New Director of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
“Simon Neame has been selected as the new Director of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Simon began his library career after obtaining a Master of Library and Information Studies from the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies at UBC.” “The Director’s mandate is to provide strategic leadership for community engagement initiatives on and […]
Graduation time at UBC
With the congregation ceremonies in full swing, it is an exciting time of year for UBC graduates, their families and fellow UBC colleagues along with the UBC community and other well-wishers. A few congregation facts include: @ In 1916, there were 41 graduates at UBC’s first Congregation ceremony held at the Hotel Vancouver @ From […]
Maximizing your research impact
Would you like to have your academic work searched by Google Scholar or have your work archived in the UBC Library? Be sure to check out the next cIRcle information session as part of the UBC Graduate & Undergraduate Student Workshop Series‘ events offered by UBC Library. The next cIRcle workshop is happening tomorrow at […]
On your mark, get set for Open UBC
Open Access Week @ UBC 2011 will be happening at UBC on October 24-30, 2011! Open UBC is held in conjunction with International Open Access Week, which encourages the academic community to come together to share and learn about open scholarship initiatives locally and worldwide. Open UBC showcases a week of diverse events highlighting areas […]
Just arrived in cIRcle: Wash With Care Project
One of the honourable mention submissions for the UBC Library’s 2011 Innovative Dissemination of Research Award competition is now available in cIRcle, UBC’s Digital Repository! Some quick facts about this community-based collaborative research project include: Raises awareness about pesticide safety in BC’s Lower Mainland farming communities Demonstrates how to safely launder pesticide-contaminated clothing via Public […]