Can We Decolonize Open? An Open Access Week Event
Join Langara, Kwantlen, BCIT, SFU, and UBC for an exciting half-day celebration of Open Access Week (Oct 21-27, 2019). This year’s theme from SPARC is Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge. Our keynote speaker, Jessie Loyer, will explore this question alongside participants through the lens of decolonization. The conversation will continue with local panelists […]
New Scholarly Publication Fund
UBC faculty authors are invited to apply to the new UBC Scholarly Publication Fund. The fund is designed to assist with the costs of book or journal publishing in Social Sciences and Humanities Research (SSHRC)-aligned fields. Faculty from any discipline may apply but publications must be directly aligned with SSHRC’s General Guidelines for Eligibility of […]
Scholarly Communications and Copyright Office Impact Report 2018/19
Recently the Scholarly Communications and Copyright Office released its 2018/2019 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.
New Open UBC Site Focuses on Open Scholarship
The new Open UBC site has launched today on Aug 26, Monday morning. Goals for the site relaunch There were three goals for the site relaunch. We wanted to: Broaden the site focus by including Open Access and Open Research as major themes of the site, since they are important component of the open scholarship […]
John Willinsky to Speak at UBC Library
The Public Knowledge Project at 21: Activism, Scholarship, Security Patches A Conversation with Professor John Willinsky Co-hosted by the UBC Library and the UBC iSchool (Library, Archival and Information Studies) Date/location: July 11, 2019, 2:00-3:30pm (a one-hour talk followed by thirty minutes for informal conversation and refreshments) Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Lillooet Room | […]
Updated Canadian Author Addendum and Author Rights Guide Available
CARL, the Canadian Association of Research Libraries recently released an updated version of the Canadian Author Addendum along with an Authors Guide that supports the use of the addendum. Author addenda help authors insert legal language into their publishing contracts that allow them to retain rights in their work. This may be particularly useful in […]
Fair Dealing Week event recording now available
Recording of Balancing the scales: The role of fair dealing in Canada now live in UBC’s institutional repository. The planning committee for the joint SFU, UBC, Langara, KPU, Douglas, VCC and JIBC Fair Dealing Week event is happy to announce that an archived copy of the talk is now available for viewing in UBC’s institutional […]
New Checklist on Deceptive Publishers from U of Toronto
Check out this new resource to help you identify ‘predatory’ or deceptive publishers
Open in Action for Open Education Week
The week of March 4th is Open Education Week, an annual celebration of the global Open Education Movement. This year we invite the UBC community to join us and our colleagues from other higher ed institutions from the Lower Mainland at Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Richmond campus for a one day “Open in Action” event on […]
Good Practice Principles for Scholarly Communication Services
In response to a growing concern about the increasing concentration of control of research communication functions by a small number of players, SPARC and COAR have developed a list of seven Good Practice Principles for Scholarly Communication. The List is meant to “provide a framework to ensure that services are transparent, open, and support the […]