In the News: Locally, Nationally, and Internationally
Open Access
Balancing the Scales: The Role of Fair Dealing in Canada
(Above webcast was part of Fair Dealing Week – February 25–March 1, 2019)
New checklist helps detect deceptive publishers
(Above news release by the University of Toronto)
We applaud the Cleveland Museum of Art’s new open-access policy—and here’s what remains to be done
(Above news release by the Wikimedia Foundation)
Open Data
Data verse-Archivematica Integration Now Available for Testing
(Above news release from the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL))
Developing a Library Strategy for 3D and Virtual Reality
(Above podcast from EDUCAUSE Review)
New Portage Training Resources Available
(Above news release by the Portage Training Expert Group, launched by the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL))
Open Education
Open Education Week (March 4-8, 2019)
(A global event held annually to recognize and showcase open education in teaching and learning and excellence in education)
(Above BCcampus event held on March 6, 2019 featuring speakers from UBC, BCIT, SFU, KPU and BCcampus)
Student Savings at Scale: LibreTexts
(Above impact story about open textbooks by SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition))
Recently added items to cIRcle:
Database of Religious History collection:
Chinese Esoteric Buddhism (Tang Tantrism)
UBC Library and Archives collection:
Federated Geospatial Data Discovery for Canada: Geodisy
Positive Space Working Group Final Report
UBC Lectures, Seminars, and Symposia collection:
The Legacy of Bambule (1970): On the Perils of the Memory Culture of the German 68 Movement
The Metaphysics of Data Capital
UBC Faculty Research and Publications collection:
Improving microservice-based applications with runtime placement adaptation
UBC Press collection:
The New NDP: Moderation, Modernization, and Political Marketing [Book Supplement]
Undergraduate research collection: