Hallmarking the Public Knowledge Project (PKP) at UBC through collaborative partnerships
Did you know that, in 1998, the Public Knowledge Project (PKP) was founded by John Willinsky in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia (UBC)? Its aim was and still is today to “improv[e] the scholarly and public quality of research”. UBC “support[s] scholarly pursuits that contribute to knowledge and […]
by cIRcle staff – November 29, 2019
New Syllabus Service for faculty and students is available at UBC
Introduced as a new service to help UBC Vancouver faculty meet Canadian copyright law and Fair Dealing Requirements, the syllabus service provides them with the ability to upload their course readings/syllabi directly into the Library Online Course Reserves system (LOCR), part of the Canvas Learning Management Platform at UBC. It ensures that course […]
by cIRcle staff – November 18, 2019
CARL announces its Statement on Open Education
News Release from Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL): The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) endorses open education in view of the clear social and economic benefits it brings to the higher education sector and to society. CARL believes that the mission of universities is to create and disseminate knowledge, and […]
by cIRcle staff – November 14, 2019
Open Access, Open Data, Open Education – News Round-Up
Image courtesy of Pixabay INTERNATIONAL Open Access We Support the UNESCO Recommendation on OER The role of preprints in research dissemination A young researcher’s guide to open access publishing Open Access Week 2019 Plan S compliance for Open Access Journals – what we know so far and where we think we’re heading […]
by cIRcle staff – October 30, 2019
New Scholarly Publication Fund arrives at UBC
An exciting new fund has arrived just in time for the kick-off of the 2019 fall semester at the University of British Columbia – it’s called the “UBC Scholarly Publication Fund”. This new fund, provided by the University’s Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation (VPRI) and administered by the UBC Library, […]
by cIRcle staff – September 12, 2019