NEW: Balancing the scales: The role of fair dealing in Canada
Image courtesy: Simon Fraser University (SFU) Library Last month, SFU, UBC, Langara, KPU, Douglas, VCC and JIBC participated in the yearly Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week event comprised of presentations followed by a discussion about the value of “fair dealing in a modern Canadian context and highlighting the perspectives of diverse copyright stakeholders”. Watch […]
CARL and CRKN announce collaboration in Canadian support of global open infrastructure for open science
News Release from Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL): The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) and the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) are collaborating to facilitate Canadian support of international open infrastructure through the Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services (SCOSS). Under this initiative, Canadian […]
Top five things to know about 2019 UBC 3MT
While 3MT was created by The University of Queensland in 2008, UBC was and still is one of the first universities in North America to host a 3MT competition since 2011. Commencing annually in February, UBC 3MT heats get underway with winners advancing into the Semi-Finals and Finals’ rounds in March. […]
Save the date: Advancing Open!
Advancing Open is a highly anticipated event happening at the Simon Fraser University (SFU) downtown campus located in Vancouver, British Columbia on May 6th and May 7th, 2019. This upcoming event is being organized by the Canadian Association of Research Libraries’ (CARL) Open Repositories Working Group (and led by its Community-Building […]
Year in Review – A look back at cIRcle and more in 2018
Photo courtesy: Pixabay In 2018, there were many events, projects and happenings at UBC and cIRcle was glad to share in those happy moments with some of you who are part of the UBC community and its affiliates. At a time when many are reflecting on the past year while looking forward to […]