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Digital Initiatives

Download the Birds in Nature digital colouring book: calendar edition

Download the Birds in Nature digital colouring book: calendar edition

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 Carousel, Events, General | Tagged with BC History, birds, birds in nature, children's literature, collections, Digital Initiatives, links, open collections

Download Digital Colouring Books for UBC Thrive Month

Download Digital Colouring Books for UBC Thrive Month

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

UBC Library launches Open Publishing Program to support UBC faculty, staff, and student-led open journals and texts

UBC Library launches Open Publishing Program to support UBC faculty, staff, and student-led open journals and texts

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

Read the UBC Library Digital Initiatives 2020/2021 Impact & Activity Reports online now

Read the UBC Library Digital Initiatives 2020/2021 Impact & Activity Reports online now

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

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

Getting to know the inner cIRcle: UBC Library’s digital repository

Getting to know the inner cIRcle: UBC Library’s digital repository

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

Download the B.C. Historical Books digital colouring book: calendar edition

Download the B.C. Historical Books digital colouring book: calendar edition

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

Read the UBC Library Digital Initiatives 2019/2020 Impact & Activity Reports online now

Read the UBC Library Digital Initiatives 2019/2020 Impact & Activity Reports online now

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

UBC Library helps faculty and instructors publish open textbooks for their courses

UBC Library helps faculty and instructors publish open textbooks for their courses

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

Download UBC Library’s ‘Maps and Landscapes’ digital colouring book series

Download UBC Library’s ‘Maps and Landscapes’ digital colouring book series

By Katya Roxas on February 3, 2020

Experience history at the tip of your pencil crayons and celebrate #ColorOurCollections week with UBC Library’s ‘Maps and Landscapes’ themed digital colouring book series.

Posted in General | Tagged with collections, Digital Initiatives, links, open collections, Rare Books and Special Collections

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