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By Jessica Woolman on February 19, 2013
The Open Scholar Award is open to UBC Vancouver graduate students. Submissions close March 31.
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By Glenn Drexhage on October 24, 2012
Congratulations are due to the first winners of a new award launched by UBC’s digital repository and the UBC Vancouver Graduate Student Society (GSS). The GSS cIRcle Open Scholar Award launched this past summer. Its aims are to feature UBC as a leader in the open dissemination of exemplary non-thesis graduate coursework; and to create […]
By Jessica Woolman on September 6, 2012
Calling UBC Vancouver graduate students – submit your non-thesis work to cIRcle and get a chance to win $500.
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By Jessica Woolman on July 4, 2012
Three Library staff were recently recognized for their dedication and excellence in service at the annual Library Staff Appreciation Luncheon.
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By Glenn Drexhage on May 14, 2012
Margaret Friesen, an Administrative Librarian Emeritus from UBC, has been honoured with an Honourary Life Membership Award from the British Columbia Library Association (BCLA). The award and a plaque were awarded on May 12 at the BCLA Annual General Meeting, held in Richmond, B.C. The Honourary Life Membership Award is given to those who have […]
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By Glenn Drexhage on March 1, 2012
Three members of UBC’s Fisheries Centre are the 2012 recipients of UBC Library’s Innovative Dissemination of Research Award. The submission from Dr. Dirk Zeller, Mr. Ar’ash Tavakolie and Dr. Daniel Pauly highlighted The Sea Around Us Project portal (www.seaaroundus.org). This innovative project aims to assess, document and communicate the impact of fisheries on the world’s […]
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By Jessica Woolman on November 2, 2011
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 […]
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By Glenn Drexhage on June 16, 2011
Michel Ducharme has been awarded the Sir John A. Macdonald Prize for the best book in Canadian history for his latest work, Le concept de liberté au Canada à l’époque des Révolutions atlantiques (1776 – 1838). Want to delve deeper into this award-winning work? Then visit UBC Library, which features both the print and electronic […]
By Glenn Drexhage on June 15, 2011
Joy Kirchner, UBC Library’s Scholarly Communications Co-ordinator, has been appointed as a Visiting Program Officer to the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). The 12-month appointment was made to support the ACRL’s scholarly communications initiatives. Kirchner remains in her role at UBC Library, but has been granted some release time to assist the ACRL. […]
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By Glenn Drexhage on April 7, 2011
Eugene Barsky, a Science and Engineering Librarian at UBC Library, has won an award from the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE, Engineering Libraries Division) for his work involving the digitization and promotion of decades of information on mine reclamation. Barsky was given the Innovation in Access to Engineering Information award for the project, a […]
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