New Tri-Agency Open Access Policy for Research at UBC
Canadians will have free online access to research funded by NSERC, SSHRC and CIHR – The Honourable Ed Holder, Minister of State (Science and Technology) In case you missed it, the newly harmonized Tri-Agency Open Access Policy arrived on February 27, 2015. The policy consists of Canada’s three federal granting agencies — the Canadian Institutes […]
cIRcle keeps its top ranking as the number 1 repository in Canada
An aerial view of the UBC Point Grey campus. Photo credit: Russ Heinl The University of British Columbia’s open access digital repository, cIRcle, is currently ranked the number 1 repository in Canada! Consistently ranked in the top 5 of Canadian repositories in “The Ranking Web of World Repositories” list operated by the Cybermetrics Lab in […]
In the Spotlight: UBC faculty open up access to scholarly research via cIRcle
The University of British Columbia (UBC) consistently achieves a high ranking among the 40 best universities globally and places among the top 20 public universities in the world. [http://www.ubc.ca/about/our-place.html] With 5,130 faculty at UBC, it is no wonder it attracts some of the best and brightest to its two campuses in Vancouver and in Kelowna. […]