Theses and Dissertations : Open Access and Embargo Considerations
Photo courtesy: UBC Brand & Marketing All UBC graduate students are required to submit their thesis or dissertation to cIRcle, UBC Library’s open access digital repository. But what does open access mean, and what are the implications and impacts to your research in the short and long term? And is there an option to request a […]
by cIRcle Office – Aug 05, 2025
Finding Non-English and Multilingual Theses and Dissertations
Photo courtesy: Pixabay In a previous post, we shared how cIRcle metadata supports a wide range of characters to provide representation of non-English, multilingual, and non-language content included in UBC graduate theses and dissertations. In this post, we will explain how anyone can use Open Collections to discover UBC graduate theses and dissertations already available […]
by Teddie Brock – Jul 22, 2025
New in cIRcle: Good-enough lifecycle of a published dataset
Image courtesy of Open Data Watch. CC BY 4.0 Data Discoverability As part of a panel at the Canadian Health Libraries Association conference this June, UBC Research Data Management Librarian, Eugene Barsky, discusses how descriptions of data and persistent identifiers impact the way others find open datasets. View slides from his talk now in cIRcle: […]
by cIRcle Office – Jul 08, 2025
Submitting Non-English and Multilingual Theses and Dissertations
Photo courtesy: UBC Library Communications and Marketing cIRcle is committed to providing persistent open access to an increasingly diverse range of scholarly resources in a variety of formats, subjects, and languages. An example is the growing interest among graduate students and programs in expanding language representation in theses and dissertations. cIRcle is therefore often asked […]
by Teddie Brock & Amber Saundry – Jun 24, 2025
National Indigenous History Month 2025
Raven and the First Men. Sculpture by Bill Reid. Photograph by Scarlett Sappho. CC BY-SA 2.0 Reflection and Connection June is recognized as Indigenous History Month in Canada, a time offering increased opportunities to learn about and celebrate the history, heritage, and accomplishments of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. As a companion to many […]
by cIRcle Office – Jun 19, 2025