By Kevin Ho on Apr 02, 2013
Congratulations are ado to the UBC Library’s Innovative Dissemination of Research Award for 2013 winner, Rowan B. Cockett – a Masters of Science student in Geophysics – who was formally recognized at a UBC research awards reception on March 25, 2013. Cockett’s submission “came from a desire to improve the way geoscience research is disseminated to undergraduate students. It involves an interactive, web-based application designed to enhance the visualization of geologic structures and processes through the use of interactive 3D diagrams”. Read what other accolades Cockett has received for this innovative undergraduate research tool aptly named Visible Geology at: http://about.library.ubc.ca/2013/03/27/geophysics-student-wins-research-dissemination-award/.
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UBC Library’s Innovative Dissemination of Research Award was established by the Library in 2010. This Award honors UBC faculty, staff and students who are expanding the boundaries of research through the creative use of new tools and technologies that enhance the research findings being disseminated. Visit the Scholarly Communications @ UBC website for more details at: http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/award/.
Above partial text in italics is courtesy of UBC Library’s Communications Manager, Glenn Drexhage
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By Kevin Ho on Mar 20, 2013
Last November, the numero uno FAQ for the GSS cIRcle Open Scholar Award was, “What is the GSS cIRcle Open Scholar Award?” but this term, it was replaced by another popular FAQ seen directly below:
Q: What types of material can I submit?
All projects that are created as part of graduate coursework at UBC Vancouver and are approved for submission to cIRcle by your course instructor may be submitted. For example:
- Essays/papers
- Presentations (including posters)
- Video and audio based projects
Next award submission deadline is March 31, 2013. Award details such as eligibility and more are available at: https://circle.sites.olt.ubc.ca/gss-graduate-student-society-open-scholar-award/.
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UBC Vancouver graduate students upload their own work into the GSS cIRcle Open Scholar Award collection at:
https://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/42591. Their exemplary non-thesis coursework or manuscript is subject to instructor approval. This Award aims to feature UBC as a leader in the open dissemination of graduate student work.
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By Kevin Ho on Mar 18, 2013
The last FIREtalk of the term is this Thursday, March 21st from 2-4 pm. The topic is about Ethics and Dissemination. It ranges from ethics ‘in academic research, practice and dissemination’, ‘how academics and grad students disseminate their work’, ‘academic knowledge translation to the broader public’ to ‘the benefits, hazards and risks of disseminating controversial work’ and more.
Deadline for FIREtalk submission is today, March 18th. Fill out the FIREtalk submission form at: http://koerner.library.ubc.ca/services/research-commons/fire-talks/proposal-submission-form/.
Note: Presenters will be entered to win a $50 gift certificate to Indigo.ca. Light snacks will be provided.
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Under the Library Events collection in cIRcle – UBC’s Digital Repository, you can find past Open UBC (Open Access Week) slides, webcasts and more relating to “open access”. Visit this collection at:
https://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/2689 and type “open access” into the Search box then click “Go”.
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By Kevin Ho on Mar 15, 2013
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By Kevin Ho on Mar 11, 2013
“UBC ranks 31st among the world’s top universities in the 2013 Times Higher Education Reputation Rankings, one of only three Canadian institutions to make the top 100 list. This is the third year that Times Higher Education has published its reputational rankings. In 2012, UBC was ranked 25th in the world and in 2011, UBC was ranked 31st. The 2013 rankings are based on a survey of academic opinion, featuring 16,639 responses from 144 countries. The reputational results complement the Times Higher Education’s annual World University Rankings, which came out last fall and ranked UBC 30th. UBC consistently ranks among the top 40 universities in the world.”
Visit http://www.ubc.ca/about/global.html for more details.
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