Kevin Ho
Delving into Open UBC, Open Access and much more
UBC “supports scholarly pursuits that contribute to knowledge and understanding within and across disciplines, and seeks every opportunity to share them broadly.” – From UBC’s Place and Promise Wondering why it’s good to use open resources and why they’re helpful to you and others when sharing or creating open resources? Learn more through the Open […]
Just arrived – Influence of Discovery search tools on SciEng e-books usage
“E-books are becoming an increasingly important part of academic library collections. According to a 2011 report from the American Library Association,1 e-books currently represent 27% of holdings in academic libraries and the numbers have been steadily increasing for years.2Despite this growing importance, providing catalogue access to e-books has always been a challenge for libraries. Traditional […]
GSS Award winners announced
From left to right, you see Robert DeAbreu (winner), Colúm Connolly, VP Academic and External Affairs, Graduate Student Society and Donnard MacKenzie (winner). Congratulations to the winners of the 2013 GSS cIRcle Open Scholar Award! One winner has many accomplishments both in acting and producing as well as research in creative writing while the other […]
GEOG 419 & GEOG 429 research reports & oral history interviews are here
Not only have the newly added GEOG 419 and GEOG 429 research reports (with the latter showcasing research in historical geography) been made accessible in cIRcle (UBC’s Digital Repository), they arrived just in time to add to your summer reading list! Explore and learn about the daily life of a north coast Japanese-Canadian fisherman; […]
Recently added: UBC Japanese Canadian student oral history interviews
In 1942, some 21,000 Japanese Canadians were uprooted and exiled from the West Coast and were sent to internment camps. Amongst those sent away were 76 UBC students. These students were unable to complete their university studies or missed their graduation. In November 2011, the UBC Senate approved three measures to recognize what happened to […]