Inviting UBC and friends to Open UBC 2014
As part of International Open Access (OA) Week, the University of British Columbia (UBC) is pleased to present its sixth Open UBC 2014 colloquium in support of its students, faculty, and early career researchers. It showcases two days of diverse events highlighting areas of open scholarship at UBC and beyond and is being held in […]
Guest post: Free, Open Access EBooks at UBC and Beyond
Guest post by Elizabeth Simmons, Graduate Academic Assistant, Scholarly Communications and Copyright Office You’ve probably heard about Amazon’s new service that offers monthly subscribers unlimited access to eBooks on their Kindles. Well, guess what? There are plenty of free, open access eBooks available online—you just have to know where to look! Project Gutenberg is an […]
NEW: Low Carbon Economy collection
We are pleased to announce that the new Low Carbon Economy collection recently arrived in cIRcle, UBC’s Digital Repository! This collection is part of the ISIS Research Centre for Social Innovation and Sustainability. “ISIS at the (UBC) Sauder School of Business is focused on leveraging business tools to advance social innovation and sustainability, through research, […]
UNESCO launched a new Open Access Repository to the world
On 18 December 2013, UNESCO launched a new Open Access Repository making more than 300 digital reports, books and articles available to the world under the Creative Commons IGO licenses. Source: http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/41265
GSS cIRcle Open Scholar Award: new submissions welcome
“The [GSS cIRcle] Open Scholar Award is an excellent representation of both UBC and its graduate students’ dedication to showcasing our unique intellectual output. It gives graduate students an opportunity to showcase their knowledge outside of their normal networks while encouraging the spirit of collaboration and interdisciplinarity.” – Christopher Roach, GSS President (2013-14) The breadth […]