By Kevin Ho on Aug 11, 2012
“The University of British Columbia and its faculty, staff and students are creators of various forms of intellectual property, as well as consumers of intellectual property. As creators, we rely on the protections offered by intellectual property laws to ensure that our work product is protected from improper use. As consumers of intellectual property, we are legally (and morally) obligated to respect the intellectual property rights of others, just as we expect others to respect our intellectual property rights…One intellectual property right that is very important to UBC faculty, staff and students is copyright.”
Would you like to learn more about copyright at UBC? Are you curious about your own copyright obligations or how to obtain permission to use copyrighted materials? If so, simply register and attend a free session being offered as part of the Copyright Education Series – a collaboration between The Library, CTLT, and The UBC Bookstore.
The next Copyright Clinic Drop-In sessions will both be happening at 11:30am-12:30pm on August 16th at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and on August 30th in the Walter C. Keener Library.
Did you know?
UBC has a dedicated website (http://copyright.ubc.ca) that provides useful information on copyright guidelines, fair dealing guidelines, distributing course resources and much more.
Above image is courtesy of UBC Library and partial excerpt in italics is courtesy of UBC’s Copyright at UBC website
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By Kevin Ho on Aug 02, 2012
IGH’s mission is “to foster research excellence regarding the influence of gender and sex on the health of women and men throughout life, and to apply these research findings to identify and address pressing health challenges“.
Last month, IGH held an information session which was recorded and archived in cIRcle, UBC’s Digital Repository. It provides researchers with ‘an overview of the five-year Research Chair program in gender, work and health recently launched by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Institute of Gender and Health in June 2012’.
The recorded information session and the presentation slides are all available in English and French. Have a look and find out more about this funding opportunity. You will learn about relevant research areas, eligibility for available funding and awards as well as key deadlines at: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/42857.
Did you know?
You can see other CIHR IGH items in cIRcle by visiting this collection at: https://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/27008. To find out which top item in this collection has been accessed 598 times worldwide, just click on the following link: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/27571.
Above text in italics is courtesy of the CIHR IGH website at: http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/8677.html.
Above image is courtesy of the Health Research in Canada website at: http://www.facebook.com/HealthResearchInCanada
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By Kevin Ho on Jul 27, 2012
The UBC Library, in collaboration with UBC’s Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) and the Faculty of Graduate Studies (FOGS), will be offering some new services in the Koerner Library Research Commons.
One service will include an Interdisciplinary Research Exchange (a service designed to connect graduate students across campus and facilitate discussion of shared research interests).
Another service will be the Thesis/Citation Formatting Support service. This service will provide workshops and specialized assistance to students who need assistance with Master’s and PhD theses formatting.
These two new services were provided through the UBC Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) grant for 2012/13. Look for these services at the Koerner Library Research Commons Help Desk on level 2 beginning in September 2012.
To learn more about this initiative, please contact Trish Rosseel, Interim Head, Humanities & Social Sciences Division, at trish.rosseel(at)ubc.ca.
To arrange an appointment, send an email to research-commons@interchange.ubc.ca.
Did You Know?
The Library also provides various undergraduate and graduate workshops which extend from Humanities & Social Sciences to the Applied Sciences and much more throughout the year. To find out which upcoming workshops would be most helpful to you and your research, visit the Library’s instructional event site at: http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/. You will also find cIRcle event workshops on how to get your research published or disseminated in an open access repository.
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By Kevin Ho on Jul 19, 2012
Would you like to have your academic work searched by Google Scholar?
Or have your work archived in the UBC Library? Find out how at the next Summer Sizzler series‘ event happening tomorrow afternoon – starting at 3pm!
You will learn what cIRcle is, what it contains, how you can contribute and what permissions are required to submit your presentations, articles and reports. And, don’t forget to check out the other exciting Summer Sizzlers series (30-minute Library workshops) listed at: http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/.
Register for this Summer Sizzler series‘ event at: http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/3267
Browse and register for other Summer Sizzler series‘ events at: http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/
See you there!
Did You Know?
In cIRcle, you can see the number of Page Displays, File Downloads, Top Country Views and Top City Views by clicking on the “Show Statistical Information” hyperlink at the end of an item record. For example, take a look at this cIRcle title, Guidelines for Mine Haul Road Design, at: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/26992.
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By Kevin Ho on Jul 18, 2012
Wondering about how to get your research article published?
Enjoy a refreshing session on “Getting Published: Sources and Resources” being offered as part of the Summer Sizzlers series (30-minute Library workshops). The first session of this series kicks off this Friday, July 20th at 3pm in the Neville Scarfe Building.
You will see how to find potential journals for your work, learn about a variety of publishing sources (such as Cabell’s Directory of Publishing Opportunities and Ulrich’s Periodical Directory), explore the Directory of Open Access Journals and browse UBC online journals, indexes and databases, use Summon and more.
Register for this Summer Sizzler event at: http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/3265
Don’t miss out on attending the cIRcle, UBC’s Digital Repository session being offered as part of the Summer Sizzlers series (30-minute Library workshops). It follows the “Getting Published: Sources and Resources” which kick-starts the series this Friday, July 20th at 3pm!
What a great way to beat the summer heat!
Did You Know?
The Library has 21 branches and divisions, including on- and off-campus locations and its Okanagan campus location. One of those libraries is called the Xwi7xwa Library (pronounced ‘whei-wha’). This library has some collections in cIRcle at: https://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/29911 including the Xwi7xwa Library: Publications collection at: https://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/29912.
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