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By phoebe chan on February 6, 2023
Experience history and #BeautifulBC at the tip of your pencil crayons. Our new digital colouring book features illustrated animals in nature that doubles as a calendar.
Posted in Events, General | Tagged with animal kingdom, BC History, collections, Digital Initiatives, links, open collections
By phoebe chan on February 7, 2022
Experience history and #BeautifulBC at the tip of your pencil crayons. Our new digital colouring book features illustrated birds in nature that doubles as a calendar.
Posted in Events | Tagged with BC History, birds, birds in nature, children's literature, collections, Digital Initiatives, links, open collections
By phoebe chan on November 5, 2021
UBC Thrive month is a time when we come together to explore ways to support our mental health. Colouring is an activity that can help you focus on the present and reduce stress. Try taking a break and check out our Digital Colouring Books
Posted in General | Tagged with BC History, collections, Digital Initiatives, open collections
By Anna Moorhouse on October 25, 2021
UBC Library currently hosts 30 active open access journals by providing server space, support, and access to Open Journal Systems (OJS).
Posted in General | Tagged with Digital Initiatives, research learning and scholarship, scholarly communications, UBC Open Publishing Program
By Anna Moorhouse on October 7, 2021
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.
Posted in General | Tagged with cIRcle, Digital Initiatives, reports, scholarly communications
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
By Anna Moorhouse on February 10, 2021
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.
Posted in General | Tagged with cIRcle, Digital Initiatives, spaces and services, UBC Open Publishing Program
By phoebe chan on February 2, 2021
Experience history and #BeautifulBC at the tip of your pencil crayons with our new digital colouring book that doubles as a calendar. Celebrate #ColorOurCollections week with UBC Library’s ‘B.C. Historical Books’ themed digital colouring book.
Posted in General | Tagged with BC History, collections, Digital Initiatives, links, open collections
By Anna Moorhouse on November 19, 2020
The Scholarly Communications and Copyright Office, the Digitization Centre, and cIRcle have each published their Impact and Activity Reports for the 2019/2020 fiscal year. Each report showcases some of the year’s highlights and accomplishments within Digital Initiatives.
Posted in General | Tagged with Digital Initiatives, reports
By Anna Moorhouse on October 21, 2020
Creating an open textbook is no simple task, but for some faculty and instructors, it’s the best solution when the resources they need for their courses don’t exist.
Posted in General | Tagged with Digital Initiatives, Open Access Week, spaces and services, UBC Open Publishing Program