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UBC Library 2020/21 Senate Report

UBC Library 2020/21 Senate Report

By matt patton on August 24, 2021

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’s services, spaces and collections adapted to best serve the UBC campus community in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

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

Star Wars, escape rooms, and Zoom: Innovative teaching at David Lam Library explores different learning styles

Star Wars, escape rooms, and Zoom: Innovative teaching at David Lam Library explores different learning styles

By Anna Moorhouse on August 11, 2021

Creating teaching materials that blend popular culture with complex subject matter can be a tough formula to get right, often walking a fine line to achieve student engagement.

Posted in General | Tagged with David Lam Library, research learning and scholarship

UBC Library Digital Initiatives creates COVID-19 web archives to document pandemic response in British Columbia

UBC Library Digital Initiatives creates COVID-19 web archives to document pandemic response in British Columbia

By Anna Moorhouse on July 29, 2021

Over the past year, a team at UBC Library has been creating web archives to preserve materials relating to the COVID-19 pandemic response in British Columbia for future research.

Posted in General | Tagged with collections, digital collections, Digital Initiatives, open data. open access, research learning and scholarship, web archiving

UBC researchers can now access BC Assessment data through UBC Library

UBC researchers can now access BC Assessment data through UBC Library

By Anna Moorhouse on July 13, 2021

UBC Library has extensive expertise in stewarding licensed data, and the addition of the Data Advice and Inventory Extracts provided by BC Assessment to its available datasets on Abacus is a huge win for the UBC research community.

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

The UBC Library Research Commons integrates open-source data discovery tool Geodisy with Federated Research Data Repository (FRDR)

The UBC Library Research Commons integrates open-source data discovery tool Geodisy with Federated Research Data Repository (FRDR)

By Anna Moorhouse on May 18, 2021

The UBC Library Research Commons has released a major update to the open-source data discovery tool Geodisy.

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

A Conversation with Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer

A Conversation with Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer

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.

Posted in Events | Tagged with research learning and scholarship

Open Access Week runs October 19-25

Open Access Week runs October 19-25

By michelle blackwell on October 7, 2020

RSVP for events and learn more about what Open Access, Open Education and Open Research mean for researchers, students and faculty.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with Open Access Week, research learning and scholarship

Need help? Ask Away

Need help? Ask Away

By Anna Moorhouse on September 8, 2020

Need help with library resources? Don’t know where to start with your paper or thesis? Chat online with a librarian and ask for help on any topic using the Library’s AskAway chat service.

Posted in General | Tagged with accessibility, research learning and scholarship

UBC Library 2019/20 Senate Report

UBC Library 2019/20 Senate Report

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.

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

UBC Library saves time for researchers by acquiring subscription to Covidence, a systematic review management software

UBC Library saves time for researchers by acquiring subscription to Covidence, a systematic review management software

By Anna Moorhouse on May 19, 2020

UBC Library users can now benefit from unlimited access to Covidence, a web-based systematic review management software platform.

Posted in General | Tagged with research learning and scholarship

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