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Scholarly Communications and Copyright Office Impact Report 2020/2021

Recently the Scholarly Communications and Copyright Office released its 2020/2021 Impact and Activity Report, showcasing some of the year’s highlights and accomplishments. For more information, or to share feedback please contact scholarly.communications@ubc.ca Read the Report

We’re back!

The University of British Columbia Archives has now re-opened, with limited public hours: 10am-2pm, Monday-Friday. Scheduled class visits can be accommodated outside of public reading room hours. When visiting, please be aware of UBC’s COVID-19 Campus Rules, including the mandatory wearing of non-medical masks in all indoor public areas. Please note that the Library’s Automated […]

Myth-busting the “Cows On Campus” Photograph

[This is an expanded version of an article originally published in Alumni UBC’s Grad Gazette in 2010] One of the enduring legends from the history of the University of British Columbia is that the Faculty of Agriculture’s dairy herd was once allowed to graze along Main Mall.  But did this really happen? It is true that, during […]

New to the website

Recent additions and enhancements to the University Archives’ website include: Revised and enhanced our Indigenous Peoples Historical Resources – this includes a link to Verna Kirkness’ memorial tribute to the late Justice Thomas Berger, who together with Dr. Kirkness was instrumental in establishing the First Nations House of Learning Update to our list of faculty deans […]

UBC Library – 2020/2021 Open Education Impact & Activity Report

UBC Library Open Education Impact & Activity Report – 2020/2021 The UBC Library Open Education Impact & Activity Report 2020-2021 is live on the Open UBC website. The report showcases some of the accomplishments for open education on both the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses. For more information, or to share feedback please contact scholarly.communications@ubc.ca Read the […]

Funding Opportunity for Research on Scholarly Communications

With funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada’s Pan-Canadian Knowledge Access Initiative, Coalition Publica is launching a scholarship program for undergraduate and graduate students. Read the full announcement on the Coalition Publica website, or continue below for more details. The scholarship program supports research projects that: study the scholarly communication and […]

2022 Call for Scholarly Journals to Join the Érudit Dissemination Platform

      Recognizing the ongoing pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic on the scholarly journal community, Érudit has decided to extend the call for applications until Sunday, 25 April 2021. Érudit is launching a call for applications for scholarly journals wishing to be disseminated on its platform as of January 2022. The journal should  submit […]