By feedwordpress on September 10, 2021
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 […]
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By feedwordpress on August 13, 2021
[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 […]
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By feedwordpress on May 7, 2021
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 […]
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By feedwordpress on May 7, 2021
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 […]
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By feedwordpress on April 20, 2021
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 […]
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By feedwordpress on April 13, 2021
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 […]
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By feedwordpress on December 8, 2020
Open Access monograph publishing is a rapidly expanding and evolving strategy for making scholarly work globally accessible. Universities, academic publishers, libraries, and scholarly organizations are developing new initiatives, partnerships, services, and business models to support open access options for authors of scholarly monographs, textbooks, and academic books. This event will explore the opportunities, […]
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By feedwordpress on December 1, 2020
[This is an expanded version of an article originally published in Alumni UBC’s Grad Gazette in 2010] Before The Pit, the Gallery Lounge, Koerner’s Pub, or any of the other popular student retreats on or around the UBC campus… there was The Dolphin. The Dolphin Tea House was located on Marine Drive, across from what […]
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By feedwordpress on October 20, 2020
Join us November 2-6 for a week of workshops and webinars that will transform the way you create and share your research.
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By feedwordpress on October 6, 2020
[The following was written by Kai Geddes, currently working for the UBC Archives in the Work Learn student employee programme] While continuing my academic career at the University of British Columbia (UBC) as a Masters in Library and Information Studies (MLIS) graduate student in September of 2019, from Vancouver Island University (VIU), I had the […]
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