cIRcle has over 200 conference papers from the 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates.
Browse through this collection at: https://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/1022.
Excelling in global rankings
Find out ‘Who’s contributing to cIRcle?’ at: circle.ubc.ca.
UBC, cIRcle excel in global rankings
For more information on the university and IR rankings, please see www.webometrics.info/top8000.asp and http://repositories.webometrics.info/top400_rep_inst.asp.
The University of British Columbia and its institutional repository both feature prominently in a pair of global rankings.
UBC is the top-ranked Canadian university – and 35th in the world – according to research from CSIC (the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), the largest public research body in Spain.
A separate CSIC ranking places UBC’s cIRcle (https://circle.ubc.ca) at 77th out of 400 global institutional repositories (IRs). An IR is an online storehouse for an institution’s scholarly and administrative output.
“This is such an encouraging result, given that cIRcle began developing only about three years ago,” says Hilde Colenbrander, cIRcle’s Co-ordinator. “We plan to continue enhancing our holdings so we can showcase UBC’s contributions to the world.”
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Above excerpt in italics is courtesy of UBC Library News from UBC Library’s webpage – http://blogs.ubc.ca/librarynews/2010/03/26/ubc-circle-excel-in-global-rankings/
Olympics-inspired research is here to stay
Preserving the UBC 2010 Winter Games Legacy with cIRcle
“The 2010 Winter Games may be over, but the excitement surrounding cIRcle’s 2010 Olympics and Paralympics Project is just beginning. The project, which began in earnest in October 2009, aims to showcase and preserve UBC’s intellectual output related to the Games via cIRcle, UBC’s Information Repository.” To read the rest of this article, visit http://bclabrowser.ca/index.php/browser and click on ‘TABLE OF CONTENTS’.
Above excerpt in italics is taken from the latest BCLA Browser newsletter made available on the British Columbia Library Association (BCLA) website – http://bclabrowser.ca/index.php/browser
“Whatever works best for the athlete”
Read this M.A. thesis in cIRcle at: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/5235.
UBC achievements at the Paralympic Games
UBC Dentistry alumnus Jim Armstrong is part of Team Canada, which won the gold medal in Paralympic wheelchair curling.
Sport sociology and PhD student Andrea Bundon was the guide for Courtney Knight, a visually-impaired cross-country skier. Knight and Bundon, who is also captain of UBC’s varsity rowing team, placed 9th in the women’s 3km biathlon, 11th in the women’s 5km classic and made it to the semi-finals for the women’s 1km sprint classic.
The Paralympic Torch Relay at UBC was celebrated by 3,000 people on March 12: http://www.webcommunications.ubc.ca/ubc2010/whats-on/paralympic-torch-relay/
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Above excerpt in italics is courtesy of UBC This Week from UBC Public Affairs’ webpage – http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2010/03/25/ubc-this-week-13/#3847
‘[H]igh-caliber Canadian graduate students’
Visit cIRcle at: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/2518 to read Milica Mandic’s thesis.
UBC receives most Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements
For more information about the award, visit: http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Media-Media/NewsRelease-CommuniqueDePresse_eng.asp?ID=188.
Nine UBC students were awarded Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements under the Canada Graduate Scholarships Program from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada — the most of any university in Canada.
The award supports high-caliber Canadian graduate students as they pursue research experiences at institutions outside of Canada. UBC recipients include:
• Andrew Hamilton – PhD in Civil Engineering
• Lei Hua – PhD in Statistics
• Jean-Michel Lauzon – PhD in Chemistry
• Milica Mandic – PhD in Zoology
• Eranda Harinath Puwakkatiya Kankanamge – PhD in Electrical & Computer Engineering
• David Toews – PhD in Zoology
• Brent Chamberlain – PhD in Forestry
• Jennifer Choi – PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Brendan Cully – PhD in Computer Science
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Above excerpt in italics is courtesy of UBC This Week from UBC Public Affairs’ webpage – http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2010/03/25/ubc-this-week-13/#3833