In the Spotlight: IKBLC Multimedia collection in cIRcle
As part of the UBC Library, the Irving K Barber Learning Centre (IKBLC) ‘supports the University’s academic and community engagement missions through space, services, programming and more’. Since 2008, it ‘fosters and supports opportunities for engagement with communities across British Columbia’. Years later, it continues to ‘engage the UBC Library and the Learning Centre with […]
In the Spotlight: IRES Research Papers and Working Papers collections in cIRcle
Need to find openly accessible interdisciplinary graduate research and/or faculty-based working papers on resources, the environment (for example, climate change) and sustainability? Curious about the effects of fair trade certification on social capital? Or, interested in a literature review about energy behaviour studies? [Hint: These are the top three IRES items in cIRcle, UBC’s Digital […]
Celebrating the UBC Africa Awareness Initiative Week via cIRcle
In case you missed it, next week marks the return of the UBC Africa Awareness Initiative (AAI) Conference Week for 2014 (Jan. 20-24). Since 2002, this annual UBC student-run organization “aim[s] to continually produce outstanding academic forums to encourage critical discussions pertaining to the relevance of the African continent, the Diaspora and its increasing involvement […]
CIHR Reforms Information Sessions – January 2014
Are you a new UBC researcher in the sciences or the arts or perhaps in an interdisciplinary field? If so, were you aware of the CIHR (Canadian Institutes of Health Research) Reforms Information Session being offered to you this month? Hosted by UBC’s Health Research Coordinator and CIHR Delegate – Dr. Janice Eng, these CIHR […]
Rejuvenate your scholarly research for 2014
With your New Year’s resolutions for 2014 fresh in mind, does your list include how to find the right tools and tips that can help you spruce up your scholarly research skills? Start your New Year on the right track by registering for these free Library workshops offered in the Koerner Library Research Commons Series, […]