The Dissertation Workbench : Understanding UBC’s Graduate Research through Metadata
Note: This is a guest post by Michael LeBlanc, Senior Manager – Library Applications at UBC Information Technology. I was about five years and three hundred pages into my doctoral dissertation when I stumbled across Marcus Beck’s famous analysis of dissertation length at the University of Minnesota. Beck, then a doctoral student, published a 2013 […]
by LeBlanc, Michael – Nov 03, 2026
Whistleblower Suit: APCs and Alleged Fraud
Gavel CC 0 Four Major Publishers Named in U.S. Federal Lawsuit A recent U.S. whistleblower lawsuit involving publishers and article processing charges is drawing a lot of attention in the open access and scholarly publishing communities. In late July 2026, Retraction Watch, a well-known and respected blog in the scientific and academic communities, published a […]
by cIRcle Office – Oct 20, 2026
Persistent Identifiers in cIRcle
Illustration by Vicki Hamilton, courtesy of Pixabay What are Persistent Identifiers? A persistent identifier (PID) is a unique code that identifies and links an entity (a person, place, or thing) across global digital infrastructures. PIDs are important to digital repositories like cIRcle because they support long-term identification and accessibility, directing a user to a source […]
by Vanessa Choy – Oct 06, 2026
cIRcle Impact & Activity Report 2025-2026
Photo courtesy UBC Brand Have you ever wondered what a year in the life of a repository looks like? The cIRcle team is excited to share our 2025-2026 Impact and Activity Report—a glimpse into the projects, partnerships, and priorities that defined our progress. Read on for highlights from the report to learn more about how […]
by cIRcle Office – Sep 22, 2026
Explore cIRcle: Oral Histories on Punjabi History and Language
Marigolds in the Market © Ted McGrath CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 cIRcle holds many grant-funded and student works on oral histories of the Punjabi language and history. These items primarily contain footage of professionals, academics, and everyday citizens sharing their stories and knowledge on a variety of topics, such as the past and present Punjabi community […]
by Vanessa Choy – Sep 08, 2026