By cIRcle staff on Jun 11, 2019
Above image is courtesy of the International Open Access Week site
This year’s 2019 International Open Access Week theme is “Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge” as recently announced by the 2019 Open Access Week Advisory Committee
The International Open Access Week – happening on October 21-27, 2019 – provides an opportunity for all “to take action in making openness the default for research—to raise the visibility of scholarship, accelerate research, and turn breakthroughs into better lives”, as per SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition).
Building on last year’s theme, “Designing Equitable Foundations for Open Knowledge,” this year’s theme will focus on answering the following questions:
- Whose interests are being prioritized in the actions we take and in the platforms that we support?
- Whose voices are excluded? Are underrepresented groups included as full partners from the beginning?
- Are we supporting not only open access but also equitable participation in research communication?
Learn more about open access at UBC and beyond via the following ways:
Check out the UBC Library’s Open Access page in the coming months
Visit the open.ubc.ca site for more Open Access resources
View and download 70 Open Access Week items in cIRcle
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By cIRcle staff on Jun 10, 2019
Above image is courtesy of the MURC – UBC Student Services‘ site
Touted as the biggest undergraduate research conference in B.C., the Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference (MURC) is a key annual event highlighting the contributions of undergraduate scholarly inquiry and research at UBC. It affords an opportunity for undergraduate students campus-wide to present their singular or collaborative UBC research projects while sharing their unique UBC research perspectives and experiences.
Participation in the conference is on a voluntary basis, with students having the choice of giving either an oral, poster or visual arts/performance presentation of their work. Presentations are judged by graduate students, and prizes are awarded for the top oral, poster and visual arts/performance presentations at a closing celebratory reception.
You may know some past and most recent UBC MURC award winners but did you know that in 2012, three UBC MURC award winners – Alvin Ip (UBC Vancouver), Ben MacLeod (UBC Vancouver) and Ryan Trenholm (UBC Okanagan) – went abroad to represent UBC at the international 8th Universitas21 Undergraduate Research Conference (July 1 – 5, 2012) at the Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan? That’s just one of the noteworthy experiences enjoyed by UBC MURC award winners and shared with their fellow UBC students, academic and research mentors, family and friends at this unique conference.
With over 9,000 item views and 2,800 item downloads to date, check out the MURC award winner poster and slide presentations in cIRcle, UBC’s Digital Repository via the Library’s Open Collections digital collections’ portal!
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By cIRcle staff on May 23, 2019
News Release from Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL):
CARL is pleased to announce the release of three resources supporting awareness of authors’ rights and ways to retain key rights during the publication process.
The revised Canadian Author Addendum to Publication Agreement is a tool that can be used by authors to negotiate with publishers for the right to retain important rights, such as the ability to share and reuse their work – including the ability to make their work available to all via an open access repository. The accompanying CARL Guide to Using the Canadian Author Addendum provides practical straightforward guidance on how to use the addendum.
The CARL Guide to Author Rights seeks to situate use of the addendum within the broader context of copyright and ownership of scholarly works, including how rights retention can be taken into consideration at each stage of the publication lifecycle. This guide may assist both authors and librarians in knowing when and how to use the addendum as well as informing a broader understanding of author rights as they pertain to the creation and dissemination of academic research.
Read the full press release
See the UBC Tri-Agency Open Access Policy
Make your UBC research openly accessible via cIRcle
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By cIRcle staff on Apr 02, 2019
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What is a Research Data Centre (RDC)?
Attend Introduction to the RDC (Research Data Centre)
Date: April 2, 2019
Time: 2-3pm
Location: Room B25 – Computer Lab – Woodward Library
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Which citation management tool is the best for your research?
Attend Choosing the Right Citation Management Tool for Your Research (Beginner)
Date: April 4, 2019
Time: 12pm to 2pm
Location: Room 217 – Koerner Library
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Explore thesis/dissertation formatting tips and more
Attend Thesis Formatting: Tips, tricks, and resources
Date: April 8, 2019
Time: 10am to 12pm
Location: Room B25 – Computer Lab – Woodward Library
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Dig into Literature Reviews: Searching and Keeping Track
Attend Literature Reviews: Searching and Keeping Track
Date: April 9, 2019
Time: 11am to 1pm
Location: Room B25 – Computer Lab – Woodward Library
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