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Read the UBC Library Digital Initiatives 2020/2021 Impact & Activity Reports online now
The Scholarly Communications and Copyright Office, the Digitization Centre, and cIRcle have each published their Impact and Activity Reports for the 2020/2021 fiscal year.
Getting to know the inner cIRcle: UBC Library’s digital repository
While cIRcle is a technology-driven unit within UBC Library, the work is undoubtedly people-focused as the human services provided by the team are key to its success.
President Ono’s speeches now available in cIRcle
There are currently fourteen speeches by UBC’s President openly available through the university’s digital repository.
Preserving information in the digital age
Bronwen Sprout, Head, Digital Programs and Services and Mimi Lam, Librarian, Digital Projects share some of the greatest challenges of digital preservation and how UBC Library is tackling these challenges in strategic ways.
One of Canada’s most esteemed conservation scientists, Mary-Lou Florian, makes her most recent book available through UBC’s Open Collections
Mary-Lou Florian, one of Canada’s most esteemed conservation scientists, has made her new book, Comparative Anatomy of Branches, Roots and Wood of Some North American Dicotyledonous and Coniferous Trees and Woody Shrubs Used in Ethnographic Artifacts: Identification and Conservation Concerns available through UBC’s cIRcle Digital Repository.
Running effective institutional repositories
UBC Library’s Head of Digital Programs and Services, Bronwen Sprout, on best practices with cIRcle, UBC’s digital repository for research and teaching materials.
cIRcle: UBC’s open access digital repository
“…the world-wide recognition and awareness of me and UBC increases each time a person finds their way to cIRcle…”
Rewarding graduate student excellence
The recipients of the annual cIRcle GSS Open Scholar Award have been announced.
Library partnership wins award
A UBC Library partnership project was named the winner of a Special Libraries Association (SLA) annual award.
cIRcle hits 50,000+ milestone
UBC’s Digital Repository recently passed a big milestone when it archived its 50,000th item.