Meet Archivematica, an open-source digital preservation system at UBC Library
Image courtesy of Arkivum, an Artefactual Systems Inc. integration partner In case you missed it, there is a new automated ingest provider for UBC Library’s DSpace software platform used by cIRcle, UBC’s Digital Repository. Say hello to Archivematica! Locally based and created on Canada’s West Coast in New Westminster, British Columbia by Artefactual Systems Inc., […]
Coming soon: cIRcle’s repository software upgrade to DSpace 5.1
Image courtesy of @mire, a DuraSpace registered service provider The cIRcle staff is pleased to report that with the help of members from UBC IT and Technical Services they have begun working on the upgrade of our DSpace repository software from version 3.1 to 5.1. cIRcle is upgrading two versions which will result in a […]
UBC nabs record-breaking $66.5 million in federal government investment
Quantum Matter Institute Director Andrea Damascelli. Credit: NSERC To: Faculty and staff in Vancouver and the Okanagan UBC awarded record-breaking $66.5 million in federal government investment We are pleased to confirm that UBC has been named as the recipient of a $66.5 million investment from the Government of Canada—the single largest government grant for a […]
Must Reads: UBC Annual Report 2014-2015 and UBC Library Community Report 2014/15
In case you missed it, both the UBC Annual Report 2014-2015 and the UBC Library Community Report 2014/15 were released earlier this month (July 2015). In the UBC Annual Report 2014-2015, you will read about “how UBC students, alumni, faculty and staff are enhancing every part of society by advancing human knowledge and economic prosperity […]