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.
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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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By cIRcle staff on Mar 20, 2019
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 institutions will contribute toward the sustainability of selected key international services in the open scholarship ecosystem.
SCOSS aims to help sustain essential open scholarship infrastructure. In doing so, SCOSS brings together a community of experts to evaluate critical open science services that lack sustainable financing, and then encourages institutions worldwide to financially support the services that it recommends.
Through the collaboration between CARL and CRKN, Canadian institutions will have the option of supporting SCOSS-endorsed services collectively. Benefiting from CRKN’s national infrastructure, CARL and CRKN members can contribute at reduced rates. This increases efficiency, reduces administrative overhead, and has the potential to increase Canadian participation.
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