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New in cIRcle: “Academic Podcasting: A Handbook for Knowledge Exchange and Mobilization”

By Vanessa Choy on August 4, 2026

Photo by Austin Distel, courtesy of Unsplash A new work has been added to cIRcle: Academic Podcasting: A Handbook for Knowledge Exchange. This handbook discusses podcasts as an effective way of making academic research results sharable, digestible, and accessible. It shares tips and tricks for individuals in the scholarly community who want to create their […]

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cIRcle Metadata: Why Does it Matter?

By Vanessa Choy on July 21, 2026

Stacks © Edna Winti CC BY 2.0 Metadata is known as “data about data,” or descriptive information about an object to help make it discoverable and usable, among many other features. When scholarly material is deposited to cIRcle, the metadata is essential for making that content findable not only within Open Collections, but also on […]

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Explore cIRcle: Undergraduate Research Projects in Environmental Science

By Vanessa Choy on June 23, 2026

UBC Pacific Spirit Park © Philip Jeffrey CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 ENVR 400 Community Project in Environmental Science is a project-based course in UBC’s Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric sciences. This course gives students the opportunity to work hands-on with community organizations on an environmental science project, gaining collaborative field experience and producing valuable research […]

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Meet cIRcle’s New Research Assistant!

By Vanessa Choy on May 26, 2026

UBC Koerner Library Exterior © UBC Library Communications and Marketing CC BY-NC-ND 2.0   Hello everyone, I’m Vanessa, the new Digital Repository Research Assistant at cIRcle for the Summer 2026 term. As a second year student in the UBC iSchool’s Master of Library and Information Studies program (MLIS), my main interest is working with digital […]

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Reflections on My Time at cIRcle

By Sonia Comstock on April 28, 2026

Image courtesy of UBC Library Communications and Marketing. I started my work as the Digital Repository Research Assistant at the cIRcle Office last September as I entered my third year of my MAS/MLIS program. Through my graduate coursework and professional positions, I had experience with digital asset creation and metadata processing; I also understood many […]

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In cIRcle: Slocan History Series

By cIRcle Office on April 7, 2026

Photo courtesy: Beginnings of the Bosun Ranch : reminiscences of Joseph Colebrook Harris The Slocan History Series by Professor Emeritus Cole Harris (1936-2022) in UBC’s Department of Geography, is available in cIRcle. The series documents the social and industrial history of British Columbia’s Slocan Valley, including early settler experiences and resource development. The series was recently […]

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How Do File Formats Affect Accessibility & Preservation?

By Sonia Comstock on March 24, 2026

Image courtesy of Margo Yacheshyn / UBCO University Relations To support cIRcle’s mission of open access and long-term preservation, cIRcle’s File Format Guidelines offer recommendations and suggestions on how to create accessible, stable, and usable digital files. Through this resource, we aim to help UBC community members who wish to deposit their works to cIRcle […]

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