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UBC digitization program provides instant global access to B.C. heritage
The BC History Digitization Program provides funding for organizations involved with the preservation of historical material.
E-books examined in Maclean’s
Maclean’s magazine recently published a story on e-books that mentions a number of Canadian university libraries, including UBC Library. You can view the article here.
Mining for information
A new offering from UBC Library at the University of British Columbia enables users to access decades of valuable information on mine reclamation for free. Each year, the British Columbia Mine Reclamation Symposium is presented by the B.C. Technical and Research Committee on Reclamation (TRCR). This first symposium was held in 1977 as a response […]
Open Access Week at UBC
Showcasing Open Scholarship at UBC UBC is once again participating in the International Open Access Week event, where the worldwide research and academic community share and learn about open access and other open scholarship movements. The event runs from Monday, October 18 through Friday, October 22. The open access movement is based on the principle […]
UBC Library project in the Northern Miner newspaper
Mining for reclamation information at UBC By Glenn Drexhage and Eugene Barsky of the UBC Library. Special to The Northern Miner A new offering from UBC Library at the University of British Columbia enables users to access decades of valuable information on mine reclamation for free. Each year, the British Columbia Mine Reclamation Symposium is […]
Access a world of data with Abacus
Whether you are investigating the meteoric growth of Internet usage in Canada, the shifting demographics in Vancouver’s downtown core, or mapping the coastal temperate rainforest cover in British Columbia, Abacus represents a significant service enhancement for all academic researchers. Its launch coincides with the opening of UBC Library’s new GIS/Research Data lab in Koerner Library. […]
UBC, cIRcle excel in global rankings
The University of British Columbia and its institutional repository both feature prominently in a pair of global rankings. UBC is the top-ranked Canadian university – and 35th in the world – according to research from CSIC (the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), the largest public research body in Spain. A separate CSIC ranking places UBC’s […]
UBC librarian published in open access Partnership journal (December 21)
Eugene Barsky, a Science and Engineering Librarian at UBC Library, has published an article in Partnership: the Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research. Partnership is an open access journal. The article, entitled “A Library Journal Club as a Tool for Current Awareness and Open Communication: UBC case study” can be viewed at http://journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/perj/article/view/1000/1558.
cIRcling UBC’s Olympic legacy
A couple of years ago, UBC Library’s Hilde Colenbrander challenged a student from the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies to determine the amount of Olympics-related research and teaching on the UBC Vancouver campus. The resulting report was striking, as it highlighted all sorts of material from an array of departments and faculties: Education, […]
Open access in the Georgia Straight
UBC Library is noted in an article about open access that appears in the Georgia Straight. Open access (OA) is about providing users with free access to information and knowledge. You can view the article here: http://straight.com/article-269620/open-access-revolution