place March 2-9, 2012 and highlights research excellence across UBC’s faculties, departments, schools and partner institutions. As a #research partner at UBC, the Library connects faculty and students with local and global information resources, and enables new forms of knowledge creation, […]
Graduate Research in a Day
Discover | Gather | Create | Share Wondering what to do during reading break? Come to the Library and catch some workshops to help you with your studies. On February 22, UBC Library is hosting a workshop series for graduate students. Offering 8 sessions over the course of the day, plus lunch, the workshop series […]
Innovative Dissemination of Research Award 2012
Nominations are now open for the 2012 Innovative Dissemination of Research Award. Established by the Library in 2010, the award focuses on new and innovative ways of communicating and disseminating knowledge. It honours UBC faculty, staff and students who are expanding the boundaries of research through the creative use of new tools and technologies that […]
Workshops for Arts graduate students
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 […]
Top 10 tips for connecting with UBC Library
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 […]
GIS Lab: Visualizing research
As a boy, Tom Brittnacher was obsessed by transportation and maps – interests that ended up playing a pivotal role in his career choice. Brittnacher, UBC Library’s first Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Librarian, arrived last year to develop a new service to support research on campus with spatial analysis.In June, an opening reception was held […]
FAQs database boosts business research
Good news for business researchers: the David Lam Library continues to enhance its Business FAQs database, which was launched in December 2010. The FAQs, designed to answer common questions about the David Lam Library and business research, can be searched by keyword or browsed by category. The database is based on the Business FAQs at […]
Strategies for studying success
Need a new approach to hitting the books? Check out UBC’s online workshop series and learn about time management, budgeting basics, critical thinking, note-taking, exam strategies and more. You can find out more information here. Additional photo credit information: Listening to History by Bill Woodrow, photo by cliff1066.
New portal for distance learners
Attention, distance learners: UBC Library has a new information portal for you. Now you can find everything you need to know about Library services in one place. Find information about getting your library card or barcode and pin number; register for home delivery; request journal articles; find research help and more. Check it all out […]
TLEF support for UBC Library
UBC Library is pleased to announce that it is the recipient of TLEF (Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund) support for two projects. “Online Learning Opportunities for Commuter and Distance Education Students” has been granted more than $25,000, and “Working 2.0: Co-Curricular Learning Tools Assessment, Evaluation and Development for a Business School Learning Commons” has been […]