cIRcle staff
Celebrating visionary undergraduate research at UBC
The Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference (MURC) celebrates the contributions of undergraduate scholarly inquiry/research at UBC. It provides an opportunity for students from across campus to present a project they have been working on while engaging in scholarly debate amongst each other. Participation in the conference is on a voluntary basis, with students […]
Highlights of Open Access Week 2018
Photo courtesy: Pixabay #OpenAccessWeek Following another exciting year of the open access movement – “International Open Access Week 2018: Designing Equitable Foundations for Open Knowledge” headlining as this year’s theme, it is nice to share some highlights which took place here and abroad: @ubclibrary – Creating and Managing Your Academic Profile […]
2018 Open Access Week @ UBC – October 22-28
In celebration of open access and its global impact for over a decade, UBC and SFU will be participating in the 2018 International Open Access Week event during October 22-28, 2018. Throughout UBC’s 2018 Open Access Week event, scholars will showcase and discuss their innovative research, teaching and learning skills and experiences […]
cIRcle Impact & Activity Report 2017-2018
It is a pleasure to announce the release of cIRcle, UBC’s Research Repository Impact and Activity Report for 2017-2018! In 2017-2018, cIRcle reached another milestone of over 60,000 items and saw an increase of its annual growth rate from 8% in previous years to 10%. This report highlights’ include a sampling […]
Open Access, Open Data, Open Education and more – June/July 2018 News Round-Up
Photo courtesy of Pixabay In the News: Locally, Nationally, and Internationally Knowledge Unlatched books now discoverable within PaperHive Search http://knowledgeunlatched.org/2018/07/paperhive-collection/ Recent documents digitized through the DigiLab at Library and Archives Canada https://thediscoverblog.com/2018/07/19/recent-documents-digitized-through-the-digilab-2/ Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) takes a stand against language-based pricing https://www.crkn-rcdr.ca/index.php/en/crkn-stands-against-language-based-pricing-recent-negotiation A visit to the CBC […]