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UBC Library research project explores Indigenous perspectives in open education resource development

UBC Library research project explores Indigenous perspectives in open education resource development

By Anna Moorhouse on January 16, 2023

UBC librarians are embarking on a new collaborative research project that aims to address a fundamental problem in how open educational practices approach Indigenous Knowledges, and instead replicate colonial concepts of ownership and knowledge transfer.

Posted in Carousel, General | Tagged with community engagement, Open Education, scholarly communications, Xwi7xwa Library

Transformative agreements are changing open access publishing at UBC Library

Transformative agreements are changing open access publishing at UBC Library

By Anna Moorhouse on October 24, 2022

The growing popularity of open access publishing has broadened the potential reach of published research while introducing new complexities—and costs—to the publication process.

Posted in General | Tagged with open access, Open Access Week, research learning and scholarship, scholarly communications

Open UBC launches new searchable online collection to highlight UBC open educational resources

Open UBC launches new searchable online collection to highlight UBC open educational resources

By Anna Moorhouse on March 7, 2022

The UBC OER Collection showcases UBC open educational resources (OER) in a searchable interface to support both UBC faculty and the general community in incorporating open educational resources and practices into their curriculum.

Posted in Carousel, General | Tagged with Open Education, Open Education Week, Open UBC, scholarly communications, UBC OER Collection

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

New Scholarly Communications webinar series to focus on open publishing and building scholarly profiles

New Scholarly Communications webinar series to focus on open publishing and building scholarly profiles

By Library Communications on September 27, 2021

Scholarly Communications is launching a new webinar series that will focus on the open publishing process and practices in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.

Posted in Events | Tagged with research learning and scholarship, scholarly communications

Free UBC Library service makes research outputs more visible online

Free UBC Library service makes research outputs more visible online

By michelle blackwell on November 7, 2016

UBC Library’s Digital object identifier (DOI) assignment service makes research more discoverable and helps track scholarly impact.

Posted in General | Tagged with research learning and scholarship, scholarly communications, services

UBC Library Contributes Search Interface to Federated Research Data Repository

UBC Library Contributes Search Interface to Federated Research Data Repository

By Clare Yow on October 27, 2016

Learn about how Portage and Compute Canada have partnered with UBC Library in adopting our UBC Open Collections user interface.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with accessibility, community engagement, digital collections, Digital Initiatives, digital libraries, links, Media coverage, open access, open collections, research learning and scholarship, scholarly communications

Join us for Open Access Week!

Join us for Open Access Week!

By michelle blackwell on October 24, 2016

Open Access Week at UBC is happening October 24-30, 2016. RSVP for events and learn more about what Open Access means for researchers, students and faculty.

Posted in Events, General | Tagged with accessibility, community engagement, open access, Open Access Week, open collections, Open Education, scholarly communications

Open-Source Geophysics Research Project Awarded IDEA 2016

Open-Source Geophysics Research Project Awarded IDEA 2016

By Jasmine Devonshire on March 31, 2016

  What is SimPEG? The SimPEG team is one of the two recipient teams for IDEA in 2015. SimPEG is a software package for research and development in geophysics, which provides a framework to carry out numerical research. The project is targeted at promoting exploration, experimentation and extension of ideas in an open-source manner. The […]

Posted in General | Tagged with accessibility, community engagement, IDEA award winners, open access, research learning and scholarship, scholarly communications, UBC

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