New Scholarly Publication Fund arrives at UBC
An exciting new fund has arrived just in time for the kick-off of the 2019 fall semester at the University of British Columbia – it’s called the “UBC Scholarly Publication Fund”. This new fund, provided by the University’s Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation (VPRI) and administered by the UBC Library, […]
cIRcle Impact & Activity Report 2018-2019
It is a pleasure to announce the release of cIRcle, UBC’s Research Repository Impact and Activity Report for 2018-2019! In 2018-2019, cIRcle continued its focus on increasing faculty content with over 1,000 new items added – that’s a 9.6% increase from last year. Examples of some new and ongoing cIRcle partnerships […]
Augmenting the Research Data Management ecosystem in Canada – CANARIE announces $2M funding for the CARL Portage Network
News Release from CANARIE: CANARIE, a vital component of Canada’s digital research infrastructure ecosystem supporting research, education and innovation, today announced $2M in funding to support the Canadian Association of Research Libraries’ (CARL) Portage Network. CARL Portage is a national, library-based research data management (RDM) network that fosters initiatives to build capacity […]
NEW: 17th World Sanskrit Conference proceedings
Convened under the auspices of the International Association of Sanskrit Studies, the triennial World Sanskrit Conference is the premier international forum for professional researchers and educators of the Sanskrit language and its literatures, and of the history, religion, and cultures of pre-modern South Asia. Attracting 600+ delegates from across the […]
Collaborating together to progress Research Data Management internationally: RDA & COAR
News Release from Research Data Alliance (RDA): The Research Data Alliance (RDA) and the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) are pleased to announce an agreement to work together to strengthen and expand capacities for research data management within the international data repository community. COAR and RDA have […]