By Kevin Ho on Oct 29, 2013
One professor. One 2nd year UBC medical student. Three associate professors. An assistant professor. One research scientist. A research team of three. One postdoctoral fellow. A PhD candidate. One Masters of Science student. They all came from varying UBC faculties, schools, centres including the renowned UBC Museum of Anthropology. But what do they have in common?
They are all previous winners and honourable mentions of UBC Library’s Innovative Dissemination of Research Award. This Award focuses on new and innovative ways of communicating and disseminating knowledge. Award applications will be accepted until 5 p.m. on November 25, 2013.
Note: All UBC faculty, staff and students are eligible.
Do you know a deserving UBC faculty, staff or student who should be nominated for the 2014 Innovative Dissemination of Research Award? Download the Award application form at: http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/news-and-events/award.
Did You Know?
The UBC Library Innovative Dissemination of Research Award was created in 2010 and includes a $2,000 cash prize and a framed certificate. Learn more about past Award winners and honourable mentions and/or how to submit your 2014 Award nomination at: http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/news-and-events/award.
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By Kevin Ho on Oct 24, 2013
Photo: Jonathan Pope, Wikimedia
Housed by the Centre for Sport and Sustainability (CSS) via cIRcle, UBC’s Digital Repository, is the fourth and final report on the 2010 Winter Games, the OGI post-Games report. It is part of the Olympic Games Impact (OGI) Study Reports for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games and is now required of all Host Cities by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
The OGI study was developed by the IOC to introduce a standardized method of monitoring, measuring and reporting on the impact of hosting the Olympic Games. Beginning with the 2010 Winter Games, all Olympic organizing committees are contractually required to undertake the OGI study. The OGI study for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games has been overseen by the Canadian Olympic Committee following the post-Games wrap-up of the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC).
Read the OGI post-Games report at: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/45295.
View the UBC Press Release at: http://news.ubc.ca/2013/10/23/better-transit-more-facilities-locals-enjoy-2010-winter-games-benefits/
Did You Know?
The cIRcle 2010 Olympics Project aims to showcase and preserve UBC’s intellectual output related to the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Examples include research or teaching outputs, proceedings or webcasts of conferences and other events, as well as other material that is Olympic inspired and has long term value. Find theses, dissertations, coursework, events and research on Olympic and Paralympic related topics at: https://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/17995.
Above text from UBC Public Affairs and the Centre for Sport and Sustainability
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By Kevin Ho on Oct 23, 2013
Are you curious about open access and how it can increase your research impact? Join us at Open UBC 2013 today!
Find out how digital technologies and contemporary open education practices are affecting the economics and traditional business models of education. Learn about new faculty-based innovative open projects, courses, sharable and extensible tools and approaches for student learning and engagement at UBC. Discover how UBC students are leading open access for their peers and beyond.
Register to attend any (or all) Open UBC event session held in conjunction with UBC’s Celebrate Learning Week (Oct. 20-26) at: http://oaweek.open.ubc.ca/register/.
Did You Know?
Gregor Kiczales is a Professor in the Computer Science Department at UBC. He is an ACM Fellow and the 2012 recipient of the Dahl-Nygaard Senior Prize for his achievements in programming language design research. He is also the instructor for the Introduction to Systematic Program Design MOOC at Coursera. Hear his Open UBC 2013 talk about MOOCs and on-campus learning happening at UBC at: http://oaweek.open.ubc.ca/2013/09/14/moocs-and-on-campus-learning/. Register for any (or all) Open UBC 2013 event sessions at: http://oaweek.open.ubc.ca/register/.
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By Kevin Ho on Oct 11, 2013
With this year marking the 5th annual Open Access Week event series at the University of British Columbia, it is exciting to see highlights of the upcoming Open UBC 2013 programming schedule.
If you haven’t yet registered for any Open UBC event sessions held in conjunction with UBC’s Celebrate Learning Week (Oct. 20-26), there is still time. Get a sneak peek and learn more about the Open UBC 2013 keynote speaker, Peter Binfield (co-founder of Peer J) and other invited speakers featured in the Library’s LibFOCUS October 2013 issue at: http://about.library.ubc.ca/2013/10/07/celebrating-open-access-at-ubc/ and http://blogs.ubc.ca/library/category/libfocus/.
View the Open UBC 2013 full schedule, speaker bios, registration details and more at: http://oaweek.open.ubc.ca/register/.
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By Kevin Ho on Oct 09, 2013
This year marks the 5th annual Open Access Week event series at the University of British Columbia. Don’t miss out on this celebration. Join us on Oct. 22-23 in the Dodson Room of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.
Open UBC “encourages the academic community to come together to share and learn about open scholarship initiatives locally and worldwide”. It is a free event series held in conjunction with Celebrate Learning Week (Oct. 20-26), International Open Access Week (Oct. 21-27), and the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology at UBC.
Guest speakers and highlights include Peter Binfield (co-founder of PeerJ), Paul Stacey (senior project manager at Creative Commons), Margaret Munro (award-winning science writer at Postmedia News), a Student Open Access Pecha Kucha panel presentation, an Open robotics and 3D printing demonstration, and experts on open education and flexible learning, including Erin Fields (Teaching and Learning Librarian) from UBC Library.
Now, let the Open UBC 2013 countdown begin! Register today at: http://oaweek.open.ubc.ca/register/.
Did You Know?
“The Open Access ‘Megajournal’ (a class of journal defined by the success of PLOS ONE) is a reasonably recent phenomenon, but one that some observers believe is poised to change the publishing world very rapidly.” Read more about it at: http://oaweek.open.ubc.ca/2013/09/03/open-access-megajournals/. Register for any (or all) Open UBC 2013 event sessions at: http://oaweek.open.ubc.ca/register/.
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