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By Kevin Ho on Jun 05, 2014
Guest post by Elizabeth Simmons, Graduate Academic Assistant, Scholarly Communications and Copyright Office
Need free digital images of works of art for using in classroom presentations, papers, research, or online? You’re in luck! In May, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York released a treasure trove of nearly 400,000 digital images of public domain works in its collection. The Met encourages the use of these images for noncommercial, scholarly purposes, as part of its Open Access for Scholarly Content (OASC) Initiative.
Search the Met’s online collection, and any work identified with the acronym “OASC” can be downloaded for use in noncommercial scholarly work, including:
• Theses, dissertations, and other school projects
• Conference proceedings
• Classroom presentations/lectures
• Journal articles
• Non-commercially produced textbooks and educational materials
Additionally, the images can be used in any media format (print, electronic, film, etc.).
The Met just asks that you cite these images with the creator, source, and the URL “www.metmuseum.org”. See the museum’s Terms and Conditions for complete information about what you can do with these images.
Discover even more image resources for your presentations, online learning modules, and teaching materials in the UBC Scholarly Communication & Copyright Office’s Image Sources Guide.
Image Citation: Boating, Edward Manet, 1874. H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929. www.metmuseum.org.
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By Kevin Ho on Apr 23, 2014
In celebration of World Book Day today, it is fitting to recognize the University of British Columbia (UBC) Press collections in cIRcle, UBC’s Digital Repository.
Established in 1971 and widely acknowledged as Canada’s leading social sciences publisher, UBC Press publishes ‘high-quality works of original scholarship’ on a diverse range of research subjects: Aboriginal studies, Asian studies, Canadian history, environmental studies, gender and women’s studies, geography, health and food studies, law, media and communications, military and security studies, planning and urban studies, and political science.
In cIRcle, UBC Press has three collections: UBC Press Book Supplements, UBC Press Catalogues, and UBC Press Publications. With 34 titles in cIRcle so far, there has been over 14,430 page views and file downloads from all over the globe.
Explore UBC Press in cIRcle at: https://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/440.
Did You Know?
cIRcle allows a more comprehensive collection of scholarly works to be submitted than may be possible in the traditional publishing world. Find published articles, books, book chapters as well as conference and working papers, reports, theses, dissertations, datasets, learning objects, multimedia materials, newsletters and administrative documents in cIRcle at: https://circle.ubc.ca/ (circle.ubc.ca).
Above image is courtesy of UBC Press
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By Kevin Ho on Apr 17, 2014
From many literature reviews to inquiry-based meetings on real-life, quality improvement healthcare issues discussed with UBC faculty advisors and clinical practice leaders, the UBC Nursing 344 Synthesis Projects for 2013/14 are now permanently accessible in cIRcle, UBC’s Digital Repository.
For NURS 344, several teams of BSN students undertook a self-directed study in 2013/14. These UBC students partnered with clinical practice leaders across the Greater Vancouver area: the BC Cancer Agency, the BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre to the Fraser Health, Providence Health, and Vancouver Coastal Health.
Led by their faculty advisors, Maura Macphee and Lynne Esson, and with NURS 344 project submissions’ coordinator, Carla Hilario (a UBC Nursing PhD student/teaching assistant), it was a first-of-its-kind, collaborative experience for this course. How so? A virtual, open-to-the-public poster gallery was created. (See the gallery on musculoskeletal injury, lung cancer, mental health and substance use, and health promotion and more at: https://synthesisprojects-nursing.sites.olt.ubc.ca/.)
In cIRcle, download and/or cite the full-text NURS 344 projects for 2014 (or from previous years) found at: https://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/24886.
Did You Know?
To cite an unpublished work (such as a thesis or dissertation) in cIRcle, use the following format: Blackman, M. J. (2008). Achieving economic and social sustainability in the inner city: The role of business improvements districts. cIRcle: UBC’s Digital Repository: Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) 2008+. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/2445. The URI is the most important piece of the cIRcle citation, as it is a permanent (a.k.a. persistent) and unique link.
Above image is courtesy of UBC School of Nursing
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By Kevin Ho on Apr 11, 2014
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is among a growing number of research and academic institutions with OA policies that ‘encourage or mandate access to research outputs’. Having OA policies and mandates assists UBC scholars and researchers to ‘negotiate their rights, and to make their work openly available’. Other universities adopting OA mandates include: Concordia University, University of Ottawa, Harvard University, and Stanford University to name just a few.
In 2013, both Senates of the UBC Okanagan and the UBC Vancouver campuses approved the UBC Open Access Position Statement and endorse the following statements:
- Faculty members are encouraged to deposit an electronic copy of their refereed and non-refereed research output and creative work in cIRcle in accordance with applicable copyright arrangements which may be in place for that work.
- Where a faculty member has deposited a work with cIRcle, cIRcle shall be granted a non-exclusive licence to preserve and make publicly available the research contained therein.
- The authors of works deposited with cIRcle will maintain ownership of their rights in the works.
cIRcle offers a number of services to help UBC faculty make their research available to the world. Learn more at: circle.ubc.ca.
Did You Know?
“UBC’s Strategic Plan Place and Promise affirms that it “supports scholarly pursuits that contribute to knowledge and understanding within and across disciplines, and seeks every opportunity to share them broadly” as a core value.” Explore featured Open UBC projects such as the annual Open UBC Week event and much more at: http://open.ubc.ca/.
Above photograph by Johannes Jansson
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By Kevin Ho on Apr 07, 2014
Nestled within the UBC Faculty of Medicine, the BC Children’s Hospital (BCCH) Division of Rheumatology “provides diagnosis and treatment with a comprehensive and coordinated multidisciplinary team for children and adolescents with rheumatic diseases”. It also provides “a province-wide resource for patients, families and physicians”. With outreach pediatric services offered via traveling clinics throughout BC, it is noteworthy to mention that two such clinics were founded by UBC ‘graduates’ of the pediatric rheumatology training program – Dr. K. Gross in Penticton and Dr. R. Bolaria in Victoria.
Access the Division of Rheumatology newsletters’ collection (and the research papers’ collection – coming soon) at: https://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/45194.
Did You Know?
The UBC Faculty of Medicine (FoM) has 19 departments, two schools, 19 research institutes and centres. Find more FoM academic and research units in cIRcle at: https://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/4295. Also, any UBC academic or research unit can add links to cIRcle from its homepage and you can do the same from for any personal webpage you may have set up.
Above image is courtesy of UBC Faculty of Medicine
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