Under Creative Construction: A TLEF Supported Project
November 7th featured an event celebrating the launch of Under Creative Construction: A More Just World, an instructional video and the second Open Educational Resource (OER) created with the support of a Library Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) grant. This grant has allowed the Scholarly Communications and Copyright Office to work closely with UBC faculty […]
Open Access Week: Paywall the Movie
A documentary released earlier this year and screened as a part of UBC’s Open Access Week, Paywall: The Business of Scholarship focuses on the need for open access to science and research. Produced and directed by Jason Schmitt, a professor at Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York, this movie questions the $25.2 billion a year […]
New UBC Funding to Support Scholarly Dissemination
With support from the Provost’s Office, UBC now offers $20,000 per year to support dissemination of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Any UBC Vancouver faculty member can apply for the award, which can be used for dissemination expenses such as: APC’s (article processing charges) or other fees related to publishing one’s scholarly work as open […]
Open Access Week @ UBC
UBC Library is proud to support International Open Access Week through an exciting series of events happening during the week of October 22-28. Please refer to the Library’s Open Access Week page for information about individual events and how to register. ScholComm@UBC looks forward to seeing you there!
Our First TLEF Supported project is Live
As mentioned in a previous blog post, the Scholarly Communications and Copyright Office was awarded a Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund grant for the 2018/2019 cycle. With this grant funding, we have in turn granted out smaller amounts to support faculty creation of OER and open textbooks. We are now proud to introduce the first […]
Scholarly Communications and Copyright Unit Impact Report
Recently the Scholarly Communications and Copyright Office released its 2017/2018 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.
Knowledge Unlatched titles reach over 1 million downloads
Knowledge Unlatched, a prominent publisher of Open Access monographs, recently announced the achievement of an important milestone – Over 950 open access titles from the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) have been accessed more than 1 million times by users worldwide in the past 8 months of this year alone. This achievement represents a significant […]
ORCIDs surpass 5-million mark
An ORCID iD is a way of establishing trusted connections between you, your scholarly works, and your professional activities and affiliations. It’s also a sure way of distinguishing yourself from other scholars with similar names – aka ‘disambiguation.’ ORCID has become a worldwide standard widely used in publishing, granting, and online research networks. In July […]
The Tri-Agencies are seeking feedback on their Draft Research Data Management Policy
The three federal research funding agencies—the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) (the agencies)— have put forward a draft Research Data Management Plan and are currently soliciting feedback from researchers and institutions. According to […]
Open Access Week 2018 Theme Announced
Recently, the 2018 Open Access Week Advisory Committee revealed the theme for this year’s Open Access Week to be “Designing Equitable Foundations for Open Knowledge”. In the words of the Advisory Committee, “This year’s theme reflects a scholarly system in transition. While governments, funders, universities, publishers, and scholars are increasingly adopting open policies and practices, […]