cIRcle in the headlines: December 2014 edition
Year in review: A look back at cIRcle news and events that happened in 2014 It`s the perfect time of year to sit back and enjoy some of cIRcle`s top news stories featured by the UBC Library, a leading institution in North America ranked 14th by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Along the way, […]
NEW: Planat in Action – Special Olympics Canada 2014 report in cIRcle
It is our pleasure to announce that the Planat in Action: Accessibility Assessment of UBC Competition and Accommodation Venues for the Special Olympics Canada 2014 Summer Games report is available in cIRcle, UBC’s Digital Repository! Serving as the host venue from July 8-12, 2014, UBC’s Vancouver campus proudly welcomed 1,300 athletes with intellectual disabilities for […]
Guest post: Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery
Guest post by Eugene Barsky, Research Data Librarian, Library Administration The Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery (BIRS) and The University of British Columbia’s (UBC) Library are pleased to announce their collaboration on a project to preserve, archive and diffuse the lecture videos from BIRS’ weekly workshops at UBC Library’s digital repository, […]
Inviting UBC and friends to Open UBC 2014
As part of International Open Access (OA) Week, the University of British Columbia (UBC) is pleased to present its sixth Open UBC 2014 colloquium in support of its students, faculty, and early career researchers. It showcases two days of diverse events highlighting areas of open scholarship at UBC and beyond and is being held in […]
Guest post: Free, Open Access EBooks at UBC and Beyond
Guest post by Elizabeth Simmons, Graduate Academic Assistant, Scholarly Communications and Copyright Office You’ve probably heard about Amazon’s new service that offers monthly subscribers unlimited access to eBooks on their Kindles. Well, guess what? There are plenty of free, open access eBooks available online—you just have to know where to look! Project Gutenberg is an […]